Made In Chicago Lalah Hathaway

• 1 47th Street 03:48
• 2 So Smart 04:16
• 3 Follow 03:25
• 4 Can't Let Go 03:59
• 5 Every Little Thing 05:56
• 6 Rainbo 04:07
• 7 Someday 03:29
• 8 Time 03:24
• 9 Magic 06:51
• Total Runtime 39:15

Info for Made In Chicago

Five-time Grammy-winning soul singer Lalah Hathaway releases her new album, Made In Chicago, with the release of her newest single “Can’t Let Go”. Made In Chicago is a highly personal release that reflects on her past, present, and future that all started in her hometown.

The album celebrates the city Chicago as well as the enormous influence of her legendary father, Donny Hathaway.

“Made In Chicago” follows Hathaway’s 2024 album Vantablack, which received a Grammy nomination and featured Michael McDonald, MC Lyte, Common, Willow, Rapsody and Gerald Albright. Discussing that project, Hathaway said it reflected a period of reassessing her identity while acknowledging the range of musical influences that shape her sound.

The daughter of Donny Hathaway, Lalah Hathaway had soul, jazz, and R&B as second nature, and carved her own lane from the start. She landed a record deal while still at Berklee College of Music and scored her first hit, “Heaven Knows” off her 1990 self-titled debut. Across eight studio albums since, through 2024’s VANTABLACK, her smooth, deep low register and vulnerable songwriting have earned her a catalog of milestones: a #1 live cover of Luther Vandross’ “Forever, For Always, For Love” in 2004; a Grammy-nominated Top 10 album in Self Portrait; and a live cover of Anita Baker’s “Angel” that hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart 11 years after its release. She shares the record for most Best Traditional R&B Performance Grammys with Beyoncé, and her live collaboration with Snarky Puppy on “Something” remains a showcase for her scatting and rare polyphonic technique, which Jennifer Hudson has said “no one else is capable of doing.” She’s shared stages with Prince, Stevie Wonder, and Herbie Hancock, and worked with artists from Chaka Khan and Kendrick Lamar to Robert Glasper and Moonchild — a career built on a voice that keeps classic R&B’s heartbeat alive while raising the bar for jazz and soul vocalists everywhere.

Lalah Hathaway, vocals
Phil Beaudreau, trumpet, guitar, background vocals, percussion, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, programming
Amber Navran, saxophone
Hailey Niswanger, saxophone
Elena Pinderhughes, flute
Justin Tyson, drums
Roland Gajate Garcia, percussion
Eric "Pikfunk" Smith, guitar, bass
Errol Cooney, guitar
Michael Aaberg, piano, Rhodes
MAE.SUN, tenor saxophone
J. Ivy, spoken word

Lalah Hathaway
Born to R&B/soul music royalty, most people know her simply as the daughter of late soul music legend, Donny Hathaway. But there is more to her than that. A trained pianist and vocalist, she is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and her career has spanned two decades. Twenty-one years after the release of her first LP, her career continues to thrive.

It was 1990 when Lalah made her music debut on Virgin Records with the self-titled album Lalah Hathaway, effortlessly fusing elements of R&B, jazz and pop. The resonance in her voice immediately struck a chord with music lovers and her first single “Heaven Knows” solidified her place in R&B music. The disc also spawned the hit “Baby Don’t Cry” and featured fan favorites “Somethin’ ” and “I’m Coming Back.” It was evident that Lalah not only had the voice, but the talent to carry on her father’s legacy while shaping her own musical destination. Lalah distinctly set herself apart from other R&B artists of the time by making music that was true to her heart.

In 1994, Lalah released her much-anticipated second album A Moment with “Let Me Love You” serving as the album’s lead single. A Moment saw Lalah exploring several music sounds including sampling elements of New Jack-Swing and funk, but not shying far away from her soul and jazz roots. The project also included the Sly & the Family Stone remake “It’s a Family Affair,” and the soul-stirring, fan favorite ballad “Separate Ways.”

1999 brought the release of the critically acclaimed duet album The Song Lives On with legendary jazz musician Joe Sample. The songs “Fever” and “When Your Life Was Low” helped to broaden her audience and further establish her name with jazz music fans, while continuing to leave an impression on audiences worldwide.

After her departure from Virgin Records, It would be 10 years before she would release another solo effort. However, Lalah kept-and continues to keep busy by recording and touring with several acts including George Benson, Take 6, Marcus Miller, Rahsaan Patterson, Mary J. Blige, The Winans, Kirk Whalum, Gerald Albright, David Sanborn, Carl Thomas, Angie Stone, Robert Glasper, Donald Lawrence, Eric Roberson, Grover Washington, Esperanza Spalding, and just recently, Prince.

In 2004, the long awaited album Outrun The Sky was released, yielding the #1 single “Forever, For Always, For Love,” a remake of the classic Luther Vandross tune. Outrun The Sky’s success put Lalah in the spotlight again and established Lalah as one of the premier vocalists of her time. The album included production by Mike City (Brandy, Yolanda Adams, Carl Thomas) and scored rave reviews from fans with unforgettable favorites “Better and Better” and “If U Ever.”

In 2008, Lalah released her fourth solo album Self Portrait on the renowned Stax label, which debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard’s R&B charts, and to date is her most successful album. Opening with lead single “Let Go,” the 12-track set is best described as a journey from heartache and pain to awakening and renewal. Self Portrait garnered Lalah her first Grammy® Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance with mid-tempo slow jam “That Was Then.”

2011 marks the release of her fifth studio album, Where It All Begins, (Stax/Concord) in which she effortlessly delivers her trademark sound that greets you with the familiar warmth that you’ve always known. In the spirit of Self Portrait, Lalah instinctively serves a spine chilling lyrical serum of truth. Included in the set is a remake of fan favorite, “I’m Coming Back.” The new version is a richly intense, percussion heavy, mellow arrangement in which Lalah displays her full vocal range and tops it off with the addition of legendary jazz/R&B vocalist Rachelle Ferrell. Where It All Begins also features Grammy® Award-winning and nominated producers JR Hutson, (Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild) and Dre & Vidal (Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys).

Lalah understands who she is as an artist and continues to remain consistently true to her vision in song and lyric. Like aged, fine wine, her voice continues to get better with time. Throughout her career, Lalah has captivated audiences by channeling the essence of her father’s spirit in her music, while adding her signature flare. Her ability to touch a listener’s soul in one phrase is an extraordinary gift that is synonymous with the Hathaway brand. No one can vocally expresses the hurt, pain and anguish you feel today yet give you hope for a better tomorrow like Ms. Lalah Hathaway. Thankfully, the Hathaway sound continues to live on through her creative expression.

Lalah looks to the future of music by embracing the zeitgeist of her present. “My hope is to continue to make timeless art for people…in a way I feel like my dad came here in part so that I could get here-and I am here so that he can stay here. I was born for this.”

This album contains no booklet.