Immature no longer, 22-year-old Young Rome is about to cast his own riveting spell on the R&B and hip-hop world and beyond with his first album, Food For Thought. The effort vividly illustrates the growth of a promising talent who, for the first time, reveals his own roots through a multi-faceted perspective. Rome, who is still just 22, is taking a temporary break from the trio Immature in which he launched his music career 11 years ago. He has just starred in the Hollywood hit movie "You Got Served" which did over 40 million at the box office. He is scheduled to return in "You Got Served 2". This album is different than anything anyone has ever seen me do, he continues. Its far from what Immature did. Its more mature--more about my personal life and what Ive been through. I sing about the ups and downs of being in the group, of whats happening with my family and going through stuff. This album shows all of me-the adversity and everything else. A wide-variety of cutting-edge producers worked on the material for the album, from big names such as Rufus Blaq and T Scott to hot street names like J. Brown and Maddphunk and PMG. Im actually surprised to see how good it came out, because I havent really been in a studio for two years, he says. I tried to reinvent myself, even with my vocal style and rapping voice. When I used to rap in Immature, I did a lot more kiddie stuff, talking about things that just fit for the girls. Now Im doing stuff for everybody. Anyone who has ever had certain problems like Ive had, can probably relate to them in different songs. The lead-off single, After Party, features Omarion from B2K. It was one of the first songs we recorded, Rome says. As soon as everyone in the studio heard it, we knew it had to drop first. Its more of an eye-opener; people will be hearing me, by myself, for the first time. Theyll see what I can do. Its almost like a warm-up to everything thats on the album. Most albums just have a lot of party songs. Mine has party songs, too, but it also has different songs that describe the things I went through. The single is just the top layer to it all. Hes also very proud of the track Best Days. It talks about Immature, Rome says. Especially the whole story of what we went through with B2K. But were going to surprise people with a lot of the new songs. When I was younger, I was hit in my eye with a book. People always wondered why I wore that patch. Thats why. I talk about a lot of situations like that-about my posse and my bro-some of the things that affected me really hard. Expect to see Young Rome at a radio station near you, as hell embark on a nationwide promo tour with several other up-and-coming artists. Of performing with just a DJ onstage--and not his fellow Immature compatriots-Rome says, Im going to come out with more creative things to get the crowd get high, Before you could react to each other and say, Hey take off your shirt and make em scream. Now Im going to be entertaining with my music-and myself. Being himself is the key to Young Romes creativity. I had to be honest with myself when I did these songs, he admits. Writing the songs and putting them out there is almost like therapy for me. It helped me work through my situations. Im not a talkative person who tells everyone his problems, but when I did this, it was a release for me. I can finally move on in my life. And best of all, everyone else can enjoy the ride.
are you excited for addy to move?i wasnt for keifer but i guess yesterday he went to go visit and refused to back to the 2s and stayed with sharen the hole day! i think addy will do fine because she is very sassy so the bigger kids wont pick on her:)she moves monday? you gonna be able to help her out? did you ever start on them online survey things i told you about? i hope you did, i just another check, this was for $237 from 2 weeks ago. if you didn't yet, pshhh, get on it; i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is again:
are you excited for addy to move?i wasnt for keifer but i guess yesterday he went to go visit and refused to back to the 2s and stayed with sharen the hole day! i think addy will do fine because she is very sassy so the bigger kids wont pick on her:)she moves monday? you gonna be able to help her out? did you ever start on them online survey things i told you about? i hope you did, i just another check, this was for $237 from 2 weeks ago. if you didn't yet, pshhh, get on it; i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is again:
Sounds good. I know I start training for my teaching position on the 6th and it will be ongoing for a few more months but hopefully we can work something out. the extra coin i make from taking those paid surveys online helps out alot tho; you should really do them too; i mean, hey, the extra money comes in handy, right? i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is:
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I prolly won't have anything going on that weekend so if nothing else, maybe I can get back to town for a few days then. If I can work it out, you'll have to meet 'em too. Talk to ya later buddy. Keep me updated!
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Immature no longer, 22-year-old Young Rome is about to cast his own riveting spell on the R&B and hip-hop world and beyond with his first album, Food For Thought. The effort vividly illustrates the growth of a promising talent who, for the first time, reveals his own roots through a multi-faceted perspective. Rome, who is still just 22, is taking a temporary break from the trio Immature in which he launched his music career 11 years ago. He has just starred in the Hollywood hit movie "You Got Served" which did over 40 million at the box office. He is scheduled to return in "You Got Served 2". This album is different than anything anyone has ever seen me do, he continues. Its far from what Immature did. Its more mature--more about my personal life and what Ive been through. I sing about the ups and downs of being in the group, of whats happening with my family and going through stuff. This album shows all of me-the adversity and everything else. A wide-variety of cutting-edge producers worked on the material for the album, from big names such as Rufus Blaq and T Scott to hot street names like J. Brown and Maddphunk and PMG. Im actually surprised to see how good it came out, because I havent really been in a studio for two years, he says. I tried to reinvent myself, even with my vocal style and rapping voice. When I used to rap in Immature, I did a lot more kiddie stuff, talking about things that just fit for the girls. Now Im doing stuff for everybody. Anyone who has ever had certain problems like Ive had, can probably relate to them in different songs. The lead-off single, After Party, features Omarion from B2K. It was one of the first songs we recorded, Rome says. As soon as everyone in the studio heard it, we knew it had to drop first. Its more of an eye-opener; people will be hearing me, by myself, for the first time. Theyll see what I can do. Its almost like a warm-up to everything thats on the album. Most albums just have a lot of party songs. Mine has party songs, too, but it also has different songs that describe the things I went through. The single is just the top layer to it all. Hes also very proud of the track Best Days. It talks about Immature, Rome says. Especially the whole story of what we went through with B2K. But were going to surprise people with a lot of the new songs. When I was younger, I was hit in my eye with a book. People always wondered why I wore that patch. Thats why. I talk about a lot of situations like that-about my posse and my bro-some of the things that affected me really hard. Expect to see Young Rome at a radio station near you, as hell embark on a nationwide promo tour with several other up-and-coming artists. Of performing with just a DJ onstage--and not his fellow Immature compatriots-Rome says, Im going to come out with more creative things to get the crowd get high, Before you could react to each other and say, Hey take off your shirt and make em scream. Now Im going to be entertaining with my music-and myself. Being himself is the key to Young Romes creativity. I had to be honest with myself when I did these songs, he admits. Writing the songs and putting them out there is almost like therapy for me. It helped me work through my situations. Im not a talkative person who tells everyone his problems, but when I did this, it was a release for me. I can finally move on in my life. And best of all, everyone else can enjoy the ride.
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