folkadelic hip-pop

11 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk Pop, HIP HOP/RAP: Alternative Hip Hop



Details:
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE, May 1999:

"Singer/songwriter Fred Wilhelm has been percolating for several years now, racking up a pile of awards-including honors as BMI's best new songwriter and first place in Billboard's songwriting contest.

Additionally, he's toured extensively, opening for the Replacements and Living Colour, among others.

Wilhelm is shopping a disc that deftly combines elements of traditional folk with hip-hop drum loops and samples.

It's a solid, easily marketed sound that's a result of the Nashville artist's desire to not be "a sensitive white-guy folky." Between gigs, Wilhelm is cutting tunes for a full-length disc that he hopes to have out before the year's end.

Once a wise major A&R exec hears tunes like "Long Slow Beautiful Dance," on which he seems to channel Lou Reed within a rich rock/funk arrangement, Wilhelm won't be label-free for long."