MACK WILDS New York A Love Story

So I have been a fan of Mack's since he was Tristan Wilds from AKA  from The Wire. I followed his career since "The Wire" saw in the role he saw him as a young kid, potraying a young boy becoming a man in the drug game on the  mean streets of Baltimore. The Wire was was of my favorite shows all time. I was drawn into Tristan by the rugged character he portrayed. Of course that being "The Wire" I really got into the show as most of the people that I knew did. I was  definitely into the show. Being where I am from I was able to relate with the show and made sure I tuned in every week. I guess I liked bad boys. He was very attractive to me. I followed him on Instagram as I did with a couple others that I liked. After The Wire had stopped airing I continued  following him. Just happened to be going down my time line one day and saw a picture he posted of a red tape. It was actuallya cassette tape of his first album that he made. It is titled New York A Love Story. That excited me and that rushed to YouTube to see if he had anything there. I was excited to see that he had made a little noise on YouTube saying that he had a new CD that had actually came out in August. It was September already. I saw that he had made some noise on YouTube. He had a single named "Own It". I heard the single and I loved it. I honestly was unsure of what to expect; because when I saw the tape on his Instagram I was unsure of what he was doing. Did he sing? Or did he rap? I am a fan of both so it really didn't matter which one it was, I was  just excited that he was making music. When I first heard him sing and rap, it was like heaven opened up and allowed me in. To hear #NYALS was such a sweet sound to my ears. I listened and was throughly impressed. First the cover of his CD was simply him sitting in a chair on a rooftop with New York in the background as a backdrop..Now I like to purchase CDs because I am a reader. I not only listen to the music, I read the insert of the CDs from beginning to end. Im a reader, sorry. I like to see what is going on from beginning to end. As I read the insert I see that Mack as he likes to be called now. (HE says it's because he wants to be more personal with his fans) There are a collection of photos inside of Mack and a few At the end of the thank yous' he thanks you for rocking with him and purchasing his album. I see that he has had a hand in majority of the writing in this album. His CDs has 13 songs on it. There are only 2 songs that he has people guest star on his CD. The first song is "Wild Things" in which he has fellow Staten Islander Method Man on the course of this dope song. I love hip hop. The beat is crazy and to have Method Man on your song, you can never go wrong. Mack actually had help from the heavy hitter Salaam Remi, who also.helped Mack executive produce
his love story for his home state. Mack had help from not only Method Man but also had another Staten Islander Raekwon and Dougie Fresh on "U can cry to me" to give it that A1 feel. So I found Mack's CD, it actually took me a minute only because his CDs was not in any of the closest to me. However I was pleasantly surprised when I purchased his CD because although the first song that I heard on YouTube was nice I finally go a chance to hear the entire CDs first hand. His CD could be listened to from start to finish. He had a lot of great songs on it. Henny was actually a Mob Deep song "The Learning (Burn) that he transformed in to his own. So proud of him for that. He remade Michael Jackson's song "Remember the Time". I can say his album was definitely a great album to listen to. He also had help from Neyo, Rico Love, James Poster, James Fauntleroy, and the heavy hitter Teddy Riley along with a  collection of other song writers to add the finishing touches to his masterpiece. Although I love every song there were certainly more than a few that stood out in my mind. (Don't Turn Me Down, The Sober Up, The Art of Falling and Duck Sauce) Mack as he wants to be called hits a grand slam with his very first CD, straight out of the park. The CD "NYALS" sounds amazing. I definitely recommend his music to everybody. His music defintely has a New York feel to it.
His followers "The WildThings" always has Mack's back when it comes to supporting him and is always there to support him whenever he has a performance. He actually received a Grammy Nomination on his CDs, which he did an excellent job his first time out. I was truly surprised by the nomination because it was his very first album but I wasn't because the music was excellent.  Although I have yet to see Mack in person. My other obligations (having mommy obligations) kept me from being able to see him on tour. I am eagerly awaiting his new music.