Hello, everybody, my name is Nick Rashad Burroughs, and I'm here at Playbill
to give you a sneak preview of Groove Machine Live February 7th at 8PM
at The Cutting Room.
I have my own album, Groove Machine,
that is a love letter to my time during the pandemic.
I am an extroverted person. I love people.
I love to dance.
I love to talk.
And during that time, I was in my room locked away by myself,
and one of the things that made me survive that entire time was music.
Well, I used to write music all the time.
Growing up me and my dad, my dad taught me to sing.
Growing up and we would write songs all the time in the living room
about anything.
We had a song about a lampshade like it was ridiculous.
But that was just something that we always did together.
And we shared when he passed.
Naturally, I went through a depression through that
and writing music was something that I kind of
kept private and on the back burner since that was something that we shared.
The pandemic gave me a space to breathe a break to be like, What do you want to do?
What fills your heart?
And it was writing these songs on this album.
It's called Groove Machine
because I went through like a seventies phase in the pandemic.
I went through an eighties phase and nineties phase is like
a time machine of the music that kept me sane during that time.
February 7th at The Cutting Room at 8PM,
I'm doing my first live performance of my album Groove Machine, and
I can't tell you enough how pumped I am.
We have a full band horn section.
We have three amazing background singers.
It's going to be my version of the Ike and Tina Turner Revue,
and I'm excited to invite everybody to come
and have a good time with me because that's all this is about to be.
And now here is my single “Tonight”.
I think I made a bad decision.
You and me shouldn't be out here kissing,
but you've been looking at me all week,
which is fine and don't play with me.
We knew we ain’t meant to be,
but baby, let's see.
I think you're coming to me
Oh, get ready tonight.
’cause baby tonight
You know, it's going down tonight.
Get ready tonight.
You know, it's going down tonight.
We must‘ve did a lot of drinking,
kissin’ and rubbin’, knowing both of us taken.
If they catch us out here, what we gonna do?
I can't keep my hands off you.
You hold me, I hold you.
So what we gon do? Im going home with you?
’cause baby tonight
You know, it's going down tonight.
’cause baby tonight
You know, it's going down tonight.
Get ready tonight.
You know, it's going down tonight.
When the horns blow I want everybody on the floor
You know this groove is sexy don't got no excuse no more
Brothers how y'all feel you know
Sisters y'all alright yea
Well shake that ass then put that drink down
I'm tryna get down tonight
Let me clear my throat ooo yea
Now let me see you get loose
Get wild, drop it down in your own style
Let me see you get loose get wild
Drop it down in your own style
Let me see you get loose get low
Let your body take control
Let me see you get loose get low
Let your body take control
Let me see you get loose get wild time to drop it drop it now
Let me see you get loose Get wild
Let me see you get loose get low oh
You know, it's going down tonight.
’cause baby tonight
You know, it's going down tonight.
Thank you so much for watching, and thank you, Playbill, for having me.
I had a blast today and I want to remind everyone to come to my show.
Groove Machine Live at the Cutting Room, 8:00 p.m.
February 7th is going to be a funky, good time and I want you there.
See you there soon.