5 Artists Every Idols Performer Must Hear

I'm not a scholar of his music per se, but when I began subscribing to his style, I figured I'd start with the Greatest Hits. That way I'd get all the big joints. It's by learning this way... now when you buy you know what you're looking for.

Andrea Bocelli

My dad has got me listeing to guys like Andrea Bocelli, who I particularly like. He just has such a worldly interpretation of music as whole, and he's so pedantic (for lack of a better word) with the detail in his music . You can't help but be fascinated and have appreciation for it.

Rick Ross

The brand new Rick Ross (Teflon Don). He labels his music "Maibach music". So it's very adult, very aspirational. And like anything else, you take elements from it that you like.

Eminem

I do like the new Eminem. A couple of singles, specifically "Talking to Myself", for example, just because he's always been "real", whether it be in a positive or a negative light, but he always speaks from a personal perspective, and I can't help but respect that.

Brian Temba     

Local artist. Heavily, heavily underrated.  He's not even known widely, but he's one of the greatest talents I've had the pleasure of knowing