Debut single from Samcole - Baby Sweet Ft. Timaya + promo pics

SamCole, the easy going Edo-born songster, is not just a nice guy with a killer smile, but a versatile vocalist who is currently trending the charts with his hugely danceable Afro Hip Hop track “Shakara” and his love ballad “Love You,".

The first two singles of the good-looking 26-year-old, are enjoying considerable airplay on Beat FM, Rhythm FM, Top Radio, Unilag FM and other top notch stations...

The news that SamCole is about to release another single – “Baby Sweet” featuring Timaya – has his numerous fans across the country almost bursting in anticipation. “You can’t blame me for being so expectant,” said one of his Lagos fans recently. “The fun I had with the brilliant beat and the groovy melody of Shakara tells me SamCole is a sure bet anytime.”

With a smile, SamCole responds, “He is spot on. We’re going higher and higher", such is the irresistible charm, confidence and versatile talent of the latest boy wonder to hit the industry.
"Baby Sweet has even more dance and such a great rhythm to it, that one cannot help but move in tune to the beat, having fun all the way", an industry heavy weight was quoted to have said.
But while he gets people moving to the beat, the lyrics of this talented musician, whose popularity is growing by the day, go deep, beyond the trivial. Hear him: “My music is African, it is Nigerian, it is fun-filled, but because I care about what is happening around me, I infuse my lyrics with something I hope can help as many people as possible, with life's challenges”

This keyboard-playing graduate of University of Benin has been featured in a good number of entertainment magazines, including City People, The Core, The Observer and High Society. He has had over 100,000 views and over a thousand likes on YouTube and has over five thousand followers and 12,500 likes on Twitter. His debut single “Shakara”, had over 100,000 downloads in the first few weeks of its release.

SamCole started his music career in the church at the age of nine. He has sung before large congregations at ground-spilling Christian conventions and was 1 st Runner-Up at the MTN and You Jam 2009. He is a God-loving showbiz personality who is comfortable with his understanding of the role of entertainment in human life. “My influences are John Legend and Banky W,” he says. “I have also learnt from the admirable work of artists like Fela, Dbanj, Timaya, P-Square, Neyo, and Faze.
The music of this thrilling artist, who is signed with Effamelodosa Records and who hopes to one day showcase the best of African music to the world