On his new album, Tree of Lyfe, Lyfe Jennings describes it as his most personal work to date and produced the majority of the album at his home studio in Greenwood, Mississippi. Tree of Lyfe, recorded primarily in his home studio, followed in June 2015. Like all of his previous studio releases, it peaked in the Top 10 of Billboard's R&B chart. He returned to music in October 2013 with Lucid, released on the Mass Appeal label. Lyfe completed another prison stint for his actions stemming from a 2008 domestic dispute.
The album was finally released in August 2010 and featured guest spots from Bryan-Michael Cox, Warryn Campbell, Fabolous, Bobby Valentino, Ludacris, Anthony Hamilton, and Jazmine Sullivan. and began working on another album, tentatively titled Sooner or Later, which he stated would be his last. Subsequently, Lyfe accepted a new deal with Warner Bros. Lyfe Change released in April 2008, featuring a handful of new production associates as well as a verse from T.I. Lyfe released a more hip-hop-oriented follow-up The Phoenix arrived in August 2006, with Three 6 Mafia and Young Buck making guest appearances. A year after its original release, the album was reissued with a new version of "Hypothetically" added as bonus track featuring American Idol winner, Fantasia. Columbia Records provided him with a contract and released his debut, Lyfe 268-192 in August 2004. Lyfe sold about 1,000 copies of his four-song demo CD during his Apollo "residency." His growing success, influenced Lyfe to move to New York City and pursue a major-label deal. He was booed as he walked onto the stage, but when the Apollo audience heard his gritty falsetto and lyrical songwriting, they were swayed to the tune of five amateur-night victories in a row. Two days after his December 2002 release from prison, he recorded a four-song demo CD.After a month post release, he performed at the Apollo. In 2002, after serving 10 years in prison, Lyfe returned to his musical aspirations.
During this time, Lyfe began to get into legal trouble and his musical career came to a halt when he was sent to prison at the age of 14. In the beginning of the 90s, however, the band disbanded. "The Dotsons" consisted of himself, his brother, and two cousins. When he was a teenager, Lyfe Jennings started to perform with the group called "The Dotsons". As stated in "Ghetto Superman" and "More Than A Girl" from The Phoenix, Lyfe lost his father at a young age. Lyfe Jennings was born on Jin Toledo, Ohio to a working-class family and was the middle of five kids.
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