In 2007, Aiko made a return to music, in an interview she spoke
on the choice saying “Shortly before I conceived my daughter, I stepped back
into the field and took a meeting with a label head . In this meeting, I was
innocently told, to ‘sell’ myself when walking into these meetings. “That’s when
I decided I would ‘sail’ myself rather than sell myself. She released a mixtape
on March 16, 2011 entitled Sailing Soul(s) via her official website,
JheneAiko.com. All the songs on the mixtape were written by Aiko, except “July”
which was written by Micah Powell and most of the songs were produced by
Fisticuffs, except“July” and “You vs Them” which were produced by Bei Maejor,
“Real Now” which was produced by Roosevelt, “Do Better” which was produced by J.
Lbs and“Growing Apart” which was produced by Tae Beast. The album's artwork was
shot by photographer Jay 3. The mixtape also features collaborations from
Miguel, Drake and Kanye West as well as others. In 2011, she also began working
closely with artists from Carson-based independent record label Top Dawg
Entertainment.
on the choice saying “Shortly before I conceived my daughter, I stepped back
into the field and took a meeting with a label head . In this meeting, I was
innocently told, to ‘sell’ myself when walking into these meetings. “That’s when
I decided I would ‘sail’ myself rather than sell myself. She released a mixtape
on March 16, 2011 entitled Sailing Soul(s) via her official website,
JheneAiko.com. All the songs on the mixtape were written by Aiko, except “July”
which was written by Micah Powell and most of the songs were produced by
Fisticuffs, except“July” and “You vs Them” which were produced by Bei Maejor,
“Real Now” which was produced by Roosevelt, “Do Better” which was produced by J.
Lbs and“Growing Apart” which was produced by Tae Beast. The album's artwork was
shot by photographer Jay 3. The mixtape also features collaborations from
Miguel, Drake and Kanye West as well as others. In 2011, she also began working
closely with artists from Carson-based independent record label Top Dawg
Entertainment.