Brick & Lace grace the cover of this months WE Magazine!

BLENDER magazine reviewed “Love Is Wicked” (the album), here’s what they had to say:

“2 Kingston, Jamaica sisters deliver the pop-dancehall album of the year!�

“Note To Rihanna: Beware of Brick&Lace! With their debut set, the Jamaican duo, sisters signed to Akon’s KonLive label, take the dancehall-meets-R&B-meets-island flavor routine popularized by Nina Sky and Rihanna to sexier, catchier heights�.

Hmph, tease. Thanks for the info Chez! Here are a few scans of Brick & Lace in the Sept/Oct Issue of Sophisticate’s Black Hair Magazine.

I’ve added a scan to the gallery of Brick & Lace in the Summer 2007 issue of Hip-Hop Soul magazine. Click on the thumbnail below to see it in the gallery.

Sister Act
by Bobbi Misick

How Jamaica’s latest musical export, Brick and Lace, keeps it in the family

Jamaica’s multifaceted population and culture can be regarded as the Heinz 57 of the West Indies. With a cultural pepper pot of African presence seasoned generously with influences from India, China, Spain, England and Ireland, “mixin’ it up has been a part of the Jamaican since way back when. So why wouldn’t we expect it to cross over to the music, asks Reggae/R&B sister-duo Brick and Lace. The uptown-Kingston beauties are the first artists to be released on Akon’s Kon Live Distribution, and have been fusing their inherent dancehall flavor with the American R&B sounds they grew up tuning into since their times of singing in the church choir. But they’re seeking a broader audience these days. “People from the islands are not just on a palm tree singing ‘woyoyo,’” says Nailah, the younger of the sisters.

Raised near uptown-Kingston’s famous Hope Road by two musical parents — an American mother who was very involved in their church choir, and a Jamaican father who played guitar and piano for the congregation– Nyanda and Nailah Thourborne began singing in church before they could see over the pulpit. The Thourbornes exposed their four daughters to an assortment of musical styles from Donna Summer to Jimi Hendrix. Nyanda and Nailah also grew up during an R&B boom in pop music, when Toni Braxton reigned , and Coco, Taj and Lelee , of SWV, were fixtures on B.E.T.’s Video Soul (for those not old enough to drink yet, that was the hit show with Donnie Simpson before Free and A.J. changed the game with 106 & Park).

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