Marvin Sparks

Mavin Sparks caught up with the 21 year old singer/songwriter the day after a very long day at Notting Hill Carnival to discuss being dropped from her first label deal, performing with her idol Stevie Wonder and reveals who did the Jamaican accent the smash single Need U Bad. Marvin Sparks: How did you enjoy Notting Hill Carnival? Jazmine Sullivan: It was great! I did the Rampage stage and we pretty much walked around for the rest of the day [laughs] and saw everybody and all the fun everybody was having. It was a good time. Marvin Sparks: What was your favourite aspect? Jazmine Sullivan: The music, the trucks and the dancing and everybody was having a good time. Everywhere you went nobody cared what they looked like and were having a good time and expressing themselves. That’s definitely different from back home. We’re a little confined and care about what people think, but here it was kinda like free so I liked that. Marvin Sparks: ‘Need U Bad’ is a big track right now, has it exceed...