The official video for the first single off of Leela James' album titled My Soul, is "Tell Me You Love Me," produced by Gerrard C Baker, my friend and fellow brooklyn native who also produced for the likes of Toni Braxton, Billy Crawford,Fabolous and Sean Paul. Gerrard also produced the intro to her album called "I aint new to this".
"Tell me you love me" was written by Andrea Martin who also wrote "It kills me" for Melanie Fiona which is on the radio currently. Andrea Martin has a long history of writing hits and can be easily found on Wikipedia, (she also wrote Better Man for Toni Braxton which Gerrard produced.)
The sample on this beat was actually lifted from one of my old records that i took over to Gerrard 's crib one summer,it was "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" by the Manhattans. To have heard the original, then the beat then the song then to see it brought to life with a video is inspiring. There is still good music being made despite what many people say. So support this record,support my people and keep good music alive with the labels by buying My Soul when it drops.
My Soul is set to drop on May 25th on Stax Records, a division of Concord Music Group, which is also home to many of the great soul singers.The video for "Tell me you love me" is also on Mtv.com and Bet.com
For more about producer Gerrard C. Baker visit www.Music4LifeProductions.com
For production contact via email: Gerrard@Music4LifeProductions.com
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