Eve Eve
In 2007, Eve began work on a new album titled Here I Am. In May 2007, XXL magazine profiled six recorded tracks from Here I Am. Five of them were produced by Swizz Beatz, including singles "Tambourine" and "Give It to You" (featuring Sean Paul). Pharrell Williams produced the song "All Night Long", in which Eve sings rather than raps. XXL published a review of the original Here I Am in July, rating it an L in its "clothing size" rating system ranging from S to XXL. However the album ran into a series of delays due to corporate change at the record label and discontent with the lackluster success of the first and second singles, "Tambourine", released in April 2007, and "Give It to You" (featuring Sean Paul), released during the summer.
The project was delayed to September 11, 2007 and then October 16, but it was never released due to problems at her label, Interscope Records, which caused the delays. The album was even renamed twice from "Here I Am" to "Flirt" to "Lip Lock". After Eve left Interscope and signed with EMI, Lip Lock was expected to be released during 2011, but it was again delayed. In 2012, Eve decided to release the album as an independent artist, and stated that there will be several buzz singles before the official single and said the album will have 'hard street stuff', 'radio singles' and stuff to listen to 'when you're feeling down'. In an interview on Billboard.com Eve said: "One of the biggest things that I wanted to do on this album was make people realize why they fell in love with me in the first place and then take them on a journey to where I am now musically. My ear is different but I think people will recognize me. I think you'll hear that I'm in a happy place. I miss my music. My hunger is different than the first time around". The album Lip Lock was released under Eve's own label From The Rib Music on May 14, 2013, it was distributed through Sony/RED.
On October 9, 2012 Eve released the promotional single "She Bad Bad" on iTunes. On November 2012, Eve started on YouTube a series of weekly remixes called EVEstlin' Tuesdays, in which she added freestyle rap verses on 2012 hit singles like Rihanna's "Diamonds" and Miguel's "Adorn". On January 8, 2013 the video of "She Bad Bad" was premiered. On January 23, Eve released an official remix of "She Bad Bad" featuring Juicy J and Pusha T. On February 23, 2013 Eve released "Make It Out This Town", the first official single from Lip Lock featuring Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship. The music video of the song premiered on VEVO on March 29, 2013. In an interview on Rap-Up TV, Eve confirmed that the second official single would be the track "EVE" featuring Jamaican reggae artist Miss Kitty. The music video for the song was shot in London in February and premiered on BET on April 29, 2013. "Lip Lock" was released on May 14, 2013. The album features collaborations with Juicy J, Dawn Richards, Claude Kelly, Pusha T, Chrisette Michele, Nacho, Gabe Saporta, Propaine, Missy Elliott, and Snoop Dogg.On August 23, 2013 Eve kicked off the Lip Lock Tour, a U.S. only promotional tour. In September 2013, Eve stated in an interview with Rap Up that after her tour wraps up in NYC, she's going back into the studio.
In June 2014, it was announced that Eve would make a guest appearance on the Oxygen docu-series Sisterhood of Hip Hop. In April 2016, it was announced that Eve would join Gwen Stefani on her This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour. On November 14, 2017, Eve became a co-host of the CBS Daytime talk show, The Talk, replacing Aisha Tyler, who left to pursue her directing career. On May 7, 2018 at the George Lopez Celebrity Golf Tournament Eve's co-host on The Talk, Sheryl Underwood revealed that Eve is working on new music and will be performing a song from the album on The Talk at an undisclosed date.
In 2007, Eve began work on a new album titled Here I Am. In May 2007, XXL magazine profiled six recorded tracks from Here I Am. Five of them were produced by Swizz Beatz, including singles "Tambourine" and "Give It to You" (featuring Sean Paul). Pharrell Williams produced the song "All Night Long", in which Eve sings rather than raps. XXL published a review of the original Here I Am in July, rating it an L in its "clothing size" rating system ranging from S to XXL. However the album ran into a series of delays due to corporate change at the record label and discontent with the lackluster success of the first and second singles, "Tambourine", released in April 2007, and "Give It to You" (featuring Sean Paul), released during the summer.
The project was delayed to September 11, 2007 and then October 16, but it was never released due to problems at her label, Interscope Records, which caused the delays. The album was even renamed twice from "Here I Am" to "Flirt" to "Lip Lock". After Eve left Interscope and signed with EMI, Lip Lock was expected to be released during 2011, but it was again delayed. In 2012, Eve decided to release the album as an independent artist, and stated that there will be several buzz singles before the official single and said the album will have 'hard street stuff', 'radio singles' and stuff to listen to 'when you're feeling down'. In an interview on Billboard.com Eve said: "One of the biggest things that I wanted to do on this album was make people realize why they fell in love with me in the first place and then take them on a journey to where I am now musically. My ear is different but I think people will recognize me. I think you'll hear that I'm in a happy place. I miss my music. My hunger is different than the first time around". The album Lip Lock was released under Eve's own label From The Rib Music on May 14, 2013, it was distributed through Sony/RED.
On October 9, 2012 Eve released the promotional single "She Bad Bad" on iTunes. On November 2012, Eve started on YouTube a series of weekly remixes called EVEstlin' Tuesdays, in which she added freestyle rap verses on 2012 hit singles like Rihanna's "Diamonds" and Miguel's "Adorn". On January 8, 2013 the video of "She Bad Bad" was premiered. On January 23, Eve released an official remix of "She Bad Bad" featuring Juicy J and Pusha T. On February 23, 2013 Eve released "Make It Out This Town", the first official single from Lip Lock featuring Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship. The music video of the song premiered on VEVO on March 29, 2013. In an interview on Rap-Up TV, Eve confirmed that the second official single would be the track "EVE" featuring Jamaican reggae artist Miss Kitty. The music video for the song was shot in London in February and premiered on BET on April 29, 2013. "Lip Lock" was released on May 14, 2013. The album features collaborations with Juicy J, Dawn Richards, Claude Kelly, Pusha T, Chrisette Michele, Nacho, Gabe Saporta, Propaine, Missy Elliott, and Snoop Dogg.On August 23, 2013 Eve kicked off the Lip Lock Tour, a U.S. only promotional tour. In September 2013, Eve stated in an interview with Rap Up that after her tour wraps up in NYC, she's going back into the studio.
In June 2014, it was announced that Eve would make a guest appearance on the Oxygen docu-series Sisterhood of Hip Hop. In April 2016, it was announced that Eve would join Gwen Stefani on her This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour. On November 14, 2017, Eve became a co-host of the CBS Daytime talk show, The Talk, replacing Aisha Tyler, who left to pursue her directing career. On May 7, 2018 at the George Lopez Celebrity Golf Tournament Eve's co-host on The Talk, Sheryl Underwood revealed that Eve is working on new music and will be performing a song from the album on The Talk at an undisclosed date.
