Sha Stimuli Talks “Unsung,” Apologizing To Jay-Z And Wale
To most R&B/Soul music fans Unsung is the name of the critically acclaimed TV One series documenting the rise and fall of notable singers from the ‘70s and ‘80s who, due to a myriad of personal and professional missteps, never quite reached the commercial success they seemed destined for in the early stages of their careers and subsequently faded from the spotlight (or in some cases met an untimely death).
To most regular readers of this website Unsung is the title of the forthcoming street album from Sherod Khaalis, p.k.a. Sha Stimuli, an acclaimed artist in his own right who unfortunately knows all too well what it is like to have witnessed his shooting star come crashing down to earth.
After leaping over career hurdles (that included a forfeited debut LP on Virgin Records and a subsequent Def Jam deal dissolving due to some miscommunication between Sha, his A&R Lenny S and Jay-Z), Stimuli finally emerged from the mixtape scene last fall with his first barcode-baring project, My Soul To Keep. After trailing that slept-on gem with its impressive mixtape extension presented by 2DopeBoyz.com in May, Overtime, (which recently received a retail release via Chamber Musik/Fat Beats Records), the Brooklyn emcee is now preparing to once again provide a much-needed dose of introspective lyricism to the Hip Hop masses, this time via his TV One-inspired offering.
On Monday (September 13th) Sha Stimuli spoke to HipHopDX about Unsung Vol. 1: The Garden of Eden (tentatively due in late October) and just what will be the direction of that online release (being presented in conjunction with Coast2coastmixtapes.com) that will set the stage for Sha’s official sophomore full-length in 2011. One of the generous contributors earlier this year to DX’s Hip Hop Helps Haiti relief-aid mixtape also revealed if the ironic title-track from Unsung is dissin’ Drake. Stimuli further explained why he recently apologized for a lyrical examination of Jay-Z but refuses to do the same for a recent critical comment in song about Wale.
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