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The Foreign Exchange
The Foreign Exchange views[2] and the single, "Sincere", featuring YahZarah,
was released with a promotional video.
Origin Raleigh, North Carolina, Utrecht, In October 2008, the duo released their second album
Netherlands
Leave It All Behind.
Genres R&B, electronica, hip hop, neo soul In June 2009, the group announced that Zo! is now
an official artist on The Foreign Exchange Music imprint
Instruments Vocals, keyboard, bass guitar, acoustic
guitar, lead guitar and, in November 2009, YahZarah also joined the im-
print. Median and Darien Brockington later joined.
Years active 2002–present In December 2009, the group were nominated for a
Labels +FE Music Grammy, for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for
the track "Daykeeper" (feat. Muhsinah) from their Leave
Associated Yahzarah, Sy Smith, Darien Brockington
acts
It All Behind album.[3]
The group’s third album, Authenticity, was released
Website The Foreign Exchange on October 12, 2010. In January 2011, the duo went on
Members tour with Sy Smith and Darien Brockington. In June 2011,
the group announced their fourth album, the live Dear
Phonte Coleman Friends: An Evening With The Foreign Exchange, which in-
Nicolay
cludes appearances by Sy Smith and Jeanne Jolly.
The Foreign Exchange is an R&B/electronica/hip hop
duo consisting of the American rapper/singer Phonte Discography
Coleman and the Dutch record producer Nicolay.[1]
• 2004: Connected
• 2008: Leave It All Behind (#68 US R&B)
Musical career • 2010: Authenticity (#145 US; #23 US R&B)
• 2011: Dear Friends: An Evening With The Foreign
The pair first made contact over message boards on
Exchange
Okayplayer.com and began recording and sending music
Singles
back and forth. Soon after, they formed The Foreign Ex-
• 2004: "Sincere"
change without having ever met each other in person,
• 2008: "Daykeeper" (feat. Muhsinah)
hence the name.
• 2009: "Take Off the Blues"
• 2009: "House of Cards"
• 2009: "I Wanna Know"
• 2010: "Maybe She’ll Dream of Me"
• 2011: "Laughing at Your Plans" (feat. Sy Smith &
Jeanne Jolly)
References
[1] Cowie. F, Del."Foreign Exchange’s Same
Difference", Exclaim!, November 2008.
Sy Smith and Phonte performing at the House of Cards in Paris, [2] http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/
France, during the Authencity Tour in January 2011. 3321-connected/
[3] http://grammys.com/grammy_awards/
The album, Connected, was released in 2004 and was 52nd_show/list.aspx
a showcase for Nicolay’s musical talents as well as an in-
troduction to like-minded Little Brother affiliates who
guested on the album. The album received strong re-
External links
• Official Website
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