{"id":61968,"date":"2026-04-08T21:49:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/shanice-talks-jimmy-jam-terry-lewis-residency-celebrating-40-year-career-exclusive-interview-new-rb-music-songs-interviews\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:49:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:49:52","slug":"shanice-talks-jimmy-jam-terry-lewis-residency-celebrating-40-year-career-exclusive-interview-new-rb-music-songs-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/shanice-talks-jimmy-jam-terry-lewis-residency-celebrating-40-year-career-exclusive-interview-new-rb-music-songs-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanice Talks Jimmy Jam &#038; Terry Lewis Residency, Celebrating 40 Year Career (Exclusive Interview) &#8211; New R&#038;B Music, Songs &#038; Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/youknowigotsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shanice.png?resize=650%2C365&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"shanice\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/youknowigotsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shanice.png 650w, https:\/\/youknowigotsoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/shanice-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 650px, 100vw\"\/><\/p>\n<p>YouKnowIGotSoul had a chance to talk to R&amp;B veteran Shanice about her discography as well as the residency that she is involved in with Jimmy Jam &amp; Terry Lewis. The talented vocalist has been going strong for almost 40 years now and she\u2019s showing no signs of slowing down as she revealed to us that she will also be recording some new music in the near future too. We also had a chance to talk to Shanice about her classic single \u201cI Love Your Smile\u201d and the longevity that the song has experienced especially with <a href=\"https:\/\/youknowigotsoul.com\/chris-brown-taps-usher-for-remix-to-latest-single-it-depends-featuring-bryson-tiller\">Chris Brown<\/a> sampling it on \u201cUndecided\u201d which introduced it to a new generation of fans.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shanice Talks Jimmy Jam &amp; Terry Lewis Residency, Celebrating 40 Year Career (Exclusive Interview)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/alZR2nHhCp8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shanice Talks Jimmy Jam &amp; Terry Lewis Residency, Celebrating 40 Year Career (Exclusive Interview)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/alZR2nHhCp8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: I want to start off by talking about this Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis residency that you\u2019re a part of. How did that all come about for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: Well, I\u2019ve been knowing Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis probably since the beginning of my career. And I\u2019ve always been a big fan. I\u2019ve always wanted to work with them. And just like over the years, it just never happened. Not because they didn\u2019t want it to happen and not because I didn\u2019t want it to happen. But you have record companies involved and there\u2019s schedules. It just wasn\u2019t the right time. But recently I ran into Jimmy Jam, and he said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to be doing some shows. Would you like to sing with us?\u201d. And I was like \u201cAbsolutely\u201d. So they reached out to me, and the first show I did with them was in Minneapolis. We did a big festival in Minneapolis, and I got to sing with Ruben Studdard, who\u2019s going to be with us in Vegas as well. And it went really well. And so they called me again, and we just did Japan. We did Tokyo and Osaka. So that was really cool. And it went from Tokyo to Vegas. And I\u2019m excited because we\u2019re going to get in the studio too and do some music. So I\u2019m really looking forward to that as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: And I know you don\u2019t take any of this for granted. You\u2019ve been in the industry for so many years now, and you\u2019re still going. How does it feel to know that your talents are still being recognized at this point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: Let me tell you, I am so grateful and I\u2019m so grateful that after so many years, I\u2019m still able to do what I love. So I don\u2019t take any of this for granted. Like, when I hear my song on the radio today, I still get excited as if it\u2019s like the first time. So it never gets old. I love it. I\u2019m excited. I almost feel like a new artist, even though I\u2019ve been doing it forever because I\u2019m just that excited about it. So I just want to say thank you to all the fans for following me over the years, because if it wasn\u2019t for their support, I wouldn\u2019t be able to do what I love. So thank you so much for supporting me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: For sure. And obviously I don\u2019t want to age you here, but your debut is going to be turning 40 next year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: Oh my gosh. Are you serious? I feel old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: But it also speaks to your longevity in this game and just going through your journey. How would you sum up the career so far and the highs and the lows? But even thinking back to early on, that must feel like another lifetime ago for you, just all that you\u2019ve experienced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: When I think of my first album, it doesn\u2019t even feel like it was that long ago. So when you said it\u2019s going to be 40 years, I\u2019m like, \u201cAre you kidding me?\u201d. It really feels like maybe 10-15 years ago in my brain. So it doesn\u2019t feel like it was that long ago. I can\u2019t believe how fast time is flying. But I just want to say Bryan Loren produced that album, and we just recently found out that he passed away. So when I think of my first album, he\u2019s going to always have a place in my heart. He did an amazing job. He produced the entire album. He played every instrument on every song, wrote every song and produced my vocals. I was 14 at the time, and I didn\u2019t know anything about recording. And I worked on some songs when I was 11 with Tina. I actually worked with Tina Marie before I worked with him. But that song didn\u2019t come out. I did a whole album that was never released. But I learned a lot from Bryan Loren, and that album is going to always have a special place in my heart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: \u201cLove Your Smile is one of those songs that\u2019s stamped in R&amp;B history. I know you\u2019ve mentioned previously that that it wasn\u2019t a song that you wanted to put out initially as a single. The label kind of convinced you to go that route. But as you\u2019ve seen the success of that song over the years now, at what point did you kind of realize that it was going to be one of those songs that would never go away?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: In the beginning, I love the song. I just didn\u2019t think it was the right first single. And like I said in another interview, I always wanted to be a rapper. So I thought it was too soft because I used to listen to some Salt-N-Pepa, MC Lyte and Queen Latifah. And so I was like, \u201cThis isn\u2019t hard\u201d. But after I got my Grammy nomination and I started traveling the world, that\u2019s when I knew I was like, \u201cOkay, I guess I was wrong. This was definitely the right first single\u201d. I didn\u2019t know that after so many years it would still be around, but when I used to travel the world and I got nominated for a Grammy, I knew that this must be a hit because I\u2019m doing a lot of work. I knew it was a hit after I got my Grammy nomination and I got to travel the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: Chris Brown obviously sampled you a couple years back on \u201cUndecided\u201d. Was that cool to see, to see another generation of fans gravitating towards something that you helped write?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: Yes. When Chris Brown reached out, I was so excited because I\u2019m a Chris Brown fan. So yeah, it\u2019s a whole new generation that\u2019s singing my song. And it\u2019s such a good feeling because it\u2019s so unexpected. I really didn\u2019t expect this generation to know my song after so many years to be singing \u201cI Love Your Smile\u201d. So shout out to Chris Brown. Thank you so much for introducing it to this new generation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: I got to give a shout out to my guys Tim and Bob. They helped produce \u201cI\u2019ll Be There\u201d off your third album. That\u2019s my favorite song by you because it\u2019s such a magical record. What do you remember about creating it with Tim &amp; Bob?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: I loved working with Tim &amp; Bob. The one thing I loved about them is they love to do a lot of harmonies and stack backgrounds. I love stacking my backgrounds. Some people don\u2019t like and when I say stack for people that don\u2019t know about those who are watching that don\u2019t know about studio stuff, you sing one note and you sing it four times. And then you sing the next note and then you sing it four times and then they piece it all together and that\u2019s what makes it sound really full. Some producers don\u2019t like to, so they may stack maybe twice. But Tim &amp; Bob, I love the way they produce their vocals. And I had such a great time because we worked so fast together. And I definitely want to do more music with them for sure. And what\u2019s crazy, when I was working with them, I didn\u2019t know they were new guys. Like, they were so dope to work with because they had such a great ear and they knew exactly what they wanted. It didn\u2019t take us days to complete one song. And so I thought that I didn\u2019t know I was one of the first. This is something I\u2019m learning today. But I really had a great time working with them. Like I said, vocally, we had a lot of the same ideas. So when they vocal produced me, I kind of was like we were on the same page. So I love them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: What kept you grounded throughout your career? Because it\u2019s easy, especially early on, to get caught up in all of this. But from what it seemed like on the outside, you just enjoyed making music and that\u2019s what it was about for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: Thank you. What kept me grounded? I just I feel like when people change, they obviously had that in them to begin with. And then the success just brought out who they were all along. I\u2019ve never been the type of person that was like I don\u2019t like even when \u201cI Love Your Smile\u201d was number one, I was traveling the world. I\u2019ve never felt different than anybody else. So I think that\u2019s why I stayed humble because I just I felt like everyone else. I didn\u2019t feel like I was better or anything like that. I think what people change is because that was just how that\u2019s just how they are. So and that\u2019s not me. And I\u2019m just doing what I love to do. And I\u2019m just grateful. I think it\u2019s because also because of the way I was raised. I always had great support from my family. I grew up in church. So I thank God for all the blessings that I have.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: I want to fast forward to your self titled album on LaFace. I feel like that album is one of those hidden R&amp;B gems. I don\u2019t know if everyone caught it at the time. But when I listen to that album now, there are a lot of good songs on there and you sound top tier on those <a href=\"https:\/\/youknowigotsoul.com\/the-top-10-best-babyface-songs\">Babyface<\/a> songs. Just talk about that album and that missed opportunity. Because I feel like if it was pushed properly, it could have taken you to another lane there.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: I was so excited to be on LaFace and to work with Babyface and LA Reid. It was such a great time. I was very pleased with the album. I felt like there was a lot of songs on there that should have gotten a fair chance, but it didn\u2019t. So \u201cWhen I Close My Eyes\u201d, they really pushed that one. But then after that single, it was like the push wasn\u2019t as strong. And there was a song I did called \u201cYesterday\u201d that Justin Timberlake liked so much that I opened up for NSYNC years ago, he said \u201cCan I sing that song with you on stage?\u201d so we turned it into a duet and did it live together. That was one of my favorite songs on the album. That didn\u2019t really get the right push. So I was a little disappointed that they didn\u2019t push it like they probably should have. But I want to give a shout out to all the producers that worked with me on that album because that\u2019s actually one of my favorite albums. And thank you to LA and Babyface for even giving me the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: And you kind of blew us mind with the fact that you did it on another podcast. And I had to hit up my guy Damon Thomas to confirm this. \u201cNever Gonna Let You Go\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/youknowigotsoul.com\/the-top-10-best-faith-evans-songs\">Faith Evans<\/a> was originally created for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: Yes, it was. Damon Thomas wrote \u201cNever Gonna Let You Go\u201d by Faith Evans at my house on my keyboard. And it was actually written for me. But the label said \u201cNo, we are going to give it to Faith\u201d which is great because Faith is one of my good friends. She killed the record, it was obviously meant for her. But the song was definitely it was originally written for me by Damon Thomas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: Did you end up cutting that song?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: No, I was just with him when he was writing the song, but we never got to record it because as soon as Babyface heard it, he was like \u201cNo, I think this one fits Faith\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: And just to wrap things up, I got to give you props because as you went independent, one thing that you did which I thought was really brilliant is you started posting YouTube covers of songs. And I think it really reminded people that Shanice is out here singing with great vocals. Just talk about that era for you, being independent, trying to figure things out after being in the major system for so long. What was that like for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: I did that as a test. I have a cousin of mine. He is the one that told me to do that. Because after I left LaFace, I had a new baby. I just got married. And I was trying to figure things out. And I wasn\u2019t sure people even wanted to still hear me sing. So after I started singing covers, I started getting a lot of views. And I\u2019m like \u201cWait a minute\u201d. I am sitting here trying to be on the major label and the fans obviously still want to hear me sing. So it was actually it gave me like a boost. It gave me the boost that I needed to get back out there and just put out my own music and start touring. So I want to say again thank you to the fans for that. Because I was at a point at that time, I was seriously thinking about just not singing anymore. Because the industry was just so cutthroat. And I just didn\u2019t enjoy it. But I have always loved singing. So I said I love to sing. And obviously the fans still want to hear me. So I am not going to stop. So doing those YouTube videos gave me the push to keep going.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouKnowIGotSoul: No, and I got to commend you for that. Because it does not seem like ego has ever been a big thing for you. Even during your hiatus, at times you were singing backgrounds for Toni Braxton, for <a href=\"https:\/\/youknowigotsoul.com\/ushers-top-10-best-songs-presented-youknowigotsoul\">Usher<\/a>. I can just tell you just love singing. And that is what it has been about for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shanice: I just love singing. And that is the thing. You have to do it for the love. I think some people get into the business for the wrong reasons. They think I just want to be famous. And I want money. Aall of that will come and that is great because of course we all need to have money. But you have to do it for the love. And then all the other things, the money and all that, will eventually come along. 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