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to change in just my towel, dripping wet! It was so funny. I didn't even care that someone got in the elevator with me; I was just focused on getting ready. The guy in the elevator with me probably thought I was the biggest weirdo because I was soaking wet in nothing but my towel. He looked kinda freaked, but we made it to the showcase in time and rocked it out big time. The president of the company came in grinning in mid-song and sat down. He said we were like a siren song. He heard us singing from the other side of the building and we lured him in.' He said that he just had to come into to see who it was. He was super nice and spent an hour and a half getting to know us, so I guess we did pretty okay considering that it was after a night of NO sleep and 5-hour stressful drive to New York City and 30-minutes to get ready. Any girl knows that 30-minutes is NOT enough time to glam it out right, but somehow we pulled it off."

They received the letter from Ric and Laura Poulin on August 23, 2006 that Universal Motown Records wanted to sign them to a record deal. Lauren remembers that they, "Freaked out! We cried, it was wayyyy dramatic. We found out on Jacyn's birthday (August 23rd in 2006). What an awesome present! We were all waiting for Jacyn to open her presents and the first one was a letter from our producer and managers Ric and Laura Poulin telling her we got a great deal offer. She opened the letter, read it, and was speechless. We had no idea what the letter said, maybe Josh Groban tickets - she loves him. She was too verklempt to talk so she handed the letter to the rest of us and we freaked out crying and hugging each other. It's all on video too. It is probably the best day ever in Jada history."

Sylvia Rhone, CEO of Universal Motown Records assigned Jada to an impressive roster of writers and producers which includes Wyclef Jean, Dallas Austin (Pink, Janet Jackson), Babyface, Swizz Beatz (Mariah Carey, Beyonce), Jonathan "JR" Rotem (Rihanna, Destinys Child, Britney Spears), Danja (Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado), The Clutch (Timbaland, Fantasia, Ciara), and Toby Gad (Fergie, The Veronicas).

Lauren reveals, "Some of the newer songs we wrote with New York City based producer Toby Gad are amazing. His beats are so infectious and the songs are really unique, showing how versatile we can be with our lyrics. We can't wait for you to hear them."

She remarks, "So far we've loved recording Me and My Shadow' with Toby Gad. Musically it is pretty amazing -

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