NEW ALBUM featuring JEAN GRAE & ELZHI (from Slum Village)!!!! -------------------------------------------- More Simon & Garfunkel than Jay-Z, Soul Daddy speaks in a deeply intelligent and introspective style reminiscent of a private conversation. In many ways, the entire album feels like he’s telling you a secret, something you need to know. Imagine if Barry White or Isaac Hayes rapped, with touches of sentimental lyricism, and you have Soul Daddy. At worst, his lyrics are pedantic and passive, but his best moments are deeply moving. Guest rappers Jean Grae and Elzhi match his wit, and folk singer Jessica Sonner complements the soothing sound that is present for most of this album. If you’re looking for an album to throw on at your next party, this isn’t it. But if you’re looking for something to listen to when you need to feel something, when you need a deeper thought to keep you moving, music that will quietly move your hips and lift your spirit, A Safe Place is where you want to be. -Monique Phillips ------------------------------------------------------------ “Lyrical as hell…” This is how Wendy Day from the Rap Coalition has described Soul Daddy. In addition to mix tapes, albums and guest appearances, his moving lyricism has carried him to many different places, from being a regular act at The Patti Hut performance nights in Atlanta, to competing in the Resurrection Rap Battles (which led to him being covered in Elemental Magazine) to spending several years as the host of Perspectives in Poetry, a local television show that featured artists, musicians, dancers and creative people from all around the city of Atlanta.