“I see a lane that’s wide open for a Latina to come in and really stir some things up,” Roxxi Jane says.
“We have JLo, Christina Aguilera – but somebody from Texas, that’s Mexican-American – we haven’t had her yet. There was Selena, and she definitely would have taken it there. I want to be that person.”
Big words. But if anybody’s up for the challenge, it’s this sassy, sweet-tart diva, who describes her sound as
“sexy, funky, outrageous, daring and edgy.” One listen to
Roxxi Jane’s delicious new disc,
Everybody Loves Pink, and you’ll agree. Her tunes include the tic-tock groove of
When The Clock Stops (featuring Htown rapper
Lucky Luciano);
Fast Car, with rapid-fire
Cali MC Snow Tha Product; and the R&B-laced
Hush, Hush alongside
Kovas (who has worked with
Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, De La Soul, Shakira and
Kelis).
Chingo Bling, Houston’s
“ghetto vaquero,” pops up during the steamy groove of
Fire and produced
One More Try, which cleverly riffs on pop standard
Mr. Sandman. Roxxi sang Tejano and mariachi music as a teenager and released a Spanish-language album as Amanda (her birth name) in 2004 on the
Universal Latino label. Adopting the name
Roxxi Jane, then, symbolizes a rebirth, shedding a musical skin for new adventures.
