TIIDA TOOK THE LOVE FROM THE
STREET TO KNOCK OUT DOUBTERS IN THE INDUSTRY
Poet: Booker Singer: Grant
TiiDA is the two man black and white black music duo that has
already garnered underground street attention with its hip hop
black music tracks and catchy club hooks. Now word is getting
out about these vocalists and the industry is listening.
 TiiDA
has been on tour for the last year performing in venues throughout
Europe from Italy to London, while also building a fan base
in the United States with performances in Las Vegas, New York,
and Los Angeles. All the while completing production on tracks
in N.Y. and C.A.
Grant
and Booker hooked up while in London. Unknowing of the struggle
they would have as a black and white black music duo that
wasn't already manufactured by a label. The eminent love of
hip hop soul music and burning desire to make strong black
music tracks kept them together hustling tracks on the street.
Doing there own street promotions and showcasing at local
talent contests.
"The
music industry didn't think that listeners would believe a
white boy from Europe could sing soulful black music. So we
did our own street promotions from 10 at night until 6 in
the morning and we rocked hip hop showcases in the hood where
we where sometimes the only black music act. Let alone with
a whiteboy. The cats that were out there performing didn't
have any reason to clap, get out of their seats to shake your
hand and congratulate you if they didn't like what you where
doing. I knew that if the street would give us love we would
get love across the board," says Booker.
Booker
has hard soulful vocals which give the raw uncut lyrics a
unique life of their own. This is then in turn given a smooth
soothing overlay by Grant drawing the listener into the songs
to be blown away. This unconventional style has set the world
to become wide eyed in expectation over what's next to come
from the duo. If "New Booty Thang" is any idea of
the caliber of music to be self written and sang by TiiDA
then we will continually be longing for more.
When
watching TiiDA performing or in the studio you might find
yourself feeling as if your caught between a relationship
with yourself and every partner you may have had, wanted,
and never wanted. With twisted takes on life's relationships
TiiDA opens up to the listener showing real pain, happiness
and humor that has not been touched upon. There is so much
feeling passion, honesty and fun resonating through their
vocals. When they smile, you think they're smiling at you
when they sing, you think they're singing to you and with
those banging hooks you cant help but hope that when the chorus
sings "She found love, love, love inside of me"
they're singing to you.
When
will this determined duo be released to the mass public?
When
will Europe get to see its first male black music singer break
into the United States from the United States? When will black
music males put us back on the dance floor where we want to
be? Well the answer to the last question depends on the answer
to the first. Which we all hope will be soon. Prepare for
something a little bit harder a little bit stronger a little
bit TiiDA.
For
more information about the duo: www.tiida.com |
