Bobby Valentino

原名 Bobby Valentino。
我們需要新鮮血液來維持歌壇的活力，indie樂隊層出不窮，rap歌手更是雨后春筍，去年聽了一整年的Usher，真的想來好久沒有一位新的R&B男歌手了，近來發(fā)現(xiàn)了這位新人Bobby Valentino，新得都沒有自己得，歌壇至少還有一位唱爵士得Bobby Valentino，真不知他得藝名居然會取這個，曾經(jīng)是團體Mista的主唱，所以專輯中的Mista Valentino就和他之前的團體有關(guān)，現(xiàn)在則是Disturbing The Peace這個“家族”的成員，年初沒有給予他足夠的注意力，直到他專輯的出現(xiàn)，先前的Slow Down，也就是第一首單曲，直到最近才品出了他的味道，8周上榜，本周的成績是25名。專輯就像是典型的黑人音樂，性感十足，其中的兩端interlude絕對suggestive。音樂則從傳統(tǒng)R&B到現(xiàn)在融合了hiphop節(jié)奏的靈魂樂，談不上創(chuàng)新，但是專輯做得非常的認(rèn)真，Love Dream中假聲的唱法讓人想起了Brian McKnight,也許專輯更吸引人的是前半部分包括那首Slow Down，漸漸地Bobby Valentino走入地傳統(tǒng)平淡地怪圈，顯然失去了之前的吸引力，不法復(fù)制先前音樂給我的那種持久的沖擊力，即將作為專輯第二首單曲的Tell Me是專輯我最喜歡的一首歌曲，特別是其中別出心裁的弦樂，新潮的hiphop節(jié)奏，長著一副成功相，雖然冠名為Slow Down Remix，最后一首歌曲并不是基于原唱，根本就是兩首不同的歌曲。
Bobby Wilson (Known as Bobby Valentino) was born in Jackson, Mississippi but raised in Atlanta. Bobby started his career in the music industry at a young age by forming the group Mista with a group of friends. The Boyz II Men-styled group had a hit in 1996 with the single "Blackberry Molasses" but the album didn't follow in the same success and despite a second album being produced by Tim & Bob it was never released. Due to management issues the group decided to split and the members decided to go their separate ways. Despite the short-lived success of the group Bobby still believes it wasn't a bad experience but a "learning experience".
Bobby then decided to put his music career on hold to gain a college degree in Mass Communications from Clark Atlanta University due to the competitive nature of the music industry and also having something "to fall back on".
After graduating from University in 2003, Bobby decided to focus on music again and, armed with three albums of demos, he set out to pursue his music career dream. The demos reached Poon Daddy who then forwarded them onto Ludacris and Shaka Zulu and "the rest is history" as Bobby says. Bobby Valentino (nicknamed "Valentino" because he was due to be born on Valentines day), under the label Disturbing Tha Peace (DTP), then collaborated with production team Tim & Bob on his debut solo album "Disturbing Tha Peace Presents...Bobby Valentino" which includes the number 1 smash hit "Slow Down" as well as "Tell Me" and "Give me a chance" which features Ludacris.
The second solo album entitled "Special Occasion" was released on May 8th 2007 and includes the Rodney Jerkins produced official first single called "Turn The Page" as well as Timbaland Smash Hit "Anonymous". The album debuted at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and eventually peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Bobby Valentino returned to the studio in late 2007 and began working on his third album which was due to be called "Underground Love". Bobby Valentino's departure from DTP/Def Jam in early 2008 stalled the project and the album was shelved.
On April 29th 2008, the digital-only album entitled Come With Me was released and included the tracks "Another Life" and a remake of the Marvin Gaye classic, "What's Going On."
In July 2008, Bobby Valentino signed a new recording contract with EMI which houses his imprint Blu Kolla Dreams. The new album "The Rebirth" os schedule for release on February 10th 2009 and the first official single from the album entitled "Beep" was released via iTunes on October 7th 2008.