About Me
Soul funk music is possibly the most felt,most sampled and most bangin',groove oriented music one can experience.Riffs of BOOTSY COLLIN's "MUNCHIES FOR YOUR LOVE","TELEPHONE BILL",MARVIN GAYE'S "IS THAT ENOUGH?"&"GOT TO GIVE IT UP",HEAVY LOVE AFFAIR,CURTIS MAYFIELD'S "KUNG FU" & "PUSHER MAN",JAMES BROWN's "HIGHER","SAY IT LOUD",STEVIE WONDER's "MAYBE YOUR BABY" , OHIO PLAYERS,BAR KAYS,ROY AYERS,EDDIE KENDRICKS,RICK JAMES.....many,many more.These artists'songs grab your soul and leaves an impression on your life.In recent times PRINCE,ANDRE 3000,D'ANGELO,ANGIE STONE,BILAL,MUSIQ,and more have carried this groove to new audiences.Right now the funk soul music is extending to a new song writer.NAEEM. NAEEM ABDULLAH BIN GRADDY was born in RICHMOND,VA, has some more southern roots in little WASHINGTON,NC., and has lived in WASHINGTON,D.C. Having accomplished multiple tasks from community work counselling dope/crack addicts of Richmond's West End and spent time in the public housing of AURTHER CAPERS in South East ,DC feeding/guiding/working with the youth and juvenille group homes alongside a peaceful brother Khalil.To also serving and feeding the homeless direct from a soup kitchen at a Masjid in NE,DC. With life management and relationships there are so many topics and so much to write about.He is a Song Writer,Song Arranger,a Poet, Producer,and Song Arrangement/Backgroud vocal coach.The style of his writing is what he calls "social infrastructure";which is a mixture of givin' voice to or acknowledgement of the social struggles of the poor and oppressed. Futhermore, an assortmment of Hip Hop,R&B, and funk soul music that touches the life experience through stories in verse,poetry and song.Once someone listens to his written words in motion they can clearly relate or feel the theme of each song.NAEEM prays and hopes to gain listeners domestic and worldwide.
