G.O.O.D Soul Food Volume 3… A Brother With Soul

Ladies amp; Gentlemen… We can’t keep leaving each other like this you know? It’s been what? Near enough four weeks now since we last got together… Ok Ok Ok I’ll take the blame this time but we’ve gotta sort it out, don’t you think?br /div style=”text-align: justify;”br /SO Now that my lame-ass attempt at apologising for NOt being here for a minute is out of the way… let’s get down to the GOOD music!br /br /Believe it or NOT but so much of our day is spent looking for worthy NEW music to bless you with amp; it can be a realla onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_816E7vkb0Ds/SqR147pJVFI/AAAAAAAAAJo/x7DryYfhFII/s1600-h/F+%2814%29.JPG”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_816E7vkb0Ds/SqR147pJVFI/AAAAAAAAAJo/x7DryYfhFII/s200/F+%2814%29.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378553475930608722″ border=”0″ //ay painstaking experience, not that I mind because I enjoy discovering music that’s beautiful and sharing that with you… BUT ever so often, something so GOOD suddenly lands right in our lap amp; we just have to share it… One of such ‘things’ is our next feature in the G.O.O.D Soul Food series and we’ve gotta thank ‘this metal chic’ for putting us on!!! His name is Femi (pronounced as in ‘FAIR-ME’) and his influences and inspiration range from the Legends of Soul Music… Barry White, Stevie Wonder, Al Green amp; Marvin Gaye to the Contemporary Ramp;B maestros… Blackstreet, Jodeci, New Edition amp; Joe… Ok I can hear you say ‘Hmm this better be good!’ BUT when have we ever NOT brought the GOODNESS???br /br /Let’s get to it Ladies amp; Gentlemen…br /img style=”visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;” src=”http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNTIyNTM3MjI4NTQmcHQ9MTI1MjI1MzcyNjUyOSZwPTI3MDgxJmQ9bWluaV9tdXNpY19wbGF5ZXJfZmlyc3RfZ2VuJmc9MSZvPWEzNTE2MTM3ZTk1ODQ3OTRhZWU2YmFhYzE2YmQ2ZWQ2Jm9mPTA=.gif” border=”0″ height=”0″ width=”0″ /br /embed type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/13/widgetPlayerMini.swf?emailPlaylist=playlist_840972amp;backgroundcolor=EEEEEEamp;font_color=000000amp;posted_by=artist_396383amp;shuffle=amp;autoPlay=false” height=”83″ width=”262″/embedbr /a href=”http://www.reverbnation.com/c./a4/13/396383/Artist/396383/Artist/link”img alt=”We%20Plug%20G.O.O.D%20Music” src=”http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/content/13/footer.png” border=”0″ height=”12″ width=”262″ //abr /br /I immediately fell in love with this brova’s voice as soon as I heard this record, it is so smooth in a Joe Thomas/Brian McKnight kinda way… It reminds me so much of that kinda 90’s male Ramp;B vocals amp; I suppose that when he says he’s been inspired by the likes of Jodeci amp; Blackstreet, you can definitely hear it in his sound… I definitely like it! The production on this is courtesy Wole Oni and the way he merges the very different musical sounds (you might need headphones to notice the ‘traditional + contemporary’ mash up) on this record is to be applauded… My favorite part of the song is the bridge, 2 minutes deep into the song, where Femi jus let’s his vocals ride over the sounds of traditional Nigerian drums… Priceless!!!br /br /amp; we’ve got more… you know how we do!!!br /img style=”visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;” src=”http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNTIyNTM*ODE3MzEmcHQ9MTI1MjI1MzQ4NjM1MSZwPTI3MDgxJmQ9bWluaV9tdXNpY19wbGF5ZXJfZmlyc3RfZ2VuJmc9MSZvPWEzNTE2MTM3ZTk1ODQ3OTRhZWU2YmFhYzE2YmQ2ZWQ2Jm9mPTA=.gif” border=”0″ height=”0″ width=”0″ /br /embed type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/13/widgetPlayerMini.swf?emailPlaylist=playlist_840969amp;backgroundcolor=EEEEEEamp;font_color=000000amp;posted_by=artist_396383amp;shuffle=amp;autoPlay=false” height=”83″ width=”262″/embedbr /a href=”http://www.reverbnation.com/c./a4/13/396383/Artist/396383/Artist/link”img alt=”We%20Plug%20G.O.O.D%20Music” src=”http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/content/13/footer.png” border=”0″ height=”12″ width=”262″ //abr /br /I must admit, I so badly wanna know how the title of this record came about. It’s called ‘Ma Pa Mi’ which literally means ‘Don’t Kill Me’ but yeah, the complex minds of song-writers heh? I dunno how sex-talk in Yoruba language might sound BUT I envision that if she (or he) is moaning ‘Ma Pa Mi’ amongst other things, you must be doing something right (lol)? This one’s one of em sexy records you just wanna draw your ‘special someone’ close amp; vibe to… The lyrics are simple enough to learn after a couple listens (just Genius if that was the intention) amp; you cannot help but start to sing along to this song, I know I couldn’t… It features the sensual vocals of Ego and I think she should have atleast been given more presence on the song cos when she’s on that back amp; forth with Femi = the best parts of the song IMO.br /br /’Ma Pa Mi’ is Femi’s debut single so make sure you look out for it in your local record stores plus you can enjoy the other records in this feature on the B-SIDE… Unfortunately I don’t think this is being released online BUT if amp; when it is, I’ll be sure to let y’all know about it!!!br /br /Still can’t get over how good this brova sounds though, what do you think? Do lemme know…br /br /embed type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/13/widgetPlayerMini.swf?emailPlaylist=playlist_840974amp;backgroundcolor=EEEEEEamp;font_color=000000amp;posted_by=artist_396383amp;shuffle=amp;autoPlay=false” height=”83″ width=”262″/embedbr /a href=”http://www.reverbnation.com/c./a4/13/396383/Artist/396383/Artist/link”img alt=”We%20Plug%20G.O.O.D%20Music” src=”http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/content/13/footer.png” border=”0″ height=”12″ width=”262″ //abr /br /What you just heard is called ‘Never Felt A Love’… It reminds me somewhat of that Bow wow/Ciara record ‘Like You’? Like those bits where Femi goes ‘… love like this’ sounds a lot lia onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_816E7vkb0Ds/SqR15YToteI/AAAAAAAAAJw/BQ2QeDd4rpw/s1600-h/F+%28150%29.JPG”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_816E7vkb0Ds/SqR15YToteI/AAAAAAAAAJw/BQ2QeDd4rpw/s200/F+%28150%29.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378553483625018850″ border=”0″ //ake where Bow amp; Ciara go ‘… quite like you’? Doesn’t it though? Don’t get me wrong, I still fux with this tune, it’s BIG! New England’s a href=”http://www.surefiremusicgroup.com/home.html”biSurefire Music Group/i/b/a does a great job with this banging production amp; Femi duly obliges as his vocals beautifully ride the thumping beats with such ease… I still can’t decide which one I prefer, this or ‘I Love You Baby’? What do you reckon???br /br /As far as his song-writing abilities go, ‘Never Felt A Love’ is the one record that I reckon showcases that talent the best of all the three songs in this feature. There’s nothing overly fancy about the words BUT they carry a sincerity to them that is so believable… Like Ms. Toledo said of the earlier ‘Ma Pa Mi’, the lyrics on there aren’t unique (Not by any means even) BUT where these records may lack in deep lyrics, they more than make up for in beautiful vocals amp; real DOPE production that you cannot help but just appreciate the GOOD music that Femi blesses us with…br /br /My only problem (BEEF) is… with music as good as this, why in heaven’s name doesn’t this brova have an internet presence? In an age where Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and the likes of them are taking over… Artistes cannot afford not to be in tunes with the times!!! Get it together, I say!!! QUICK EDIT – Check FEMI out on his a style=”font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;” href=”http://www.myspace.com/femigotsoul”Myspace/a, a style=”font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;” href=”http://twitter.com/FemiGotSoul”Twitter/a amp; a style=”font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;” href=”http://www.facebook.com/pages/FEMI/158967213781″Facebook/a!!! He’s with the times alright!!! Talkin bout twitter, do join us on a style=”font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;” href=”http://twitter.com/wepluggoodmusic”there/a as well…br /br /As always, I do hope you enjoy the GOOD music on this here feature… We still wanna hear from you about the feature so please leave your two pennies… Is Femi ‘killin’ us with the lovely vocals amp; melody OR would we rather NOT have ‘felt’ his love???br /br /br /Until the Next Time…br /br /Peace, Love amp; GOOD Music/div