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Andreus--a.k.a. Deandrias Abdullah, a native of the South Side ghetto--has already gained European acclaim for his hip-hop-soul symphony, "Street Troubadour" (Dialogue Group). It was released overseas as essentially a home demo in 2002, then domestically re-released with a handful of new tracks and spiffier production. It merges inner-city blues laments about drugs, gangs and wayward youth with wah-wah guitars, keyboard funk and shimmering string orchestrations.

Andreus' first musical love was hip-hop. "At age 7, hearing the first rap tunes coming out of the East, it took over the 'hood--it was like an A-Bomb that blew up our culture," says Andreus. "I started writing lyrics and battle-rhyming on the street corners. We were children of Vietnam veterans looking for some music to call our own, and this was it."

Many of the songs on "Street Troubadour" were improvised in front of the microphone, Andreus pouring out a lifetime of observations about street hustlers, prostitutes, gang bangers and drug dealers. His songs were underpinned by subtle moralizing, a sense of having lived and learned about what young underprivileged ghetto denizens will do "For the Love of Money," as one song says.

NOW IN 2008 ANDREUS HAS TAKEN HIS CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL..THE SELF MADE PRODUCER ..SONGWRITER AND POLISHED VOCALIST HAS TAKEN A MORE COMERCIAL TWIST WITH HIS NEW LP TITLED ‘SLICK TALK 101'

THIS CONSIST OF HOT CLUB BANGERS..SOULFUL BALLADS..HE EVEN PUTS HIS RAP SKILLS TO USE ON THIS ONE…

WITH CATS LIKE R-KELLY ..USHER…T-PAIN..AND AKON..ANDREUS BELONGS RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE BIG BOYS…

SINCE HIS LAST LP..ANDREUS TOOK TIME OFF TO LEARN THE MUSIC BUISNESS INSIDE OUT..NOW ESTABLISHING HIS OWN RECORD LABEL..AND PRODUCTION COMPANY..HE HAS HIS SIGHTS ON BECOMING A MUSIC MOGUL IN THE NEXT YEAR…

‘I KNOW THAT I HAVE WHAT TAKES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE MUSIC GAME… THE PROOF IS IN THE MUSIC..JUS POP THE CD IN AND LISTEN!!!!'

HAVING OPENED FOR ACTS LIKE ‘BOYS TO MEN' ..KINDRED…KEM..AMIL LARUEX…ANDREUS IS NO STRANGER TO PERFORMING.. THE KID HAS ROCKED STAGES FROM NEW YORK TO L.A…AND IS SAID THAT HE LEAVES SPECTATORS IN SHOCK WITH HIS ABILTY TO SING HIS SONGS LIVE AND SOUND BETTER THAN THE RECORD….

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