Shareese Renee Ballard, better known as
Res (
reese) is a female Rock/R&B singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her music is an alternative mixture of soul and rock. She released her debut album,
How I Do, in 2001 featuring the first single "Golden Boys." In spite of the video's heavy rotation on VH1, the song was not a hit on radio. Later the same year she released her second single "Ice King" featuring rapper Nas, like "Golden Boys" the song did not appeal to a mainstream audience and a video was never released for the single. In 2002 she released her third (and first hit) single "They Say Vision," which hit number one on the Billboard Dance chart and number 37 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. With the success of the single, the album entered the Billboard 200 for the first time. A fourth single, "Sittin' Back," was also released. Res did a remake of a Jefferson Starship song titled "Miracles" for the movie
Maid in Manhattan (Starring Jennifer Lopez). Shortly after, she also became a poster child for Marc Ecko's "Ecko Red" clothing line and appeared in print advertising. After a near four years' hiatus she was called to sing tour supporting vocals with Gnarls Barkley and is in the process of releasing her second album. She recently released a song on the
Akeelah and the Bee (starring Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett) movie soundtrack called "To Empower."
As of July 2006, Res' album
How I Do has sold 244,000 copies in the U.S. The album suffered from a combination of poor promotion, wrong choices for singles / videos and most importantly radio format identity crisis - Could not fit into either Urban or Rock / Pop markets.
In 2009 Res plans to release
Black.Girls.Rock!. This will be a highly anticipated sophomore album. The album is described by Res as "more of a singer/songwriters album than my debut. Great, classic songs!" Res is currently seeking to distribute it globally. Res is currently working with Nicole, 1/2 of NinaSky on a mixtape called "A Box of Chocolates".
She has plans of releasing a collaborative album in 2009 with emcee Talib Kweli and Graph Nobel as Idle Warship. The album is titled
Party Robot. In June of 2009, Idle Warship completed their first headlining tour throughout Europe. They performed to sold-out audience in Switzerland, Oslo, France and Germany. They plan to release a mixtape prior to the release of their debut album
Party Robots!
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