Honey Bxby is a recording artist hailing from New Jersey who is often compared to the celebrated R&B singer Keyshia Cole.
Her latest project, 3 Words, 8 Letters explores the tricky terrain of romantic relationships.
Honey Bxby spoke with rolling out about her love for R&B and hip-hop.
What inspired your latest project, 3 Words, 8 Letters?
3 Words, 8 Letters stands for “I Hate You, I Love You.” It depends on what song you’re listening to, but the theme of the project just stems from all the songs that are on the project. I didn’t have a title or anything, we just had a gist of how we were going to put it together. Then we just created the storyline for the project with the songs. The cover is like a play on being shot by Cupid and him missing every time.
Men also inspired the project because you can’t live with them and can’t live without them. A lot of the things that are on my project are about romantic relationships, whether it is … a toxic relationship, a sexual relationship, or just really filling somebody in a certain type of way. A lot of that comes from real life and just dealing with different types of people.
How do you feel about being compared to Keyshia Cole?
The Keyshia Cole comparisons, honestly are pretty shocking to me. I feel like a lot of people are only saying that because we’re both just girls that come from where we come from, say what we’re saying, and in the way, we’re saying it. I do feel like I’m my own person. I’m still trying to figure out where the comparisons are coming from, but I do think a lot of it has to do with just being real, raw, and pretty hood b——. The pretty hood b—- with a really good voice. The things that we say and the way we say it are probably very similar.
I don’t mind the comparison, this is a bad b—-, but I think being compared to somebody that has such an impact on the R&B world can be very scary for me because of the internet. It’s definitely a good thing to be compared to somebody who’s so iconic, but it also can come back and bite you in the a–.
How have R&B and Soul impacted hip-hop?
Without R&B and soul music, there would not be hip-hop. I know rap has changed so much over the years compared to when it very first started in the 1980s then going into the 1990s and into the 2000s, but I feel like mainly in the 2000s everybody was incorporating R&B into rap. Without R&B there wouldn’t be rappers because where are y’all going to gather the art from? That’s where it stemmed from.
