I spent much of American Idol's sixth season obsessing over LaKisha Jones' powerhouse vocals — let us go back for a moment, and remember her rendition of "This Ain't a Love Song." Sigh — and now (at long last) she's back in the spotlight with the recent release of her debut disc, So Glad I'm Me. Because Idolatry is a vital stop on any former Idol's promotional tour, Ms. Jones swung by my humble office to talk about why she's not wearing her favorite assortment of heels these days, how her personal life has changed drastically since her fourth-place Idol run, and what part of the recording process for her album sent her into a crying fit. Oh, and of course, she grabbed the mic and headed to our conference room to belt out her debut single, "Let's Go Celebrate." So press play, and enjoy!
Jun 19
2009
04:03 PM ET
'Idolatry': LaKisha Jones dishes trifling ex, sings 'Let's Go Celebrate'!
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Congrats on everything Lakisha. Good luck on your new album. You still got it.
I’m glad her life is going so well. She seems like a nice woman, and she certainly can sing, but that song is realy boring. Almost monotonic lines of cliches. No melody whatsoever. Maybe the recorded version sounds better, but i’d never want to listen to that song again.
Michael: I completely agree about Lakisha’s performance of “This Ain’t a Love Song” in 2007, which was a watershed moment that season [coincidentally, so was Melinda Doolittle's "Have A Nice Day" that same night]. I wish Lakisha well.
Wasn’t it Jordin Sparks who sang This Ain’t a Love Song?
I loved Lakeisha on AI, not loving her now because I think her career is over with. She’s making the rounds giving interviews trying to get the sales up, but seriously, she needs management or a good Broadway play.
i think lakisha is wonderful, but i don’t think this album will sell. it’s nothing against her, not too many people sell these days. best of luck to her though, and i hope she has a healthy baby girl.
I think Lakisha is great. I will be buying her music. I really hope she performs on the next installment of American Idol.
Thanks Slezak and Lakisha. Definitely buying this album.
I loved Lakeisha on AI; she has such a powerful voice. I really hope that people will buy her CD. Didn’t know she was pregnant; congrats on the new little girl.
Hey Mr. Slezak!!!
Sooooooo glad you had Kiki on Idolatry!!!! I hope they put her on a future AI episode too. I am a huge fan of Kiki and love love love the album. I think Ain’t worth it is the best song of the album and hope she releases it for fall. Could be the Fall of 09 JAM!!!!!
LaKisha is the bomb! I love this interview, and I love the CD…everyone should buy it!
Love LaKisha…she was great on Idol, and I’m so excited with this CD…it is amazing. I hope everyone buys it!
Hey Slezak-
Did you see this Allison Iraheta/Kris Allen video series and wanted to share:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEJvLLgpHSg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRv40-DEeh8
Hey Slezak- just saw this Allison Iraheta/Kris Allen video series. Have you seen it yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRv40-DEeh8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEJvLLgpHSg