Way over due:

1999 was a good year for Carl Thomas. His first single, "I Wish," held the top spot on the U.S. R&B chart for six weeks straight, a success that would be further solidified the following year when Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams sampled the track on their hit "I Just Wanna Love U."

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Good years come and go, however. And by 2004, Thomas was over it.

"I kind of made up in my mind that music wasn't important to me," he says. "I closed the door on it and I was absolutely fine with [that]."

Thomas points to a series of incidents that contributed to his disillusionment and his subsequent seclusion far away from the U.S. music scene.

First was the murder of his oldest brother, Duranthony Evans, which Thomas says occurred just a few months after the release of his second album, "Let's Talk About It."

"He was someone who frequently traveled with me. I put a special importance on family, and after that incident, I was somewhat overtaken by my grief," Thomas says. "It made me reprioritize things in my life that I was thinking were important to me. All of a sudden, after that incident, music was the first thing that I said [was] not on the level of importance that I thought it was."

Secondly, Thomas says, the music industry machine dissipated his initial drive to be an artist. "I had literally become a spoke in the machine of the music business, as opposed to the rose growing out of the concrete that I wanted to represent," he says.

And with that, Thomas fled to Europe, crashing with friends and exploring the R&B scene in places like Tuscany and London.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/carl-thomas-comes-out-of-seclusion_n_1130392.html

He just released an album in 07. So a 2 year break is not bad.

His new album is on sale at AmazonMP3 for $4.99.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/...=163856011

daPrettyman said:

He just released an album in 07. So a 2 year break is not bad.

His new album is on sale at AmazonMP3 for $4.99.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/...=163856011

Have u listened 2 this?

Graycap23 said:

daPrettyman said:

He just released an album in 07. So a 2 year break is not bad.

His new album is on sale at AmazonMP3 for $4.99.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/...=163856011

Have u listened 2 this?

Not yet. I've just heard the 1st single (which I really like).

Graycap23 said:

Way over due:

1999 was a good year for Carl Thomas. His first single, "I Wish," held the top spot on the U.S. R&B chart for six weeks straight, a success that would be further solidified the following year when Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams sampled the track on their hit "I Just Wanna Love U."

WATCH:

Good years come and go, however. And by 2004, Thomas was over it.

"I kind of made up in my mind that music wasn't important to me," he says. "I closed the door on it and I was absolutely fine with [that]."

Thomas points to a series of incidents that contributed to his disillusionment and his subsequent seclusion far away from the U.S. music scene.

First was the murder of his oldest brother, Duranthony Evans, which Thomas says occurred just a few months after the release of his second album, "Let's Talk About It."

"He was someone who frequently traveled with me. I put a special importance on family, and after that incident, I was somewhat overtaken by my grief," Thomas says. "It made me reprioritize things in my life that I was thinking were important to me. All of a sudden, after that incident, music was the first thing that I said [was] not on the level of importance that I thought it was."

Secondly, Thomas says, the music industry machine dissipated his initial drive to be an artist. "I had literally become a spoke in the machine of the music business, as opposed to the rose growing out of the concrete that I wanted to represent," he says.

And with that, Thomas fled to Europe, crashing with friends and exploring the R&B scene in places like Tuscany and London.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/carl-thomas-comes-out-of-seclusion_n_1130392.html

YAY!