Dancehall artiste Tina a.k.a Hood Celebrityy — scores her second Billboard entry with Roses, which enters the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart at #40.
Roses is the first single from her recently released sophomore album Tina vs Hood Celebrityy, which was released in May via The KSR Group. She said her inspiration for Roses was the alter ego, Tina.
“Roses definitely was Tina. Roses is going to be a big record, because I’m really for women. I’m really for uplifting females and making them feel good about themselves. For women, there’s so much stuff out there that’s placed on us. It’s so much pressure that it got to be somebody to remind them that they’re beautiful and deserve their roses. Some people give you your flowers when you’re dead. Give women their flowers now,” Tina told Billboard.
Two weeks ago, Tina sampled Dave Kelly’s legendary 1994 Pepperseed riddim on her new single, Lover Man, which was released on Thursday. The new song also samples the hook from Nadine Sutherland and Terror Fabulous’ 90s Dancehall classic, Action.
Tina’s first major hit Walking Trophy, peaked at #22 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and #24 on Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay in the summer of 2017.
