With 2013 being the most successful year in my music career, it’s only right that I share the pictures that documented it. Looking back, I released my newest album, ManMade, and had the pleasure of visiting Brooklyn, Baltimore, D.C., Chicago, Richmond, Philly, Pittsburgh, LA, Tucson, Detroit, Vegas, Seattle, Austin, Durham, Atlanta, Charlotte, San Diego, Houston, Dallas, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Cleveland in support of it – I was even asked to perform on the eight-day Capital Jazz Cruise at the beginning of November. I contributed to the new The Foreign Exchange album Love In Flying Colors with “Listen To The Rain,” and The Reworks with a remix for Phonte’s “Gonna Be A Beautiful Night”. I hung out with Bobbito and Crazy Legs of Rock Steady in NYC, began endorsing Lewitt Audio, released an ode to Sesame Street in the form of the “Count To Five” video, was the subject of my FIRST documentary, and even had a day named after me in Las Vegas.

Things to look out for in 2014…
• Making the music for Black Dynamite – The Animated Series (Season 2) with Fatin “10” Horton
• My very first trip to South Africa with The Foreign Exchange at the end of March + a world tour with +FE
• A brand new single + video from ManMade + more solo dates
• New, original music… Including a collaborative EP with…………………………

…….anyway, thank you, 2013… Here’s to one helluva productive and positive new year in 2014. Cheers!!

Live painting of me by Demont “Peekaso” Pinder on the Capital Jazz Cruise (Nov. 2013)

Zach Cutler, Deborah Bond and I in NYC (June 2013)

Zo! + Carmen Rodgers (Sept. 2013)

Twin Motif set-up in Tucson (July 2013)

With Sy Smith performing at NAMM (Jan 2013)

Having fun on stage in Durham (July 2013) • Photo by FroLab

Ideeyah, Monica Blaire, Sy Smith, Darius Mitchell, Me, Kristopher Crosby, Brandon Williams, and Saxappeal after a helluva homecoming show in Detroit. (June 2013)

Looks like I’m singing… But I’m really just talkin’ shit.

Me and my brother, Waajeed in Detroit (june 2013)

Me and Carmen rockin’ out in Cleveland (Dec. 2013)

Final touch of fatassedness on the Capital Jazz Cruise (Nov. 2013)

Lewitt Audio LCT 540 condenser microphone looking nice in East Wing Studios

The L.A. Crowd (June 2013)

Helluva year for +FE Music

@Eclectic1914 rockin’ the Zo! shirt

Tucson, AZ (July 2013)

Fall in Michigan (Oct. 2013)

Dr. Lonnie Smith MURDERING on organ at NAMM (Jan. 2013)

Atlanta Skyline (Oct. 2013)

Me with Michael Coylar (Nov. 2013)

In Detroit (June 2013) • Photo by Norvell Molex

Contributed “Listen To The Rain” on The Foreign Exchange’s ‘Love In Flying Colors’ (Sept. 2013)

Sy Smith and I rockin’ out in Seattle (July 2013)

Me and Bobbito at the D.C. showing of his street ball documentary, “Doin’ It In The Park” (May 2013)

All day… • Photo by Creative Silence

Richmond showed up… (June 2013)

Keys • Photo by Creative Silence (July 2013)

Zo! shirt sighting!

Carmen Rodgers and I after our Atlanta Show (Aug. 2013)

@LifeOfALibra rockin’ a Zo! shirt

On the bass for “We Are On The Move” in Pittsburgh (June 2013)

First single from ManMade… “The Train”

Me and Deborah Bond after rockin’ in Philly (June 2013)

Zo! shirt spotted in these skreets!!

On keys in Vegas (July 2013)

Rockin’ out at Fox 5 Vegas in the Gibson Showroom

ManMade held it’s own on iTunes at #2 on the R&B charts the first couple of days out…

Lewitt Audio Microphone for the road…

The Island of Curaçao (Nov. 2013)

Me and Gwen Bunn after shooting the “Count To Five” video in NC (May 2013)

Contributed to The Reworks album this year with “Gonna Be A Beautiful Night” Remix

On bass at the Detroit Show (June 2013)

Me + Sy Smith rockin’ twin Motifs at NAMM (Jan. 2013)

@Hicksont77 rockin’ a Zo! shirt

Chantae Cann and I before performing on the Capital Jazz Cruise (Nov. 2013)

Me and Larry Graham (Nov. 2013)

Brand new interface in the studio (Oct. 2013)

Rocked with Original Blackbyrds member Allan Barnes at my boy Tate McBroom’s wedding in September.

A view from the keys at the +FE show in Columbia, SC (Oct. 2013)

Show love after EVERY show. In Dallas (Sept. 2013)

The Pittsburgh crowd awaits… (June 2013)

ManMade – Released on May 21st

Stevie at NAMM (Jan. 2013)

Carmen and I after +FE’s Atlanta show (Oct. 2013)

The crown…

Me and Carmen in Houston, Gary Mayes on drums (Sept. 2013)

Chuck Anderson, Richard Williams, Nate Mitchell, Me, and Dennis Garner

At the Gibson Showroom @ Fox 5 Vegas going over the gameplan…

@Ms_Toni with the Zo! Shirt

Autographed pre-orders! (May 2013)

Me with Saxappeal, Zach Cutler, Tim Scott Jr., Carmen Rodgers and Darion Alexander after smashing the Las Vegas show (July 2013)

Chicago Show (June 2013)

“Count To Five” got some love in July on “Numbers Never Lie” (July 2013)

Soundchecking in Pittsburgh (June 2013)

Gwen Luh De Keeeds (May 2013)

Me and Carmen in St. Louis (Oct. 2013)

My first visit to Biscuitville in Raleigh, NC (Oct. 2013)

The sun shining on Detroit (June 2013)

…just visiting vinyl sold out this year.

Ursula Rucker and I in Philly (June 2013)

Jarrard Anthony, Me, Jon Bibbs, and AB

in Seattle (July 2013)

One of my FAVORITE spots in Detroit… Bucharest Grill. (June 2013)

First stop on the ManMade Tour was…. Brooklyn on its release date.

The Zo!Tif in Richmond (June 2013)

Yep, that’s a ManMade cake, bruh. Made by @TheCakeLadyNY

Still can’t believe I have my own day in Vegas. (July 2013)

ZoTif, Nord Lead 2X, and the Moog Little Phatty… D.C. set up (May 2013)

Bobbito, Me and Crazy Legs in NYC (July 2013)

@Cocoa_Cheeks_ rockin’ a Zo! shirt

“Count To Five” video (May 2013)

Anthony David, Carmen Rodgers and I after our show in Atlanta (Aug. 2013)

Live interview/meet and greet at Moods Music in Atlanta (Aug. 2013)

After rocking our Charlotte Show (Aug. 2013)

Full House in Atlanta for +FE (Oct. 2013)

Another Zo! shirt sighting!!

Rockin’ on the Capital Jazz Cruise (Nov. 2013)

Deborah Bond and I in Durham (July 2013)

+FE Soundcheck in Raleigh, NC (Oct. 2013)

Eric Roberson, Darion Alexander, Phonte, and I on set in NC (Dec. 2013)

Rockin out in Dallas with Carmen Rodgers, Lock Johnson on the drums (Sept. 2013)

Durand Bernarr and I after the Cleveland shows (Dec. 2013)

Eric Roberson, me and my stank face that made a few appearances during the show. (Nov. 2013)

Setup at Indianapolis’ Jazz Kitchen (Oct. 2013)

On the bass in the Gibson Showroom – Vegas (July (2013)

On the keys in L.A.

Another one added to the wall…

Me and Phonte before the “Count To Five” video shoot

Showing Sy some key parts in Detroit (June 2013)

In Southfield, MI recording with Collective Peace (Oct. 2013)

Video Shoot in NC (Dec. 2013)

Durham Crowd Participation • Photo by Meri Hyöky Photography

Phonte on stage in Durham • Photo by Meri Hyöky Photography

Made it to CentricTV’s “13 Best Indie R&B Artists of 2013” (Dec 2013)

Photo by Meri Hyöky Photography

@Sophia1922 with de Zo! shirt

Deborah Bond going IN (July 2013) • Photo by Meri Hyöky Photography

Rehearsal in Atlanta (Aug. 2013)

Signing a fan’s keytar in Houston (Sept. 2013)

Carmen Rodgers and Phonte going in on a game of Operation (Oct. 2013)

On keys for The Foreign Exchange in Raleigh, NC (Oct. 2013)

Photo shoot in NC with Creative Silence

On the Road to NC (Dec. 2013)