Singer/rapper Lumidee may be known as the Queen of Spanish Harlem, but she could well be called Superwoman. With hit singles in the states and mad international success, two albums, several mixtapes, a radio show, and an entertainment company, it seems there’s nothing she can’t do. Coast 2 Coast caught up with her recently to discuss her current mixtape, the upcoming album, and more.
WHAT’S UP LUMIDEE, WELCOME TO COAST 2 COAST MAGAZINE. YOU RELEASED YOUR NEW MIXTAPE “LUMINADEE” WITH COAST 2 COAST, AND IT’S GENERATING A LOT OF BUZZ AND GETTING DOWNLOADS. TELL US ABOUT THE PROJECT. Thanks for having me. That’s great man, I mean I’m glad. It’s pretty different, so I don’t really know how certain people react to it. Every track is like different from the next, so there’s certain things that people might not like on it, and things that they probably do like on it. It’s pretty much a mixture of all the different styles of music I do. YOUR UPCOMING ALBUM IS STREET POP. YOU’RE WORKING ON THAT IN NEW YORK NOW? I’m working on the album, yeah. We just dropped the mixtape, and this past weekend I was just recording the video for “The End of Time.” That’s the joint that’s on the mixtape that’s like a real song, you know? That could be like a potential single for the album, so that’s a joint that I’m really feeling. We just shot the video for that. I’m excited about it, I think it’s gonna be really hot. “LUMINADEE” REALLY SHOWS HOW VERSATILE YOUR STYLE IS. DOES THE MIXTAPE GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT WE’RE GOING TO HEAR ON THE ALBUM? Yeah, kind of, but I think on the album it will definitely tell more of a story, you know. Not that the mixtape is random, but it is kind of, because there’s songs we put on there because they were features that I did in different places that were released, but people didn’t know how to get them, you know. So the mixtape is pretty random in that way, where the album will be meshed together. It will make a lot of sense, and it’s gonna tell more of a story. And I think it’s going to be more like the definition of my style, that’s why I’m calling it Street Pop. I feel that people consider me a pop artist, but then they consider me a street artist, too. YOU’VE COLLABORATED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. IT’S DEFINITELY NOT ALL HIP HOP. Yeah, I mean that’s why I say I pretty much don’t wanna be in a box, you know. Being that I travel so much and everything, it’s opened my mind to doing different things. I’ve expanded more. It just takes you further as an artist, I think, and as a person. There’s just so many people out there. Not that I’m trying to please everybody, but if you can do all different types of music, and like to do it, why not?
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