Joss Stone (born Joscelyn Eve Stoker in Dover, United Kingdom on April 11, … Read Full Bio ↴Joss Stone (born Joscelyn Eve Stoker in Dover, United Kingdom on April 11, 1987) is an English soul singer whose throaty style of singing was influenced by early Motown singers.

Her debut album, The Soul Sessions, consists of classic soul tracks by Betty Wright, Aretha Franklin, Laura Lee and Bettye Swann and was released in late 2003. It reached the top 5 in the UK albums chart, and also made the top forty of the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart.

Joss Stone was nominated for "British Breakthrough Act", and won "British Female Solo Artist" and "British Urban Act", entering the Guinness World Records for being the youngest BRIT Award solo winner at age seventeen.

After achieving critical acclaim for The Soul Sessions, Stone recorded an album full of original songs in 2004 titled Mind, Body & Soul.
It proved to be an even bigger success than her first album, as it debuted at #1 in the UK (breaking the record for the youngest female ever to top the albums charts there, a record previously held by Avril Lavigne).

Stone began working on her third studio album, Introducing Joss Stone, at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, in May 2006.
It was released on 12 March 2007 in the UK on Virgin Records, involving production by Raphael Saadiq and collaborations with Lauryn Hill, Common and Joi.
Stone describes it as "truly me. That's why I'm calling it Introducing Joss Stone. These are my words, and this is who I am as an artist".
The album debuted and peaked at number twelve on the UK Albums Chart. It also debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 selling 118,000 copies in its first week, becoming the highest debut for a British solo female artist on the U.S. chart, surpassing the record previously held by Amy Winehouse with Back to Black. It has sold 60,000 copies in the UK since its release.
Joss Stone was nominated for the MOBO Award for "Best UK Female" in September 2007, but lost out to Amy Winehouse.

Tell Me 'Bout It, the album's lead single, debuted and peaked at number twenty-eight on the UK Singles Chart—where it stayed for three weeks only, and peaked at number eighty-three on the U.S Billboard Hot 100.
The second single, Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now, a collaboration with rapper Common, made the top sixty-five of the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Joss Stone turned its music video to a Product Red — this means that the video is available online over iTunes Store and that the gains from these sales revert to Product Red, an organisation which helps women and children in Africa affected by HIV and/or AIDS.
Joss Stone is the first artist to do this, entering the Guinness World Records once again.
On 4 October 2007, Stone's official website confirmed Baby Baby Baby as the album's third single.
Stone's fifth album, LP1 was released on 26 July 2011. The Somehow Songfacts says that the long player was the first release through Stone's own Stone'd Records and was recorded in just a week at Blackbird Studios in Nashville. Stone fought a legal battle with her record company EMI to release her from her contract and The LP1 album title signifies the fresh start the singer felt she was making.

Trivia:
Worryingly for fans of Stone, she recently confessed that singing is not a career she plans to stick to: she told a journalist recently that she would like to give it up in a few years to become a normal housewife with a husband and children.

Singles:
* 2004 - Fell In Love With A Boy
* 2004 - Super Duper Love
* 2004 - You Had Me
* 2004 - Right To Be Wrong
* 2005 - Spoiled
* 2005 - The Right Time (Cover of Extra for the GAP-Ad)
* 2005 - Don't Cha Wanna Ride?
* 2007 - Tell Me 'Bout It
* 2007 - Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now

The First Taste Of Hurt
Joss Stone Lyrics

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Ooh, ooh-ooh

You better get ready
I’m gonna teach you

You don’t know what it is to be lonely, no
And you never knew how it felt to be left all alone, baby
Pretty soon you’ll be grieving

Because I’m leaving
So get ready, get ready
For your first taste of hurt, baby
For your first taste of hurt, now

Now I know that I’m the only woman
Who ever had the nerve to think about putting you down
(I put you down, I put you down)
I’m gonna drop some hurt, yeah
Gonna make your heart burst, yeah
So get ready, get ready
For your first taste of hurt, baby
Your first of hurt, yes

All the girls you dated
They treated you like a king
But every girl, every girl you dated
Did never ever mean a thing

Now I know that I’m the only woman
Yes I am
Who ever had the nerve to think about putting you down
(Put you down, I put you down)
I’m gonna drop some hurt, yeah
Gonna make your heart burst, yeah
So get ready, get ready
For your first taste of hurt, baby
Your first of hurt, now
Hmm
And it’s not gonna taste good, now
Get ready baby, hmm
Get ready, get ready, get ready
For your first taste, come on, hey
Get ready, get ready, get ready
For your first taste of hurt, now
Your first taste of hurt
Your first taste of hurt, now

See you just don’t know
You just don’t know what it is to be alone, baby
But you’re about to find out, yeah
I’m gonna show you
I’m gonna show you how it feels to be alone
Yes I am
Oh yeah, get ready, get ready, get ready
Come on, for your first taste of love
Baby

Here we go, here we go
Better get ready
Better get ready
Here we go, here we go, babe
Better get ready

Here we go
Here we go, here we go, babe

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "The First Taste of Hurt" talk about the impending breakup of a relationship, where Joss Stone is warning her partner about the pain he is going to experience. She believes her lover has never understood the loneliness and the feeling of being left, and now he is going to have a taste of it. She claims to be the only woman with the nerve to put him down and hurt him, pushing him to feel the pain and grief that he has never known before.

Stone warns her partner about the breakup being imminent and tells him to prepare himself for it because it will be his first taste of hurt. She emphasizes that she will be the one to do it, to make his heart burst, to show him how it feels to be alone. Joss believes that all the girls he dated were not significant, and none of them ever meant anything to him. She reiterates that the pain will not feel good, so he needs to brace himself.

In summary, the lyrics of "The First Taste of Hurt" are about someone who is leaving their partner and is warning them about the hurt that comes with the breakup. Joss Stone is confident in her decision and wants her lover to understand what it means to be left alone. She believes she is the only one who can cause him this pain and is giving him a heads up so he can prepare himself for it.

Line by Line Meaning

You better get ready
I am about to teach you a lesson

I’m gonna teach you
I will show you what it means to be alone

You don’t know what it is to be lonely, no
You have never experienced true loneliness

And you never knew how it felt to be left all alone, baby
You never knew what it felt like to be abandoned

Pretty soon you’ll be grieving
Soon you will be filled with sorrow

Because I’m leaving
Since I'm leaving you, you will be in pain

For your first taste of hurt, baby
You will experience hurt for the first time

Now I know that I’m the only woman
I am the only woman who has ever thought about putting you down

Who ever had the nerve to think about putting you down
No one has ever had the courage to hurt you emotionally

I’m gonna drop some hurt, yeah
I'm going to make you feel emotional pain

Gonna make your heart burst, yeah
I will make you feel intense emotional pain