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Soul crooner Rahsaan Patterson on his new holiday CD, “The Ultimate Gift.”
Presented by Electronic Urban Report.

The very spiritual funk of Rahsaan Patterson made him one of the pioneers of the neo-soul movement. His 1997 self-titled debut album produced hits “Stop By” and “Where You Are.”

The discs that followed would garner critical acclaim and the singer/songwriter resonated on numerous motion picture soundtracks.

After a ten year record career, Patterson is releasing his first holiday album, titled “The Ultimate Gift.”

“I thought that would be an appropriate title because, for me as a musician and an artist, you get questions particularly around this time of year like, ‘What would your ultimate gift be?’ So I wanted to write a song that would capture what ultimately I feel would be the best gift that we could receive as the human race and that would be to heal the world and make it a better place for us and the animals,” he said. “And I think the time is appropriate as well, being that we have a new president and the hope has been restored for a lot of people.”

Read what else Rahsaan Patterson has to say. Plus, check out “Holiday,” a cut from his new Christmas CD, “The Ultimate Gift,” HERE

With such a profound explanation of the vibe of the disc, Patterson confirmed that he also had a lot of fun doing the album. He told EUR’s Lee Bailey that while he enjoys the holiday of Christmas in its celebration of the birth of Jesus – he was performing in his Pentecostal church choir by the age of 6, he has melded his spiritual and secular attitudes and it shows on the new project.

“I wanted to showcase that everyone doesn’t celebrate the holiday in the same regard as the Christians do, but I still wanted to present the overall message of what I think Christmas is and that’s love and sharing, and that sort of thing,” he said. “One of the producers that I worked with is a B’hai. Dizzy Gillespi was a B’hai. Not to say that they don’t believe in Christianity, but they don’t celebrate Christmas. I collaborated with this [producer] and at the end of the day any manifestation of God, the message is ultimately love. It made it easy for us to work together and produce music that induced the feeling of love and the spirit of love. We all, as human beings, regardless of what religion we follow, love is the one thing that keeps us connected and that we all need to live…

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