Well...I'm a Ginuwine fan again.
I won't say that I ever stopped being a fan, but he like disappeared for about 4 years, and during that time Trey, The Dream, John, Ryan and a few other R&B crooners went into heavy rotation in the Civic and on the iPod. Matter of fact, I just found my Ginuwine cd's and added them to my iTunes library.
Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a meet & greet with him and a few other ladies that was streamed on-line on kprs.com. It was a cool deal, and I was happy to see our beloved radio station taking steps forward with technology and connecting with their listeners. During the session we got the opportunity to observe an R&B sensation (yes...ya'll know ya'll love some Ginuwine) be interviewed, got to ask him some questions, got to make fun of him ("tastery"), got to have lunch with him, he made fun of us ("greasy bag"), he even scolded some of us who pirate music (lol), and we got to get a chance to just see the real him. He was cool - no "I'm-better-than-you-Hollywood-attitude" and was actually geeking up about the woman who held her phone up the whole time video recording him.
It was delightful to see an artist that was humbled and appreciative of his fans. He actually started asking us questions about the music that we currently listened to and why we liked it. Everything from Soulja Boy's "Turn My Swag On" to Keyshia Cole's "You Complete Me." I had to pub my new favorite "Gibberish" by Ryan Leslie - Mr. Pony had never heard of it, but said he was interested and would look into it. :)
Thank you Ginuwine for understanding that your fans are all you got...there are so many artist who go Hollywood and forget how they got there. If it wasn't for our radio request, downloads, word-of-mouth, cd purchases, iTunes purchases, concert ticket purchases, etc. where would you be?
If you haven't seen it already - click the link below to check out his current single "Last Chance" - this vid got a lot of buzz on the Internet gossip sites due to the chemistry between he and Lisa Raye...lol!!
I'm out!!
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