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With a name that's nearly an anagram for "<a href="spotify:artist:61UT1Zj9dFgPAjZfwnsqsb">Teena Marie</a>," Teairra Marí broke out nationally in 2005 with a single titled "Make Her Feel Good." Upon hearing the song, you could've been forgiven for thinking that the <a href="spotify:artist:61UT1Zj9dFgPAjZfwnsqsb">Teena Marie</a> connection runs a little deeper, considering Marí's pouty delivery and assertive lyrics. Actually a Detroit native with no genetic relationship to her elder, Marí's first release was an EP issued through the independent K.I.S.S. Productions. The disc made its way into the hands of <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Island+Def+Jam%22">Island Def Jam</a> chairman <a href="spotify:artist:3qEzkkBwK5vKVggMiZYOWa">Antonio "L.A." Reid</a>, and once he heard Marí sing in person, he offered a contract. Marí released her debut album on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Island+Def+Jam%22">Island Def Jam</a>-distributed <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Roc-A-Fella%22">Roc-A-Fella</a>, with full support from <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Roc-A-Fella%22">Roc-A-Fella</a> head <a href="spotify:artist:3nFkdlSjzX9mRTtwJOzDYB">Jay-Z</a>, in August 2005. Though it reached number five on the Billboard 200 chart -- despite little in the way of promotion -- Marí was subsequently dropped from her label. She was informed the night of her high-school prom. Later picked up by the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warner%22">Warner</a>-affiliated <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Asylum%22">Asylum</a> label, Marí returned to the charts in 2010 with "Sponsor," featuring <a href="spotify:artist:13y7CgLHjMVRMDqxdx0Xdo">Gucci Mane</a> and Soulja Boy Tell Em. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi
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