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Line 1: {{Short description\|American nu metal band}} ~~'''Wicked Wisdom''' is a [[nu metal]]/[[rapcore]] band featuring [[Jada Pinkett Smith]] as lead vocalist, who is the wife of actor and singer [[Will Smith]].~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist \| name = Wicked Wisdom \| image = Jada's Band Wicked Wisdom At Ozzfest 2005 (cropped).jpg \| caption = Wicked Wisdom performing at [[Ozzfest]] 2005 \| image_upright=1.25 \| background = group_or_band \| origin = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. \| genre = [[Nu metal]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2013/05/mothers-day-musicians-with-rockin-moms#4 \|title=9 Musicians With Rockin' Moms – List – Fuse \|publisher=Fuse.tv \|date= \|accessdate=May 10, 2013}}</ref> \| years_active = 2002–2006, 2021–present \| label = [[Suburban Noize Records\|Suburban Noize]], [[Interscope Records\|Interscope]] \| website = {{url\|wickedwisdom.net}} \| current_members = [[Jada Pinkett Smith\|Jada Koren]]<br />Cameron "Wirm" Graves<br />Philip "Fish" Fisher<br />Pocket Honore<br />Rio Lawrence \| past_members = [[Korel Tunador]]<br />Devin Vasquez }} '''Wicked Wisdom''' is an American [[nu metal]] band from Los Angeles, California, formed by [[Jada Pinkett Smith]] in 2002. ~~The Band Members Include '''Jada Koren''', '''Pocket Honore''',''' Rio''',''' Fish''', and '''Cameron "Wirm" Graves'''.~~ == History == More than two years ago Wicked Wisdom set out on a fearless journey to create music that defies boundaries and convention. Fronted by Jada Koren and backed by a live band whose resume displays a wealth of live and recorded projects, Wicked Wisdom has given birth to a sound that cannot be confined in a single genre. Seamlessly fusing the screaming guitars of heavy rock, driving drums of speed metal and unmistakably locked grooves of funk, with a melodic vocal style that is at the same time fierce and vulnerable, Wicked Wisdom tap into the blood line that fuels the human condition. This powerful music will be the soundtrack to revolutions as it pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside. {{quote box\|width=35%\|quote="I listened to all kinds of metal as a kid. [[Metallica]], [[Guns N' Roses]]. I would always look at [[Axl Rose]] and say, 'Why aren't there any chicks out there doing this now?' I always wanted an opportunity to get out there and rock out."\|source=Pinkett Smith on why she created Wicked Wisdom<ref name=Wicked1 />}} ~~--------------~~ When Wicked Wisdom's Music Director Pocket tuned down his Guitar and started writing new material with recent addition Cameron A.K.A. Young Beige the two realized they were creating a truly explosive sound. This new sound combined with Jada Korens searingly honest and revealing vocals proved the band was on the right path. The addition of Fishbone founding member Fish on the drums pushed the sound even deeper into the depths of a hard, dark soundscape. Bass player Rio extreme stage presence can only be topped by his ability to fly through his booming bass riffs with an easy aggression. Rhythm Guitarist and keyboard player Korel plays the crucial role of maintaining this band's hard melody while accompanying Pocket's wild guitar style. ~~--------------~~ As we all know there is only one place to test a new band, the live stage. Live, Wicked Wisdom eclipses the sum of its parts. Jada Koren is, of course, a confident performance artist. Although few could foresee how brightly she would shine, her stage persona fills the venue and demands attention. Live, the other members of the band do more than back Jada; they murder their parts like the world depends on it. It was not long before the Wicked Wisdom live show garnered major buzz and caught the attention of influential ears, including Ozzfest tour organizer Sharon Osbourne. ~~--------------~~ "I went to see Wicked Wisdom play last April in a tiny (Los Angeles) club at midnight, let me tell you, I was blown away. When you see and hear Jada with her band it's apparent that she has nothing but love and respect for this genre of music. I totally respect that the band wants to pay their dues playing the second stage on Ozzfest." - Sharon Osbourne ~~--------------~~ The invitation to perform at Ozzfest comes at a perfect time for the band Wicked Wisdom who is set to release its self titled debut on 100% Womon Records. The release will coincide with the kick-off of Ozzfest 2005. The album and tour will answer all questions. However, this band is not a good one, and many people despise the music as a result. Therefore, do not buy Wicked Wisdom merchandise or albums. Actress [[Jada Pinkett Smith]] (under the name Jada Koren) formed the band in 2002.<ref name=Wicked1>{{cite web\|last=Kaufman\|first=Gil\|title=Jada Pinkett Smith Lives Out Her Axl Rose Dreams\|date=January 31, 2005\|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522697/20060127/wicked_wisdom.jhtml\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203033827/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522697/20060127/wicked_wisdom.jhtml\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=February 3, 2006\|accessdate=October 7, 2007\|publisher=MTV}}</ref> It consists of Pinkett Smith (lead vocals), Pocket Honore (guitar, vocals), Cameron "Wirm" Graves (guitar, keyboard, vocals), Rio Lawrence (bass, vocals), and Philip "Fish" Fisher (drums, formerly of [[Fishbone]]). The band is managed by James Lassiter and Miguel Melendez of [[Overbrook Entertainment]], a company co-founded by Pinkett Smith's husband [[Will Smith]].<ref name=Ozzfest1>{{cite magazine\|last=Titus\|first=Christa L.\|title=Osbourne Defends Wicked Wisdom's Ozzfest slot\|date=June 7, 2005\|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/62669/osbourne-defends-wicked-wisdoms-ozzfest-slot\|accessdate=October 16, 2008\|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)\|Billboard Magazine]]}}</ref> === The Onyx Hotel Tour === ~~==Albums==~~ Wicked Wisdom landed a slot on [[Britney Spears]]' [[Onyx Hotel Tour]] in 2004, one of the year's highest-profile tours. To promote their 2004 debut album, titled ''My Story'', the band opened for Spears for eight dates in April and May 2004 during the European leg of the tour.<ref name=Onyx1>{{cite magazine\|last=Susman\|first=Gary\|title=Britney's opening act: Jada Pinkett Smith\|date=March 11, 2004\|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/03/11/britneys-opening-act-jada-pinkett-smith/\|access-date=October 16, 2008\|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]\|archive-date=October 20, 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020122834/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,599764,00.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> * ''[[Wicked Wisdom (album)\|Wicked Wisdom]]'', February 21, 2006 === Ozzfest 2005 === ~~{\| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"~~ In 2005, [[Sharon Osbourne]] went to see Wicked Wisdom perform at a small night club in Los Angeles, California. She said, "I was blown away. When you see and hear Jada with her band it's apparent that she has nothing but love and respect for this genre of music."<ref name=Ozzfest1 /> In May 2005 organizers announced Wicked Wisdom would perform on the second stage of 2005's [[Ozzfest]].<ref name=Ozzfest2>{{cite web\|last=Harris\|first=Chris\|title=Jada Pinkett Smith's Band Added to Lineup\|date=May 17, 2005\|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1502453/20050517/index.jhtml?headlines=true\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050606085203/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1502453/20050517/index.jhtml?headlines=true\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=June 6, 2005\|accessdate=October 16, 2008\|publisher=MTV}}</ref> Fans of the festival were outraged, claiming the band did not have the credibility to perform at the music festival. Aware of the questions about the band's addition to Ozzfest, Pinkett Smith said, "I'm not here asking for any favors. You've got to show and prove. And not every audience is going to go for it."<ref name=Ozzfest3>{{cite web\|last=Titus\|first=Christa L.\|title=Wicked Wisdom Persevering On Ozzfest\|date=July 25, 2005\|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61992/wicked-wisdom-persevering-on-ozzfest\|accessdate=October 16, 2008\|work=Billboard Magazine}}</ref> Wicked Wisdom's guitarist Pocket Honore said while early dates of the tour were rocky, "once word got out that we weren't a joke, people started coming out and by the sixth or seventh gig we were on fire."<ref name=Wicked1 /> Pinkett Smith agreed, saying, "After seven dates within the Ozzfest tour, the whole attitude of it started to turn around once the word of mouth started getting out."<ref name=Ozzfest4>{{cite web\|last=Nixon\|first=Chris\|title=Pinkett Smith gets 'Wicked'\|date=February 24, 2006\|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060224/news_1c24jada.html\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912104745/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060224/news_1c24jada.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=September 12, 2012\|accessdate=October 16, 2008\|work=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]}}</ref> The band's [[Wicked Wisdom (album)\|self-titled second album]] was released on February 21, 2006, through Pinkett Smith's production company 100% Women and [[Suburban Noize Records]]. Will Smith served as the project's executive producer.<ref name=Album>{{cite web\|last=Kroll\|first=Katy\|title=Wicked Wisdom\|date=March 9, 2006\|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59440/wicked-wisdom\|accessdate=October 16, 2008\|work=Billboard Magazine \|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070807171252/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59440/wicked-wisdom \|archivedate = August 7, 2007}}</ref> The album made it to [[Billboard charts\|''Billboard'']]{{-'}}s [[Top Heatseekers]] chart, and peaked at number 44 during the week of March 11, 2006.<ref name=Billboard>{{cite web\|title=Top Heatseekers – Wicked Wisdom\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2006-03-11/heatseekers-albums\|accessdate=October 16, 2008\|work=[[Billboard charts\|Billboard]]}} {{dead link\|date=September 2010\|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] reviewer Alex Henderson said of the album, "[Pinkett Smith] shows herself to be an expressive, commanding singer" and that Wicked Wisdom "shows considerable promise".<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web\|last=Henderson\|first=Alex\|title=Wicked Wisdom – Review\|url={{Allmusic\|class=album\|id=r820773\|pure_url=yes}}\|accessdate=October 16, 2008\|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> The band promoted the album in 2006, touring with heavy metal band [[Sevendust]].<ref name=Ozzfest4 /> ~~! width="28" rowspan="2"\| Year~~ ~~! width="257" rowspan="2"\| Title~~ ~~! colspan="4"\| Chart Positions~~ ~~! width="257" rowspan="2"\| Album~~ \|- === Wicked Evolution === ~~! width="86"\| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100\|US Hot 100]]</small>~~ In September 2011, Jada Pinkett Smith was seen/photographed leaving a recording studio, but speculation connected the moment to her daughter, [[Willow Smith]], completing her debut album.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Leaving the Recording Studio\|url=http://entertainmentrundown.com/2011/09/26/spotted-jada-pinkett-smith-leaving-recording-studio/\|accessdate=September 26, 2011}}</ref> In January 2012, a video posted to [[YouTube]], claimed to show The Graves Brothers working in the studio on a gothic/piano rock styled pop song for what they called "the new Jada Pinkett Smith record".<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Graves Brothers Producing\| website=[[YouTube]] \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GApkbotWo&sns=em\|accessdate=January 22, 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links\|date=February 2022}}</ref> Over the next couple of weeks it was announced that the new band name was "Wicked Evolution".{{cn\|date=June 2019}} ~~! width="86"\| <small>[[Modern Rock Tracks chart\|US Modern Rock]]</small>~~ ~~! width="86"\| <small>[[US Singles Chart]]</small>~~ In 2021, Wicked Wisdom reunited with Smith's daughter Willow Smith to perform "Bleed All Over Me" with Ronald Bruner Jr. on drums, Michael Anderson on bass guitar and Taylor Graves on keyboards for a Mother's Day episode of ''[[Red Table Talk]]''. ~~! width="86"\| <small>[[Adult Top 40\|US Adult Top 40]]</small>~~ == Discography == * ''My Story'' (2004) * ''[[Wicked Wisdom (album)\|Wicked Wisdom]]'' (2006) === Music videos === ==== As Wicked Wisdom ==== {\| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Song !! Album \|- \| 2006 \|\| "Something Inside of Me"<ref name="Wicked Wisdom – Something Inside Of Me">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUIhS2m_THM\|title=Wicked Wisdom – Something Inside Of Me\|work=[[YouTube]]\|date=November 22, 2006 \|access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref> \|\| Wicked Wisdom ~~\| 2005~~ ~~\| "[[Bleed All Over Me]]"~~ ~~! 99~~ ~~! -~~ ~~! 55~~ ~~! -~~ \|- \| 2006 \|\| "Bleed All Over Me"<ref name="Wicked Wisdom – Bleed All Over Me">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1g6viZ3DEw\|title=Wicked Wisdom – Bleed All Over Me\|work=[[YouTube]]\|date=November 22, 2006 \|access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref> \|\| Wicked Wisdom ~~\| 2006~~ ~~\| "[[Something Inside Me]]"~~ ~~! -~~ ~~! -~~ ~~! -~~ ~~! -~~ \|- \| 2013 \|\| "Stuck<ref name="Wicked Wisdom – Stuck">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4PZ7I9Y_H8\|title=Wicked Wisdom – Stuck\|work=[[YouTube]]\|date=October 12, 2021 \|access-date=May 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://afropunk.com/2013/11/wicked-wisdom-stuck/\|title="wicked wisdom – stuck \| AFROPUNK"\|date=November 18, 2013 \|access-date=May 14, 2023\|archive-date=May 14, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514042815/https://afropunk.com/2013/11/wicked-wisdom-stuck/\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|\| \|} ==== As Wicked Evolution ==== ~~==External links==~~ {\| class="wikitable" [http://www.wickedwisdom.net/ Wicked Wisdom Official Site] ! Year !! Song !! Album [http://www.myspace.com/wickedwisdomband Wicked Wisdom Official Myspace Page] \|- [http://www.frappr.com/wickedwisdom Wicked Wisdom Frappr Map] \| 2012 \|\| "Left Behind"<ref name="Wicked Evolution – Left Behind">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0-KtuduiXg\|title=Wicked Evolution – Left Behind\|work=[[YouTube]]\|date=October 12, 2021 \|access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://afropunk.com/2012/03/wicked-evolution-left-behind-thomas-pridgen-on-drums/\|title="wicked evolution – left behind (thomas pridgen on drums) \| AFROPUNK"\|date=March 28, 2012 \|access-date=May 14, 2023\|archive-date=February 19, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219233759/https://afropunk.com/2012/03/wicked-evolution-left-behind-thomas-pridgen-on-drums/\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|\| \|- \| 2012 \|\| "Burn"<ref name="Wicked Evolution BURN">{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpN1AVhOR8g\|title=Wicked Evolution BURN\|work=[[YouTube]]\|date=March 24, 2012 \|access-date=May 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://afropunk.com/2012/03/wicked-evolution-burn-jada-pinkett-smith/\|title="wicked evolution – burn (jada pinkett smith) \| AFROPUNK"\|date=March 23, 2012 \|access-date=May 14, 2023\|archive-date=May 14, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514035247/https://afropunk.com/2012/03/wicked-evolution-burn-jada-pinkett-smith/\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|\| \|} ==~~=Singles=~~ References == {{reflist}} == External links == ~~{{US-metal-band-stub}}~~ [http://www.wickedwisdom.net/ Official website] *{{allmusic}} {{Authority control}} ~~[[Category:Bands with female lead singers]]~~ [[Category:~~2000s~~2002 ~~music~~establishments ~~groups~~in California]] [[Category:African-American heavy metal musical groups]] [[Category:Nu metal musical groups from California]] [[Category:Female-fronted musical groups]] [[Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 2002]] [[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2006]] [[Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2021]] [[Category:American musical quintets]] [[Category:Suburban Noize Records artists]] [[Category:Interscope Records artists]]