Harold's story

Chicago-based Harold wrote his first releases in the early 90’s with artists like Ron Trent, Terry Hunter, Maurice Joshua and Ron Carroll with songs such as “Ritual Of Love” and Barbara Tucker’s “I Get Lifted”. Throughout the late 90’s he was well known for his songs under his ‘Blak Beat Niks’ alias with production partner K. Fingers on PAN Records, Large Music and his own label Melodious Fonk with “The Sun Will Shine”. The 2000’s saw him move on to further projects with the likes of Slip N Slide, Mark Knight, Peppermint Jam, Glenn Underground, Makin’ Moves and Sean McCabe.

Moving into the next chapter, “Peripheral Vision” is a genre-spanning journey, drawing influences from a multitude of angles and providing a true reflection of Harold’s passion for song writing and spoken word, with a host of guest producers and vocalists.

In Harold's words he explains how the album represents 3 chapters of his life... "The first chapter represents an introduction to my creative side and vision when being unashamedly artistic. I consider what message I want to convey through my first opportunity. The middle chapter represents a time when I wrote about what I knew - my broken heart and a new beginning in life and music. The last chapter is my spiritual journey bringing me to some harsh realities that led me to the truth about myself and worthy of love and life being 'Who I Am'."


Credits

2 Hands
Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Darius M Matthews
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr
Produced by Syl Messi
Additional production by Sean McCabe
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Messi Productions BMI

Metronome
Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Sean McCabe
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr
Produced by Sean McCabe
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control

Pound Of Flesh
Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Justin Stride
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr
Produced by Justin Stride
Additional keys by Sean McCabe
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control

Peripheral Vision feat. Nickel Slick
Written by Harold E Matthews Jr, Craig Simpkins, Scott Christian Hammond and Persean J Love
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr, Schott Styles, Azza and Sean Love
Produced by Azza K Fingers
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control, Kayfi Muzik ASCAP

Put Your Hands Together
Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Philip J Evans
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr
Produced by Philip J Evans
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control

Into You feat. Dawn Williams
Written by Harold E Matthews Jr, Darius M Matthews and Sean Mccabe
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Dawn Williams
Produced by Sean McCabe
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Messi Productions BMI, Copyright Control, Messi Productions BMI

Pause feat. Syl Messi
Written by Harold E Matthews, Darius M Matthews and Philip J Evans
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Syl Messi
Produced by Philip J Evans
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control, Messi Productions BMI

Disconnected
Written and produced by Harold E Matthews Jr
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr
Additional production by Sean McCabe
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP

Maybe
Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Sean McCabe
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr
Background vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Angelina Mavanza
Produced by Sean McCabe
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control

Deep Into My Sleep
Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Justin Stride
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr
Produced by Justin Stride
Background vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Symone
Additional keys by Sean McCabe
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control

One Body feat. Symone
Written and produced by Harold E Matthews Jr
Vocals by Symone and Harold Matthews Jr
Additional keys and production by Sean McCabe
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP

Peace
Written by Harold E Matthews Jr
Production and vocals by Harold Matthews Jr
Strictly Jazz Vibe from GU with Rhoads and piano solo
Edits by Azza
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP

This Place
Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Sean McCabe
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr
Background vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Angelina Mavanza
Produced by Sean McCabe
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control

Love And Hate
Written by Harold E Matthews Jr and Sean McCabe
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr
Background vocals by Harold Matthews Jr and Angelina Mavanza
Produced by Sean McCabe
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Copyright Control

Who I Am
Written by Harold Matthews Jr and Darius M Matthews
Vocals by Harold Matthews Jr
Produced by Syl Messi
Additional production by Sean McCabe
Publishing: Blak Beat Niks ASCAP, Messi Productions BMI

Mastering by Walter Coelho, apart from "One Body" and "Peace" which are mastered by Sean McCabe

Illustration by Schott Styles

 
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