Hal Linton

I was watching BET Rising Icon and I fell upon an artist that goes by the name Hal Linton. Hal is a 24-year old R&B/ soul singer-producer-songwriter from Barbados. He was discovered by Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken of SRP; they are the people who helped bring Rihanna and Shontell up the charts.

Getting his inspiration from Prince, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Bob Marley and James Brown, Hal Linton has created an unique blend of classic soul and modern R&B that puts him alongside Maxwell, John Legend, Robin Thicke, Musiq Soulchild, and Anthony Hamilton.

Now that he is living in New York, Hal's debut album, "Return From the Future," is to be released in 2009, and will have his electrifying single, "She's Dangerous" and my favorite song "Lock My Heart Down."

I can tell you he is a little cutie and his voice is I will say beautiful. To me he reminds me of Chrisette Michele but of course a male version. I will tell you that he is someone to check out. I mean if BET will waste a 30 minute show on him then he is worth to go out and do some research on.