Sam Sparro - Cottonmouth

Australian born Sam Sparro was once many years ago a child actor - starring in a McDonald's commercial - before his father when limp and toe to get him into singing and performing. He was introduced to soul music and through his singing, Chaka Khan became one of his early admirers. Sparro moved to London to discover the British music scene, and it was after these experiences and others that included a job in a coffee shop in Los Angeles that he wrote his first single 'Black & Gold' during the low times in his life. Sam returned to the UK where he was immediately snapped up by London-based Island Records, launching him to instant stardom.

Sam has not been afraid to come out and assert that he is proud to be gay, and its definitely not affected the exposure of his material, which I think is a really positive sign of how dynamic and free flowing the British music scene is becoming these days.

Sam Sparro savvy blend of soul, funk and modern electronica nods to 70s and 80s legends like Stevie Wonder and Hall & Oates, but Sparro brings a sassy style and modern production ethic that renders his music 21st Century fresh. Armed with a smooth, mercurial voice, Sparro sashays slickly through disco, funk and soul, moving waists with the punchy electro-funk of "Too Many Questions", "Black & Gold" and "Cut Me Loose", soaring soul like "Hot Mess" and darker material like "Pocket' and the synth-laden "Sick". "Clingwrap" is pop-lite Prince, and there's the occasional slower track like "Waiting For Time" and "Cottonmouth", but mostly this is an upbeat collection for good time people. His Daft Punk-meets-Jamiroquai single "Black & Gold" has already earned him deserved comparisons to contemporary blue-eyed soul boys like Jamie Lidell; Sam Sparro is assured enough to make him a star.

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• Sam
• Sparro
• soul
• r&b
• pop
• disco
• 80's
• vibe
• funk
• modern
• electronica

[AbbottSupreme]

..phurdrick your guilty pleasure is funky to the bone bro lol! 5/5*

Peace phurdrick bless One!

[breathoffreshair360]

@AbbottSupreme It's always those off beat tracks that win me over every time, lol.~Phurdrick

[breathoffreshair360]

Hey, what's up everyone? You know how there's a song you hear and it sound a little silly but you still dig it anyway. But you don't want your friends to know about it, but it's right there on your IPod, lol. Well here's one of my guilty pleasure tunes, believe me I have many of them, lol. Oh' yeah, Sam Sparro is gay, next. I mean it's not like the world is coming to a end because of it. I'll leave that up to when hell freezes over, Republicans and when pigs fly, lol. ~Phurdrick

[0marigolds]

@breathoffreshair360 LOL - Sam Sparro is one of my "guilty pleasure" ipod songs too! Excellent upload

[breathoffreshair360]

@0marigolds thanks, lol :O)

[eshamo2006]

Wow he sounds like D'Angelo the neo-soul singer of the 90's

[SuperBellsouth]

Very old school beat nice

[theghumansound]

So cool so deep inside my soul...

[0marigolds]

@breathoffreshair360 in your uploads, YOUR comments make me smile! peace out!