Folds also provides pianos and vocals on the track. The single "I Am", featuring Talib Kweli and Spree Wilson, contains a sample of the 2001 Ben Folds song " The Luckiest". (Future Black President), the following year. He signed to Dallas Austin's Rowdy Records in 2007 and released an EP, I Am.
Novel spent the next several years writing and producing for other artists, including Alicia Keys, Beyoncé Knowles, India.Arie, Joss Stone, Kelis, and Leona Lewis. His debut album The Word was set to be released in 2003 but was ultimately cancelled when Rawkus split from MCA Records, which folded that year. Vibe called the song's melody "infectious" and Novel's vocals "seductive", but Novel almost didn't release the single because he "felt it was bubble gum". The video for the song features Smokey Robinson, a longtime family friend and Novel's godfather. He released a single, "Peach", on Rawkus Records in 2003. After running away from home at age 14, Novel returned to California where his father set up a recording studio for him. A friend of Stevenson's in Philadelphia nicknamed him "Novel" because he always carried a notebook. Stevenson, also the grandson of soul music pioneer Solomon Burke, grew up with his mother in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and North Carolina, sometimes staying in shelters because they had no money. Alonzo Mario Stevenson was born in Los Angeles, California, son of William "Mickey" Stevenson, Motown singer/songwriter/producer and the label's first A&R executive, and Melanie Burke, a background singer for Chaka Khan.
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