Marsha Ambrosius or
Marsha is a
former member of the English
band
duo Floetry. She is also
a part of the songwriting team
Knightwritaz.
Early career with Floetry
Original members Marsha and
Natalie
met through their love of
basketball and
formed a friendship.
Both Natalie and Marsha attended the Brit School
for Performing Arts & Technology where Marsha
studied business and finance and Natalie majored in Performing Arts,
Media and Art. For college Ambrosius planned to attend the
Georgia
Institute of Technology
in Atlanta, Georgia
on a basketball scholarship but could not due to an
injury. Stewart attended Middlesex University in London
and later
transferred to North London University
. During these years, both women continued to
keep in touch. Stewart was a founding member of the performance
poetry group 3 Plus 1 which was rising to critical acclaim
throughout London, Birmingham, and Manchester. After inviting
Ambrosius to join her on stage to perform at a spoken word night,
where they debuted a piece that they had written together called
Fantasize, combining their talents of spoken word and singing,
Floetry was born.
Group Success
In 2000,
the duo travelled to the United States
to perform on the poetry circuit.
After
frequenting spoken word/poetry spots in Atlanta, GA such as Yin
Yang Poets' Cafe (to rave reviews), they moved on to Philadelphia
. There they met Darren 'Limitless' Henson
and Keith 'Keshon' Pelzer of DJ Jazzy Jeff's Touch Of Jazz studio
and began recording. In 2002, they signed with
DreamWorks Records and released their
debut album
Floetic, which featured
the singles "
Floetic", "
Say Yes", and "Getting Late". The album was also
released in the UK with additional tracks, one of which features
British singer/songwriter and producer
Sebastian Rogers.
Solo career
Ambrosius has been featured on several songs including
Styles P's "I'm Black";
The Game's "Start from Scratch" and "Why
You Hate The Game" (also featuring
Nas);
Busta Rhymes' "Get You Some" and
"Cocaina"; Nas' "Hustlers" (also featuring The Game); and
Hi-Tek's "Music for Life" and;
Jamie Foxx's "Freak'in Me" The group has also
collaborated with
Earth, Wind
& Fire on their most recent album,
Illumination,
on the track "Elevated". Recently, she has collaborated again with
Nas on his song "If I Ruled The World '09" &
has also done a track with
Slum Village
called Cloud 9.
Ambrosius is currently signed to
Dr. Dre's
record label, Aftermath Entertainment, as a solo musician.
"I have waited a long time for this, so the last thing
I want to do after waiting all these years, is to rush the album
and be disappointed.
I am aiming to release the album this
summer.
I am focusing on making this a classic album, that will
stay relevant across time.
I have been doing some stuff with Scott Storch, Dre
& Vidal, Cool and
Dre...
I'm a music maker, I love to create so I'm reaching for
the best out of different situations.
The creative relationship between Dre, the Aftermath
in-house production team and myself has become so strong that it
may not be necessary to use any other producers.
But why not?!
If I gotta call Just Blaze,
Neptunes, Kanye,
whoever, I just want the music to be right".
Discography
Albums
With Floetry
Solo
Singles
Appearances
Writing Credits
References
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