Tony Hustle

Genre:  R&B

MySpace:  http://www.myspace.com/tonyhussle

It wouldn't be much of a stretch to suggest that Tony Hussle was the second coming of the funk. A wailing singer and multi-instrument playing cat hailing from the land of Parliament-Funkadelic (better known to the groove deprived as Plainfield, New Jersey), Tony first felt the soulful spirit when he was a two-year old toddler, and has never looked back.

With the release of Tony Hussle's dynamic debut, Sexy, Freaky, Electric, dude has no problem serving his own special brew of cosmic slop. Stirring the aural motorbooty ingredients of gospel, blues, soul, hip-hop and rock, TONY Hussle is the first black artist of the new century (post-millennium, baby) fearless enough to try and change the world through his music.

Named after the chocolate city emotions that surges through Tony Hussle whenever he listens to his own personal holy trinity of Jimi Hendrix, Prince and (former Jodeci songwriter/producer) DeVante Swing, the aptly titled Sexy, Freaky, Electric is a concept of love, sex and music. Opening with a strangely seductive anthem that celebrates abstaining from doing the nasty in the age of the big disease with the little name, "She's A Virgin Too" is anti-everything currently clogging your earhole.

But, like any hot-blooded male, Tony Hussle ain't always going take "no" for an answer every single time. On the moody "Wait," it's three months later, and girlfriend still ain't ready. Hussle falsetto sings over a sonic bed of nasty keyboards and blaring guitar that could transform baby girl from a virgin into a freak who will suck your soul and lick your funky emotions.

Taking it straight to the rocky bone-yard, "Your Girl" is a funny song of how Tony Hussle will snatch your honey if you ain't doing the right thang. "You say she's yours, but she's mine tonight, that's why I'm f**king your girl," he sings. Throwing down like Al Green collaborating with Ernie Isley, our man Hussle says, "Some dudes rather be with their boys, shooting hoops or hanging in the go-go club. I'm just giving them a little warning-if you ain't keeping your girl company, somebody else will be.

Leaving home at the age of 21 with nothing but his keyboard and a bag of clothes, Tony Hussle went from being homeless to hanging around the various studios in New York and California: from making beats for former Onyx member Fredo Starr to hanging with Raphael Saadiq to composing songs with Alicia Keys before she was signed, Tony Hussle has definitely paid his dues.

Unlike most of the world that had to learn how to funk by boom-box blaring James Brown and George Clinton, big daddy Tony Hussle was born with the sticky doo-doo already flowing in his blood. "My mom's brother, Uncle Glen Goins was one of the original singers for Parliament-Funkadelic," he recalls. "People don't realize the "p" in P-Funk actually stands for my hometown, Plainfield. I was a real little kid, but I can remember people like (keyboardist) Bernie Worrell, Eddie Hazel and Billy Nelson being around our house."

As the future of the funk, Tony Hussle's brilliant collection of songs on Sexy, Freaky, Electric seamlessly flow like a knee-deep funky sea. From tender to raunchy, sweet to nasty, Tony Hussle takes you there.