Manifesto The Main Stage

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Saukrates & Rich Kidd  peformed at the Manifesto Festival Main Stage Event. The Main Stage Event is the finale to the seven day festival. Saukrates performed one of my fav’s Coming Up and Rich Kidd’s did Take It Slow.

Khalel We’ll Fly

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KHALEL BIO:

Picture this… Baby Face, James Taylor, Simon and Garfunkel, Musiq Soulchild, Raphael Saadiq, and Lionel Richie rolled into one artist.  Well, that one artist is Khalel. He has a voice of an angel and is able to transition from chest to falsetto with ease.  He calls his refreshing sound and style of music “Acoustic Folk Soul”.

Khalel was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and grew up in the Town of Milton. He was heavily influenced by a variety of music genres including Folk, Hip-Hop, Jazz, R&B, Reggae, and Rock. This variety helped shape Khalel’s own sense of style, over the years, before concentrating fully on music.  He developed a passion for piano at an early age.  Later on, he gravitated towards acoustic guitar.  He has always focused on energizing and crisp vocals. 

Khalel is a singer/producer/songwriter that has had great accomplishments throughout his career.  For instance, he was featured on two of FLOW 93.5’s (Toronto’s first urban radio station) compilation albums showcasing some of Canada’s most requested artists on FLOW and two of his songs captured top 3 position on FLOW’s “Top 8 @ 8”.

With the ongoing support of Khalel’s manager, Emmitt Henry (former manager of the platinum selling rap group ONYX), Khalel continues to explore new ways to engage his audience and bring back the feelings of yesteryear: a time when music was full of emotion and artists wrote/sang music just for the love of it.

Khalel is currently heating up international charts with his hit record “We’ll Fly” and remixed single featuring Sonny Seeza, from the legendary rap group ONYX. 

We’ll Fly Download (Original Radio Version) 38.82 MB .wav file

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October, 2010

We’ll Fly – by: Khalel Featuring Sonny Seeza from ONYX (Remix)

Intimate & Interactive featuring Silver Solitair

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Iamwhatshot.com captured another great night at Intimate & Interactive Open Mic Series, hosted by Tika Simone. I was able to watch and speak with Canadian Rapper Solitair who now goes by the name, Silver. Solitair is still alive but his expansion from Rap to this new Alternative vibe sits comfortably under the new name, Silver.  Silver (or Solitair) featured new music from his recent album Departure and without a doubt gave a worthwhile showcasing at I & I.  Call it a reinvention, branching out or an expansion of his musical portfolio his new music is something to take seriously.  I remember when I first heard Come True, I was for a lack of better words shocked! Not dismissing his talents as an artist but the transition from Rap to this Alternative sound was unexpected (and can be very risky in any artist’ career). However, I understand an evolution or DEPARTURE from the regular path is sometimes needed.  Fortunately for Silver, single’s like Come True has that definate crossover appeal.

Check out some clips from I & I featuring Silver.  I’ll be posting my interview with Silver shortly.

Shout Out to Tika Simone for the weekly love