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Every now and then an artist comes along and makes a big splash. Sometimes they’re new, other times they’re a bit seasoned and are showing a side listeners have never seen. This is the case with Cali songstress Jhené Aiko—who most recently was known as the girl with snippets and surprise songs on the defunct R&B group B2K’s albums.

Now re-launched into the spotlight — thanks to the success of her mixtape Sailing Soul(s) — Aiko’s future has never looked brighter. Pushing the less traveled ambient soul music genre with a distinguished voice and an unbreakable indie mindset, Aiko is headed in the right direction to uphold the hype.

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Shortly before the release of Drake’s solo debut Thank Me Later, a song by the name of “July” leaked with a familiar voice. A year later that old voice, Jhene Aiko released her incredible mixtape Sailing Soul(s) which garnered attention all over the globe. Talk about a comeback! Former T.U.G. recording artist is here to stay with her soft, but striking voice and sick pen game. Check out what Jhene Aiko has been up to as EarStyle’s Zay recently caught up with the singer!

Jhene Aiko: Hi (Laughs)

EARSTYLE: Hey, What’s going on?

Jhene Aiko: Hi, How are you?

EARSTYLE: I’m good, but before we even start, How do you pronounce your last name?

Jhene Aiko: My last name or my middle name?

EARSTYLE: umm..The Aiko?

Jhene Aiko: The Aiko..yeah Aiko.

EARSTYLE: Is that your middle name or your last?

Jhene Aiko: That’s my middle name.

EARSTYLE: Oh ok, that’s your middle, so what’s your last name?

Jhene Aiko: My last name is Chilumbo.

EARSTYLE: Ok..cool. I wanted to get that out now, because I hear it pronounced so many different ways. I just want to say thanks for calling in. You have so many fans that submitted some great questions for you. Let’s get right into it!

Jhene Aiko: Cool.

EARSTYLE: You released your comeback project Sailing Soul(s) this year to an insanely positive response. Where have you been all these years, like what’s been going on in Jhene’s world?

Jhene Aiko: Um well I finished school, because I started when I was thirteen, so basically around 16 or 17, I just focused on finishing high school. I was still writing and you know like working with different producers that I had met during my time at Epic, and I was taking some community college courses and then I had my baby around 20 and yeah you know, I was always working on music, but I just wasnt like you know, I was always working on music, but I was doing other stuff as well. Um yeah (laughs).

EARSTYLE: Well congratulations on all of that, It seems like a lot and you’re still really young. What inspired your return to music?

Jhene Aiko: Yeah like I said, I never felt like I left, I think before anything I am a writer and that’s something that I do almost everyday. So it wasnt I guess public,but  I still would put out stuff on like MySpace or you know whatever social networks were poppin’ at the time. Then Saling Soul(s) happened after I had my daughter. Before I had my daughter I actually wanted to do something that I could put out for free, like a mixtape, but it wasn’t going to really be a mixtape, it was just going to be songs that I wrote and release for free. After I had my daughter, I kind of got comfortable with motherhood and  had time to focus on something else then I started “Sailing Souls” with Fisticuffs, who produced the majority of the mixtape.  I just wanted to put out something, like it wasnt really for, you know exposure or to get a deal or really anything like that. I just wanted to, I felt like there were people who, I think all the people who had become my fans through B2K, they didn’t really know me, you know what I mean? Those songs were just like demos of just like people, you know, it wasn’t me, so I just wanted to really offer myself to those fans and just anybody that would listen.

EARSTYLE: That’s cool. I remember when you were out before, but  I really didn’t know much about your music or anything. Somebody had actually put me on to your project this year and I must say that it is an incredible body of work. It’s like one of the best projects of 2011.

Jhene Aiko: Thank You!

EARSTYLE: No problem. Did you expect such a strong response?

Jhene Aiko: I didn’t really expect anything, I mean, you know I would play it for people as I was working on it and their response would be like really good. So I didnt have any expectations of going into it, just you know..because it wasnt really for a reason. You know, it was just like somethiing I felt like doing. I was pleasantly surprised when everybody responded really well to it.

EARSTYLE: I listen to “Higher” at least every night, your voice is incredible! (Laughs)

Jhene Aiko: Thank you! (Laughs)

EARSTYLE: What are some of your favorite tracks off of the project?

Jhene Aiko: Hmm..I really, I like them all, but I think the songs that I can really listen to as if they’re not even me are “My Mine”, “Space jam”, are “Do Better Blues”. Those are my top three right now but it’s funny because they change all the time. (Laughs)

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