I heard this in a Virgin store and had to pick it up. He's filling the D'Angelo void right now. Influences: Prince, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson

Biography by Marisa Brown
Born to mixed race parents in Chester, PA, a suburb to the south of Philadelphia, self-taught singer Kevin Michael grew up around music, and was even in contract negotiations when he was 11, though he didn't end up signing anything until many years later. Instead, he focused on making studio demos and songwriting, and only began label shopping more seriously when he was in his late teens. Eventually, he was noticed by Virgin, but Michael's eclectic style — a mix of Philly neo-soul, contemporary R&B, and pop — proved to be difficult to market, and when the label's Senior VP of A&R Josh Deutsche left to start the Atlantic imprint Downtown Recordings, he took Michael with him. In the spring of 2007 the young singer's debut EP, YaDig, an iTunes-only release, came out in anticipation of a full-length to follow in August of that same year.

is this the guy all them fools in prince: m&m thought looked like prince?

sosgemini said:

That thread was in this forum.

His CD seemed interesting until I saw that he had 4 guest rappers on there.. that whole formula is so tired!

PurpleCharm said:

Was it? Well, nevermind.

Tried to give him a whirl but not my cup of tea.