Nina Provencal

Whatever label you assign: urban soul singer / diva songwriter / UK R&B champion she's already bridging that UK / US R&B divide. Sceptics may see she was born on the wrong side of the Atlantic - but with every rule there is always an exception, proving that the UK can and will deliver.

28 years ago Ghanaian ancestry was born into Huddersfield, a metropolis normally associated with working-class blue-collar industry rather than lifestyle defining, soul-touching old-skool flavours.

The InBlaq amalgamation has been a truly fulfilling partnership. In her own words "friendship helps me to stay level-headed and keeps my feet on the ground" though clearly her potential is way above that. Their album "Good Stuff", any good? Take the finest, silkiest blend of Hip Hop, R&B and Old skool flavours and add to it only what the UK, Nina and InlBaq can offer.

Words cannot describe the aural pleasure it gives without playing it for yourself - arrogance could even merit, even even demand that prerequisite money-back guarantee.

What's next? Yeah there'll be more but it makes no odds - Good Stuff is good, it's so good in fact, and rest-assured it wont age before Nina is producing the next of many albums. Today's breakthrough album will mature to tomorrow's classic cut of the new millennium.

I enjoyed listening to Nina talk - I've not seen her recently but I listen to her every day. "Uplifting".