MJ Ultra – DREAM TOUR

In this Dream Tour segment, the singer-songwriter, MJ Ultra, lets you know who he would like on his ultimate tour lineup. You can check out the feature, after the break.

This is tough. Although I’d kill to open up for a legend like Prince or Stevie, I think I’d I have to go straight neo-soul on ’em. While the other kids worked out their teenage angst to the tune of Bush, Blink, and whatever other form shoe-gazing, emo-rock that was happening at the time, I was into listening to Musiq, Maxwell, D’Angelo, and The Roots. That whole genre undoubtedly helps shape my sound and I borrow from it constantly. My dream tour would be like stepping into a time machine that took you back to Philly in 2002. I picked three.

Musiq –
I went to a performing arts high school and one of the vocal kids made me a mixtape CD with a song called “Love” on it. That was it for me. His second album literally had like ten or twelve potential singles on it. He’s one hell of a songwriter and he opened my ears to the genre.

D’Angelo –
He’s my savior. I’ve never had a greater appreciation for another artist like I have for this man. Voodoo is a masterpiece. It’s such a vast expanse of a record that no matter how many times you spin it, you can always find something new. I’d be in the front row crying and screaming. If I was a 13-year-old girl he’d be my Justin Bieber.

Erykah Badu –
Sorry ‘Yonce, but Erykah will always be queen to me.

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