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Seekers produce latest multi-generational album in a week, secures distribution with Malaco and strives to make the genre thrive again    In the same amount of time it took God to create the universe—a week—the Soul Seekers said let there be music and there was music.    “We started rehearsing with a clean slate.   Just seven days before we didn’t have not [sic] one song,” Warryn Campbell (Luther, Brandy, Kanye) one of the lead singers said about their microwave fast turn-around time.   That effort, Soul Seekers II, is soon to be released on My Block/Sovereign Music.   The Soul Seekers are a group of hip, award-winning mainstream LA   music producers   on a mission to spread the good news “and help advance quartet music,” a genre that Campbell says is an often overlooked dying breed.   Many gospel quartet pioneers have passed away in recent years and Campbell, a master bassist, says he feels obligated to continue the music that h...

A GROUP THAT'S WORTH THE WAIT Three years ago I sat in a crowded Compton, CA church (Love and Unity) and witnessed one of the most incredible recordings I've ever heard. It was the Soul Seekers' live recording of their second album. The Soul Seekers are a Stellar-Award winning contemporary gospel "quartet" comprised of young men who all worked in the mainstream music industry in various capacities and decided to make music for God--together. The members are: Teddy Campbell, Warryn Campbell, Nisan Stewart, John "Jubu" Smith, Gerald Haddon, Charlie Bereal, Craig Brockman and Eric Seats. Their individual resumes boast work experience with a gamut of talent such as Beyonce‘ and Missy Elliott to Nelly, 50 Cent, Diddy, Jennifer Hudson, Whitney Houston, Bette Midler and Britney Spears to hit making shows Diddy’s “Making His Band” and “American Idol.” Just one look at the pews and you knew they were not an ordinary quartet group. Among church folk of all age...