Dave Hollister has been enjoying his success on his solo projects since leaving Blackstreet. Dave's debutcd, "Ghetto Hymns" took the R&B/Soul charts by storm.
Many thought he was crazy for leaving the successful Blackstreet right at it's early stages, but Dave had other things in mind. This vocal powerhouse isn't a stranger to the business who made a chancy business move.
Some say he walks a fine line compared only to Al Green’s sanctified cries with lyrics like "I fell off in the club looking so slick, looking for something nice and chocolate." His infectious hooks and riffs on "Babymamadrama" make you wanna tilt your hat over one eye and do your best gangsta lean.
Dave's music is an exquisite mixture of the sacred and the profane, the hustling and the hurting, the pimping and the praying, the living and the loving. His sound comes straight from the point of view of an inner city son of the streets.
"This album is about real relationships. My inspiration for writing these songs was either my girl or some other situation that I may have come in contact with," professes Hollister of the disc for which he wrote or co-wrote every song, save one, and which he produced along with Sermon, Stevie J, Teddy Bishop, Jazzy Phae and Eric Williams.
In addition to his solo career, Dave is also a card-carrying member of the Def Squad, a rap collective that includes Redman, Keith Murray, and EPMD's Erick Sermon.
He signed to Sermon's own Def Squad/Dreamworks label, and Sermon also produced the majority tracks on "Ghetto Hymns." Eric Sermon described Dave's music as "rugged R&B."
All those fans who doubted Dave Hollister would deliver a product as good as his Blackstreet days have now been put in their place. Especially after hearing his next project which was recently released, called: "Chicago '85: The Movie".
With this new track, Dave brings us bumpin' jams like "One Woman Man," "Doin' Wrong," Take Care of Home" and "Yo Baby's Daddy".
The second time around, Dave Hollister is not only giving us his all with "Chicago '85: The Movie," but he is also proving he is truly a top notch balladeer who can flip the script over slamming grooves. Ya Heard??
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