By the way I didn’t do the interview. Lyrique, you should tag your posts with your name, so people can see what posts you’ve done.

I w0uld say you did a pretty good job for your first time (if you’re a fan, I’m sure some nerves were involved. As far as what you can improve on… obviously the grammatical errors with your transcript. However, the main thing would be to keep the interview about the “interview-ee”. There were a few too many personal anecdotes, and comments that weren’t really relevant to her and her career.

Besides that… you’re young, and you’re doing your thing. Journalism is not easy, and the more you conduct interviews, the better you’ll become. This is something I would love to see more of on ToyasWorld. Keep up the great work!

P.S. Toya, if you ever read this, I’m still interested in becoming a writer on this blog, even though you haven’t replied. Let me know, please!

Other than that it was really good! I never liked her initially bc she came out with Tim and Missy (like how Aaliyah used to) and it was like they were just moving on from Aaliyah. I was NOT having that! And then she had the nerve to interpolate Rock Da Boat into her song?!?! Oh HELL NAH!!! Anyway thats how I felt at the time, bc it really hadn’t seemed like Aaliyah had been gone that long…anyway…her voice is excellent, the production of her debut was excellent, it was a great shelved album. I wish her the best.

Tip: Do avoid any type of biased position, even in the form of a simple “Mmhm”. As a journalist you want to gather as objective a collection of information as possible. When you share your own stories with the interviewee or become too friendly, you render void the very reason for the interview in the first place: to get a story. Now of course, this is also a matter of intention… if you meant to craft a story all along that was highly favorable to the profiled subject, then by all means go for it — but with anything, the genius behind a craft is knowing what you’re doing and for what purpose.

If journalism really is a passion for you, try looking up this article (If I’m not mistaken it appeared in the NY Times or a post of the sort) entitled “Crime and Punishment” — in it contains thoughts from various renowned journalists on the fine line between right and wrong when it comes to the principle of the interview.

All in all decent interview. Long (I admit I had to read through it over three separate visits to your website) but insightful. It might be useful to clarify also who is who — I assumed Kiley was the purpose but the “Lyrique” through me off guard, as did the interviewer’s own stories about being in the music biz, etc, etc — perhaps you should provide a brief context for your own life if the interviewer is indeed you.

you’re not supposed to make it that ass long….your readers will lose interest in no time, plus all those ‘mmmmh’ are so amateurish… .at one point i felt i was reading one of those interviews kids do when they’re at school and need to interview someone in the family lol.. ….