Usually mostly reserved for Hip-Hop emcees, one of Vevo’s ever growing original live series to emerge over the past several years, Ctrl. Finds some of the most elusive emerging and veteran emcees. Shining a deserving spotlight on everyone from Common to Royce Da 5’9” and Jadakiss. To even Rapsody, Joell Ortiz and Conway the Machine, to name a few. With each one giving great live performances of select tracks of theirs in Vevo’s Brooklyn studio.
While today with everything else going on during this current pandemic and crisis. Vevo shines a spotlight on their first non Hip-Hop artist with TDE singer and songwriter, SiR. As their newest Ctrl featured artist. SiR with his very soulfully smooth masterpiece album, Chasing Summer, that he released just last August. Not only one of the best albums of 2019 and by far his best work to date. But one of the most definitive albums of the last half decade. That along with his great songwriting abilities that had him songwriting and engineering for such greats as Stevie Wonder, Jill Scott and Tyrese, long before he decided he wanted to be a solo artist and not just somebody behind the scenes. Eventually leading to his signing with TDE and you could see why SiR as previously mentioned is very deservedly the latest Ctrl featured artist.
The current pandemic and conditions around most of the country. Forcing SiR to also be the first Ctrl artist to have to do an at-home live performance of the two records he decided to perform. The first being of what’s still one of the most ambiguous well written songs you will ever hear. That really brings all of the emotions through his beautifully smooth amazing vocals for what’s easily one of the most relatable songs about heartbreak and all of the roller coaster emotions of love. We can all relate to, even if you haven’t been in a regular BF/GF, married couple or other lovers type relationship. In, John Redcorn. SiR really bringing that song even more to life with the very amazingly smooth and stellar performance he gives from his home studio. Also giving a great performance of the beautifully smooth, The Recipe. With the latter really showing how sharp SiR’s pen game is and how beautiful his church grown vocal pipes can be when he uses them.