We Plug 2 Y.O.U… Midian

div style=”text-align: justify;”div style=”text-align: auto;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-family: Arial; font-size: small;”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-size: 13px;”br //span/span/div/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/30/l_d32b2f07905d48d8ae451a8254701477.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”200″ src=”http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/30/l_d32b2f07905d48d8ae451a8254701477.jpg” width=”150″ //a/divOn the rare occasion, since I started this website about a year ago, have I been sent music by a new/emerging artist amp; been so BLOWN away that I have to write about it… I literally CANNOT function when this happens, the only thing on my mind is how and if NOT immediately, I can get this music to you! So you can imagine how the last 3 days have been (lol)… I received this email on Sunday from an EMERGING female Ramp;B/Soul Singer from the DC/VA area in the States by the name of a href=”http://www.1midian.com/”biMidian/i/b/a amp; I was almost gonna do thatnbsp;procrastinatingnbsp;thing (as you do) and skip this email until later BUT alas I peeped the content of the email amp; can I just say… BEST THING I’VE DONE ALL WEEK!/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”SO anyway allow me to introduce you to Virginia based a href=”http://www.twitter.com/1midian”ibMidian Mathers/b/i/a… As she sonbsp;boldlynbsp;stated in her press-kit, Midian SOUNDS like Midian amp; I’m quite hard-pressed to disagree with her. You know how much I like comparisons even though I say I don’t? Well I couldn’t find one clear comparison to Midian, maybe I’m just not trying hard enough… Maybe I’m enjoying the Music too much amp; talking about Music, that is why we are here ofcourse, let’s hear something from her…/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”object height=”81″ width=”100%” param name=”movie” value=”http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fwe-plug-g-o-o-d-music-2%2Fmidian-heart-beat”/paramparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/paramembed allowscriptaccess=”always” height=”81″ src=”http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fwe-plug-g-o-o-d-music-2%2Fmidian-heart-beat” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”100%”/embed /object a href=”http://soundcloud.com/we-plug-g-o-o-d-music-2/midian-heart-beat”/a/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”That which you just heard is titled ‘Heart Beat’, produced by Emerging Philly-based + Grammy Award-Winning Production duo, a href=”http://www.myspace.com/doncheegroanddirtyharry”ibDon Cheegro amp; Dirty Harry/b/i/a (Sound familiar? Well think Usher, Ciara, Ludacris, Chris Brown, Beanie Sigel)… This record is all kindsa GOODNESS to my ears, I just CANNOT get enough of it, the bassline that kicks off the musical arrangement is just to die for + the minimalist production is just right as Ms. Mathers rides (I say RIDE because it’s almost like she’s rapping on this in certain parts lol) on this with so much ease + what can I say about her vocals? You can hear em for yourself… The Woman can SING iBeg…/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”You still in doubt? Let’s hear some more Midian!/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”object height=”81″ width=”100%” param name=”movie” value=”http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fwe-plug-g-o-o-d-music-2%2Fmidian-in-your-eyes”/paramparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/paramembed allowscriptaccess=”always” height=”81″ src=”http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fwe-plug-g-o-o-d-music-2%2Fmidian-in-your-eyes” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”100%”/embed /object a href=”http://soundcloud.com/we-plug-g-o-o-d-music-2/midian-in-your-eyes”/a/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”a href=”http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/28/l_541557c4f88f4c0c990b886aafdff7b9.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”200″ src=”http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/28/l_541557c4f88f4c0c990b886aafdff7b9.jpg” width=”160″ //a’In Your Eyes’ is what you just heard… I’m feeling the soulful vibe on this one! A Very heart-felt amp; emotional record from Midian amp; I’m still very impressed by her vocal delivery plus the almost background keys amp; guitar nbsp;are a perfect blend for this solemn record giving it that amazing acoustic sound + the way the drums subtly kick in on the final part of the record signals perfectly thenbsp;upliftingnbsp;of the record… iLove it! Absolutely love it!/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”Both songs that you’ve heard will be part of Midian’s mixtape that due out in April, I cannot wait to hear more of this woman to be perfectly honest… She’s begun work on her debut album as well and taking into account the calibre of producers she’s been working OR has worked with, the likes of a href=”http://www.groovymilesmusic.com/”biChiba Antoine/i/b/a (Amy Winehouse, Amel Larrieux…), David Sanguinetti, a href=”http://www.discogs.com/artist/James+Poyser”biJames Poyser/i/b/a (Al Green, Talib Kweli, Musiq Soulchild, D’Angelo…) amp; a href=”http://4evermusicinc.com/blog/?page_id=105″biCarvin Haggins/i/b/a (Jazmine Sullivan, Jill Scott, Justin Timberlake, Ledisi…), I expect nothing short of an amazingly put-together debut album… You can even tell by my writing that I’m overly excited to hear more of Midian Mathers in the coming months!/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”Until then however, we do have some more of this woman to share with you amp; I hope you enjoy her music as much as I clearly do…/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”object height=”81″ width=”100%” param name=”movie” value=”http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fwe-plug-g-o-o-d-music-2%2Fmidian-tomorrow-with-me”/paramparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/paramembed allowscriptaccess=”always” height=”81″ src=”http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fwe-plug-g-o-o-d-music-2%2Fmidian-tomorrow-with-me” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”100%”/embed /object a href=”http://soundcloud.com/we-plug-g-o-o-d-music-2/midian-tomorrow-with-me”/a/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;””Whatever will be, will be. I hope you can see Tomorrow with Me..” – Midian/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”Another very good song from the VA native, Midian who, would you believe it, is also a Model and an Actress with minor roles in First Kid, Shadow Conspiracy amp; Dawson’s Creek… amp; we’re kinda wishing she definitely sticks with the music because there is definitely something there… something really good… something pretty much amazing (oh that’s my new phrase by the way)… As she lists her musical influences to be Etta James, Ray Charles, Mary J. Blige, and Stevie Wonder, we cannbsp;straight-awaynbsp;see where that soulful sound of hers comes from amp; as she includes the likes of Lauryn Hill, the Fugees, TuPac, Biggie, Jay-Z amp; Kanye West to her list of musical influences, you can recall the songs you just heard amp; specifically pick out the little hip-hop rhetoric she embeds in her music… It’s just quality music all round amp; I definitely CO-SIGN a href=”http://www.myspace.com/1midian”ibMidian/b/i/a!nbsp;/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”We Plug G.O.O.D Music Certified 100%/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”Until the Next Time…/divdiv style=”text-align: justify;”br //div