ROTATION; 1XTRA, SMOOTH FM, SOLAR, STARPOINT, JAZZ FM, BBC RADIO ESSEX, DERBY, THREE COUNTIES, NOTTINGHAM, CARDIFF, HOT96, WESTSIDE 89.6FM, OFM TENERIFE, MRS SWEDEN … TO BE CONTINUED
SCOOPS; FRONT COVER MANIFESTO MAG, ECHOES MAGAZINE, BLUES & SOUL … TO BE CONTINUED
SOUL IS EVERYWHERE. BUT WHERE ARE THE SWEET SOUL SINGERS? AND WHERE ARE THE R&B MEN & WOMEN SINGING ABOUT LIFE, EMOTION & NOT JUST THE MATERIAL SHIT?
SOUL ARTISTS AMY WINEHOUSE, GNARLS BARKLEY, CJ & BRYN CHRISTOPHER HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA & ARE GIVING SOUL A CONTEMPORARY FUNK BROS LEAN BUT WHERE ARE THE NEW ARTISTS/SINGERS TAKING INFLUENCES FROM THE 70’S (BADARSES LIKE THE STYLISTICS, CURTIS MAYFIELD & AL GREEN) YET GIVING IT A FRESH R&B TWIST?
IN SAM BOSTIC YOU’VE FOUND ONE RIGHT HERE.
IF QUENTIN TARANTINO (A DELFONICS FAN) MADE A ‘JACKIE BROWN’ SEQUEL IN 2008 HE WOULD USE THE MUSIC OF SAM BOSTIC, AN R&B ARTIST DESCRIBED AS “UNCOMPROMISINGLY SWEET & SOULFUL”.
LEAD SINGER SAM BOSTIC OF ATLANTIC RECORDS GROUP ‘ART N’ SOUL’ HAS EARNED A WALL FULL OF PLATINUM AND GOLD RECORDS PRODUCING RAPPERS 2PAC (ON HIS BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM ‘ME AGAINST THE WORLD’ – WHEN HE WAS ALIVE!) & E40 – CREATING MOB MUSIC IN HIS MANOR … THE BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA.
THIS DEBUT SOLO EFFORT WAS WRITTEN, PRODUCED & PERFORMED BY MULTI INSTRUMENTALIST SAM AT HIS 'HOUSE OF SOUL’ STUDIOS - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS RAPHAEL SAADIQ (LUCY PEARL, TONY TONI TONÉ, JOSS STONE & D’ANGELO) & JOHN JUBU SMITH (TONY TONI TONÉ, RAHSAAN PATTERSON, LUTHER VANDROSS, MARY J BLIGE, BOYZ II MEN & TONI BRAXTON).
’ZODIAC SIGN’ 5 MINS OF THOM BELL SITAR STYLED MAGIC – CO-WRITTEN BY RAPHAEL SAADIQ … … ‘SEXY MAMA’ DEFIES EXPLAINATION BUT WE’LL GIVE IT A GO – SOUNDS LIKE LOCKING BOOTSY, PRINCE, MARVIN, SADE & SAM UP IN A ROOM AND TELLING THEM TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW … … ’GET AWAY’ A SOUL FUNK R&B URBAN DRAMA … … ‘BREAK UP 2 MAKE UP’ SAM’S VERSION OF THE STYLISTICS KILLER, RECORDED TO PRESENT TO HIS LADY (NOW AN EX) … … ’STILL MISSING U’JUST IMAGINE IT … … WHAT IF WILLIE MITCHELL PRODUCED CURTIS MAYFIELD? … … ‘THIS IS YOUR SONG’ ADD A LITTLE SUGAR, GORGEOUS SWEET SOUL … …
SAM BREAKS DOWN‘ZODIAC SIGN’ & ‘BREAK UP 2 MAKE UP’ - CLICK HERE!
CUTS! WELCOME TO THA SOUL SHOW GET AWAY LUV GAME ZODIAC SIGN STILL MISSING U THIS IS YOUR SONG BREAK UP 2 MAKE UP 1 MORE TRY ROBOT INTRO TAKE OUR TIME SEXY MAMA BREAK UP 2 MAKE UP
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