"I'ma Put Ya D Wit" - RnB Singer Sammie

I am starting a new feature today and will be using this format from now on. It's called "I'ma Put Ya D Wit" {slang alert for nerds, this means "I am going to show you a new artist you need to pay attention to, because they are the next big thing"}. Alright, yall got that. So, the first official "I'ma Put Ya D Wit" artist is, Sammie.

What!?!?!?!?!

Sammie!!

You might think to yourself, Sammie, that little kid that used to be down with SoSo Def back in 2000? The little kid who looked all corny, and made those corny kiddy-popish jams? Yeah, that dude, let's have a few laughs at his past and get them out of your system, you ready.















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Alright, shit, I will get my jokes out of the way so I conduct the rest of this article with what we really here to talk about. Look at that pic, I mean come on yall he might have been 12 or 13 there. I sure would not want to have a pic of myself out in the public from when I was that age, we'd all be laughin' if I posted one of those. Give the kid a break, laugh at his past, but it was his past, it made him quite a bit of money I am sure. Okay, his label didn't have to use that played out Microsoft WordArt graphic in this image, they also didn't need to have him in some stairwell holding onto the banister for dear life. I get this graphic artist was fired right after making this image too, LOL. I mean come on, they just whited out the background, through the little boy in the staircase to the record companies offices, and threw a played out WordArt of his name above his head. LAUGH, get it all out cause I'm bout to wake yall up with some realness.

Shit, Sammie bout to wake yall up with some realness.

So on my quest to find music one day I run across Sammie's new album, and it must have been a slow downloading day, but oh well. I downloaded it. I didn't listen to it for a few days, cause I normally throw music on the Pod, and then everyday listen to a album or two. Well, probably about a week after having his CD, I was nearing the 60GB's that The Muzik Vault [my iPod] has to offer, so I was skimming it to find songs to get rid of and I came across Sammie, and nearly canned his album off that image above since that was the first thing that came into my mind. But I was like, shit, let me give this a chance. So I went to the first track in the playlist, and hit play.

Instantly I think to myself, shit this dude is working with something, okay. Then I'm half way through it and I feel as if I must have rated everysong 3 or more stars right. As I'm listenin' I can't help but think of Trey Songz, Ne-Yo and the more popular Chris Brown. Shit, Sammie is a better Chris Brown, than, well, uh....Chris Brown. Dude is sick, no joke. The best way I can describe Sammie's new album, Sammie, is a mix of Ne-Yo's soul, Omarion's flavor, Usher's sound, and taking Chris Brown's fans. This dude has matured, he is no longer singing cheesy poppy music for children, no no. Sammie is grown up, I think about 19 or 20 now, and if you ask me he got all these dudes I just mentioned beat big time. The album isn't good, it's great! I would have posted the tracklisting or album image, but I don't know if it is out there like that yet as I couldn't even find a release date for his newest work, but I did find his myspace page, which showcases a few of the songs.

So ladies and gentleman, "I'ma Put Ya D Wit" Sammie.

Sammie's Myspace

RnB Album of the week = Brian McKnight - Ten

Brian McKnight releases a new album to the RnB world, and it's crazy.

I will be the first to admit Brian has not been making music like he did earlier in his career. His last few albums were just mediocre if you ask me, and the only classic song he has made within the last few years is probably "Love of My Life." That CD Superhero was his last good effort, but even that album stopped short with only a few memorable moments, like the above mentioned and the Justin Timberlake callab "My Kind of Girl."

A good friend of mine who has been a Brian McKnight fan for years still thinks Brian is slacking, however I beg to differ. He told me he thinks Brian is trying too hard to recreate older classic songs, and claims every song on this album pretty much resembles "Back at One." I listened to the album fully (as I do anything after throwing it on the Pod), and his 16 tracks all passed the iPod test that I have. [The iPod test is where I listen to every song in a certain album, and rate the songs I like, either a tracks gets 1 star, or 5 stars, and after I listen to the whole album, I go back, and see which songs are not rated, and can them]. Not one song failed the iPod test. Every song was left on The Muzik Vault {my 60 GB iPod's name, lol}. I will not even begin to name the songs on this album and tell you how good they are, because I believe they are all good. I will however school you on the song that I think, if marketed right, will be one of the bigger cross-over RnB songs that we have heard in the past few years.

Brian has always been able to create songs that fall outside of his genre. In the past he has collaborated with various artists, from Justin Timberlake to Juvenile, to now........drum roll, hold your breath RnB fans, Rascal Flatts. Rascal Flatts is one of the biggest country groups out now I guess, I hear their songs here and there, see them on TV, and my son even likes the remake they did of "Life Is A Highway" from the movie Cars. Anyway, they got song with Brian on Ten entitled "Red, White and Blue" that is amazing. It is so fitting for the times as well, it is about a man who is in the military and it away from his family, and they pretty much paint a picture of the effect the war is having on the world today. It is a really powerful and uplifting song that anyone who has a family member in the military can relate to. This song, if pushed right will be huge, hopefully for Brian's sake the label knows what they have, and will do the right thing and give this record the all too popular label push.