Sean Kingston
Aug 16, 2010
At only 20 years old, pop star Sean Kingston's music has already come full circle. "To be honest with you, this is going to be my best album," Kingston said. "It's going to take you back to the original Sean Kingston."
Before he can put the finishing touches on the still-untitled project, though, he's hitting the road. In between dates of a 40-city tour opening for teen pop sensation Justin Bieber, Kingston will headline a few shows of his own.
Kingston's latest single, "Letting Go (Dutty Love)," now impacting Urban, featuring in-your-face spitter Nicki Minaj from Lil' Wayne's Young Money label, hits harder than the carefree island hooks that made him famous and takes Kingston back to the Jamaican dancehall culture from which he got his stage name.
Kingston plans to reclaim some of that emotion in his new record. "When I dropped my first album, it was a lot of passion, it was a lot of pain, a lot of stuff I was going through," he said. "You've got to recapture that. Just because you get success, you can't lose that."
Though Kingston is returning to many of the elements from his first album, he'll also be experimenting with more international beats as well as attempting to stray from his trademark sampling.
"Everybody can always sample, but it's about trying different stuff and staying on top of the game," Kingston said. "You want to keep yourself relevant, but you don't want to sound like the next person."
Kingston said he stays ahead of the curve by connecting with his fans online. "At the end of the day music is music, and people want to feel that energy and feel that vibe," he said. "I'm just being myself and keeping it up."