Sandy Spady's upbringing in Virginia as the daughter of a pastor may have seemed like a perfect beginning to a successful career as an R&B artist, which is how Spady first began in music--starting off as a lead vocalist in Black Voices, a 100 + member gospel ensemble and forming her owned R&B and jazz a cappella group called First Class.

She went on to work with notable producers such as David Anthony, (Britney Spears, Janet Jackson) and Vada Nobles (Faith Evans, Lauren Hill), and writing ...