December 21st, 2008
Growing up listening to the sounds of Sam Cooke, and being inspired by a former musician in his own grandfather, Sterling Simms was meant to be a music star. After struggling early in his career, he began to focus more on writing and producing music than in performing it himself. But everything changed when he met up with producer Teddy Bishop. Bishop was quickly impressed by his work, and convinced him to continue to strive to become a performer. Doing performances for groups of music executives, he soon found his stride. With record companies like Atlantic and Warner Bros. interested in signing all he had to do was choose. While he was waiting to be signed by those labels, he went to the VMA's and connected with music industry legend George Robinson. Robinson love his work, and Simms quickly signed with a company called One Recordings, recommended by Robinson. Soon after signing with One Recordings, Simms met up with L.A. Reid at Island/Def Jam, and they signed a deal with One Recordings to make the switch for Simms. He soon finished his debut album "Yours,Mine and the Truth with Def Jam. The album, for me was great from start to finish. Every track is a smooth combination of great lyrics and rhythm. Some suggestions from the album would be "Let Her Go", "DUI(80 on the Freeway)", the hit single "All I Need", and "She Should Be Thanking You". The album debuted at only #100 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums, but peaked at #89 two weeks later.
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