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It’s certainly a far cry from the onenote projection of love found in “I Like It” or the manic teenage devotion of “Crazy Things I Do,” but with over a decade worth of growth and relationships to reference, it only makes sense. Within the same project, he pivots to offerings like the Rick Ross-featured “Good Life” - a cautionary tale of fame, excess, loss and depression - and the dancehall-flavored “Bad Gal,” which hones in on the growing popularity of world music Stateside.Įven in the midst of more celebratory offerings like “Bad Gal,” or heavily-sexualized singles like “Tsunami” (which is destined for someone’s Soundcloud ‘bedroom boom’ playlist), Sammie finds time for confessionals like “Daddy,” in which he gets transparent about his rather lengthy list of shortcomings, and ruminates on the complexity and nuance of adult relationships. Sammie finds the balance with relative ease, opening the project with “COA,” a quintessentially R&B track complete with soulful croonings and vocal riffs. I’m not going to be the same guy I was at 18 at 21.” Straddling between a sense of nostalgia and newness is necessary for an artist whose career launched when cassette tapes were still an option, and whose fan base has essentially grown up with him. The album’s sonic landscape indeed embraces the past, flitting between two worlds: that of the ‘90s-facing classic R&B that shaped his early music, and the more hip-hop centered brand of R&B popular today. If you were blessed to be a child star embrace it, it’s what made you who you are,” explained the singer. Still, I think the worst thing you can do is try to run from the success of the past. I’m not going to be the same guy I was at 18 at 21. Yet unlike his rap peers, in this context it serves to synthesize Sammie’s past with his present it’s an interesting move considering many of his fellows have made concerted efforts to reject their child star beginnings. Following in the vein of artists like Drake, Nas and Lil Wayne, the album art features a young Sammie. His new project, Coming of Age (stylized to COA), is the culmination of this tumultuous journey to self-sufficiency and his evolution into adulthood. I choose my own engineers and producers,” he continues. I had to say, ‘I’m not on television anymore I don’t have a deal I don’t have writers or producers,’ so I became self-sufficient. “You hear stories about artists being manipulated and robbed, well, I was one of those guys. Then, in 2009, he lost everything: “I had everything taken from me by an ex-business partner,” Sammie recalls to HYPEBEAST.
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