Here, courtesy of the big heart of Bomitoni, is only my second post by a male artist! One wouldn't blame you for looking at the cover and thinking "Male?", however. LOL I had bought this album eons ago thinking it was a female, both from the name and the cover image, which is very androgynous, IMO. After the first listen, I was disappointed it was a guy and never gave it a chance, selling the CD to the lowest bidder. But now that Bomitoni has shared it again, I realize it isn't half bad! It's obviously influenced by Prince and at times has the Lewis & Jam vibe, like a poppier version of other slightly more successful male artists like Georgio or St. Paul. Nikki released a few singles from this including the dancey "If You Wanna" and "Ooti Ooti", but only the ballad "Notice Me" made an impact, almost making it into the Billboard Top 20, and Nikki faded away. But it has been revealed that Nikki Lee later renamed himself Michael Mozart and married pop starlet Martika, with whom he formed pop-rock group Oppera (though little can be found to verify this, Bomitoni, Martika's biggest fan, is fairly confident it's true!). They have released two albums thus far, and are apparently at work on another. What a match made in heaven for fans of this blog!Video for If You Wanna (Many thanks to Maxwell K for uploading it to Youtube!!):
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| 1 | If You Wanna | |
| 2 | We'll Be Together | |
| 3 | Notice Me | |
| 4 | Whoa, Whoa, Whoa | |
| 5 | Ooti Ooti | |
| 6 | Body Rub | |
| 7 | Do You Love Me | |
| 8 | Wild Boys | |
| 9 | Come On Over | |
| 10 | Shadow Man |
