A soulful blend of hip-hop, neo-soul, and traditional gospel.

16 MP3 Songs in this album (65:08) !
Related styles: URBAN/R&B: Neo-Soul, SPIRITUAL: Contemporary Gospel

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Born in the suburbs of Nashville, TN, raYâmond found a love for singing at a young age. Soon thereafter those that were closest to him started to see the ability the he harnessed. But it was not until 13 years of age that he wrote and recorded is first song in a small studio.
raYâmond has sung with choirs, quartets, duets, and has done some stage plays. One of the most memorable stage plays that he has to date is; âDying to Liveâ, a play directed, produced, casted by Sheri Fayton of H4C Production Co. out of Clarksville, TN.
¬¬He released his first project entitledâ The Underground Studio Project âin 2003. This was a project that he considers the âintroductory projectâ into the hustle of the music world. Though his genre can be classified as Contemporary Gospel, he says we would rather not be put into one category or another. raYâmond calls his music âreal musicâ. When asked about this title, he statedâ I talk about real issues and you could easily find yourself in one of my songsâ. His sophomore project released in the later part of 2005 entitled âThe Words the Pen Didnât Writeâ. This project had considerably more success than the preceding project. Covering a geographical span of the South, and the Midwest, he successfully toured with this CD for two years.
Between the times that he was working on his own projects he sang behind the likes of Norman Hutchins, Marvin Sapp, Judith C. McAlister, and was momentary mentored by Lamar Campbell, Jerome Robertson, and Marc Harris.
The well anticipated project ,â The Anatomy of the Spiritual Manâ, from those that follow his work have found console in the new single âWanna Be Real With Youâ, which has been sprinkled throughout the middle to Northern Tennessee area. raYâmond states that this is the basis of his life being real with those he comes in contact with, himself, and God, his maker.
The projects aforementioned are his solo projects, but raYâmond has done production for a poet and area know publisher: Timothy O. Bond, author of âCharge the Wallsâ, and his new release: âFall in Love with the Struggleâ. All production, and vocal arrangement was done by raYâmond for the project. Other works stem back to the first poetry CD for Rhea Sunshine out of Knoxville, TN. He also had two songs on a compilation CD for Darklight records, one being a song that is on his new CD entitled: âRevolutionâ.
His sound has been linked to various artist during his tenure as an artist, the most notable is; John Legend, with his strong but raspy vocal rendition on the single âSurgeryâ from his new CD. He has shown similarities of the hip-hop legend, Common in some of his lyrical clinics with how he puts words together in a relevant fashion. His vocal range and stage energy has been compared to the todayâs gospel icon: Dietrick Haddon.