"Versatile is who I am," the ever-amped and spirited rapper shouts! "I make music for everybody — stuff for the West Coast gangsters and lowriders, and joints that East Coast cats can appreciate lyrically with beats that can still get the South crunk. My roots are in Nicaragua and El Salvador, so I got Black, Spanish and White in me. I mix it up like rice and beans, baby!" After successfully recording six albums on his own, T-Bone recently partnered with industry veteran, Louis “Buster” Brown to ensure that his seventh disc would have the music and magic to reach a broader audience. Buster, part of the legendary production team Buster & Shavoni, is a specialist at creating inspirational content that explodes in the mainstream marketplace. Lending the full weight of his executive experience as Sr VP of A&R for B-Rite Records, and having produced multiple platinum-plus projects by the likes of Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams and God’s Property (which, combined, exceed 15 million units sold), Buster joining forces with T-Bone was a no-brainer. Brown elaborates, “Right after I finished executive producing the companion soundtrack for the book ‘Purpose Driven Life,’ God spoke to me, telling me to put T-Bone on my shoulders and carry him over to his ‘Promised Land.’ I said, ‘God…T-Bone is over 200 pounds!’ But who can argue with God?” All jokes aside, Buster is dead serious about his involvement. He and T-Bone’s collaborative chemistry is destined to be a Bone-A-Fide sensation.

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T-Bone has rocked the mic alongside righteous artists from Kirk Franklin to Yolanda Adams, and collaborated with mainstream artists from KRS-One to Mack 10. In addition, he’s hosted TV music programs "TX-10" (Dish Network) and "Real Videos" (TBN), plus had standout performances in the feature film and soundtrack "The Fighting Temptations" (w/ Beyonce and Cuba Gooding, Jr). He’s now primed for across-the-board superstardom with his amazing new album, Bone-A-Fide. Check the first single, "Can I Live," on which T-Bone spits, “I’m bout bringing my people over like I’m Harriett Tubman / Been through the fire like Kanye West, beat the odds / Now I’m on shuffles and iPods / See, most of y’all could never reach stature / `Cuz half of you gangsta rappers is gangsta actors / And backstabbers, y’all got the game backwards / But Bone and Darkchild make hits like linebackers!” There's the Hip Hop blast from the past "12 Years Ago" that crunches along on a rock guitar riff a la vintage Run-DMC and Beastie Boys. There's the epically melodic "I've Been Looking Around" and the club banger "Follow T" in which he flexes his bilingual capabilities AND sings the hook! "Hard Streets,” ironically, represents the softer side of T-Bone as produced by his old friends the Avila Brothers, who wrote on Janet Jackson's and Usher's latest albums. With additional tracks produced by red hot Bosko, Buster & Shavoni and Hallway Productions, Bone-A-Fide promises to be the most talked about rap album of the season.

Bone-a-Fide: T-Bone Brace yourself for a revolution of the spirit and mind thanks to West Coast rap veteran, T-Bone, and his next-level disc, Bone-A-Fide. Setting the rap game ablaze with rapid spittin'/tongue-twistin' skillz, mind-boggling versatility and gritty messages of positivity, T-Bone is on a mission to illuminate the darkness that has descended upon hip hop. And with a supporting cast of guardian angels that includes the heavyweight street heat of Mack 10 and Chino XL, the man they playfully call "Boney-Bone Corleone" is strapped with equal parts sanctified and funkdafied for the battle of returning hip hop to its glory days. Available to buy from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk

The Fighting Temptations A New York advertising executive (Cuba Gooding, Jr), who is about to land a big account, has his life shaken up when it becomes known that he has lied about having a college degree. After being fired, his life is further shaken by his debtors who had counted on paying after landing the account. Having to go on the run, he is called back to his southern town roots, when his great aunt dies. At the reading of the will, he learns he has been asked to assume the mantle of choir director of his great aunt's church and if he can get the choir in the Gospel Explosion in Atlanta, he will inherit stock worth $150,000. Unfortunately the choir leaves a lot to be desired and he has to start recruiting. Among others, he gets three prisoners to join. More importantly, he gets a "sinner" (Beyonce Knowles) from one of the local night clubs to join. While initially scorned and resisted, nonetheless her voice wins everyone but the hardcore church busybody. Available to buy from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk

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