112's Q Parker On Biggie: "He'll Always Have ..
Ever since Q Parker was a teenager, he has entertained. The singer grew up before our eyes as one quarter of the popular Bad Boy group, 112 . EXCLUSIVE: Kerry Washington Gets SCANDALous! Now in 2012, Q Parker is a full-fledged adult man, and he is still entertaining. Q Parker has gone solo and he's getting ready to drop his solo debut album, The MANual. EXCLUSIVE: Robin Thicke Talks Baby Julian's DJing Skills & Keeping His Marriage Spicy! Q, who is originally from The South, recently took a trip out to the East Coast to shoot the video for the MANual's first official single, "Show You How." Of course, the singer couldn't leave New York City without kicking it with GlobalGrind. During our conversation, Q talked about what he's been up to the last seven years, what The MANual means and what his relationship with Biggie was like. Check out the interview below! GlobalGrind: Talk about The MANual. Q Parker : We started very young, so a lot of the fans and everybody in the public watched us grow up from teenagers to young adults, pretty much. And it’s one thing for the fans to know Q from 112, but it was important for me on this record to introduce people to Q Parker the man and just how I matured as an artist, as a songwriter, as a producer, as a man, in all areas. Then when you add the second part of it to make it the MANual — I believe that women need male singers that are going to cater to them. Back in the day you had certain artists that their main goal was just making music for women. Joe, Gerald Levert, Brian McKnight, they didn’t care about what was going on in the club, they didn’t care about none of that. It was just, when they came to your city — full of women. And I just think there’s a void in there right now, and that’s why I stepped in. So you think singers that cater to women are missing from R&B;? I do. I think that we do have some that do. I think Tank does a good job. Tyrese now, just released an album. But, I ...
Global Grind
12 April 2012