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Original Songs

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Next Town Down released their first single in 2017 which was the called,  Good Times . I truly enjoy listening to this song. When I hear this song, I think about all the good times I had in high school. It makes me feel like I might actually miss high school. Later on. Next Town Down released another song,  Man on the Loose.  In this songs, the guys sing about a girl who should leave her current boyfriend because he treats her wrong. Tre'von stated, "we are excited to give our fans--especially the young ladies-- a song that tells them they can find a guy who'll treat them right."  Man on the loose  is actually a good song, and I enjoy singing along with this song. Feelin Myself was the third single Next Town Down released. This song is more of a revenge song for people who never been there for you when you was struggling, but they try to hit you up once you've made it in life. When I listen this to song, it just gets my hype and make me ...

Rock & Easy

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Townies everywhere had been really excited about Next Town Down new songs ever since they revealed the release date. Next Town Down had just released two new singles, Rock and Easy , last Thursday. Both Rock and Easy had been trending all over social media ever since both songs was released on May the 11th. If you have not already listen to these songs, you should go check them out on YouTube, Spotify, or iTunes. Next Town Down felt really good about both of the songs they wrote. These two songs are different than other songs they sing. Chris Louis stated "When we made these songs, we were mindful about what we were writing like it was that perfect balance of like we did what we felt completely and say forget any opinions. Let just do what we want and what sound cool and that perfect balance will also. Writing something that current like something I know people are going to appreciate when they hear it." Tre'von stated, "The process was just amazing lik...

Did You Know?

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20 Fun Facts about Next Town Down There are a lot of things about Next Town Down that you may not know. Once you learn more about them, you will grow to love them even more.  Listed below are 20 fun facts you did not know about Next Town Down: If Malik Knighten had the option to be any animal he want, he would want to be a rabbit. Leon Outlaw Jr. favorite childhood television shows was Martin , Power Ranger , and Teletubbies . Malik favorite childhood television show was Garfield . Chris Louis favorite childhood television shows was Spongebob and Ed Edd Eddy . It was difficult for Next Town Down to learn  how to sing songs in different languages, but they maintain to do it perfectly. Music and motivation speakers motivates Leon and help him feel better. Music and talking to the other members of Next Town Down motivates Chris and help him when he is feeling down. Malik is motivated by his inspirations, his family, and the other members of Next Town Dow...

NTD

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Next Town Down is a vocal group that performs both covers and original songs on their YouTube channel. The group involves five guys: Leon Outlaw Jr, Malik Knighten, Chris Louis, Tre'von Waters, and Terence Thomas. Next Town Down started off with Tre'von Waters, Chris Louis, and Terence Thomas. While they was following each other on social media, they all became fans of each other vocal abilities, and they shared the same interest in music. They started talking one day and came up with the idea to put together a boy band. They agreed that the group should include five guys. They discover Malik Knighten due to a video from a fan page on Instagram. They founded Leon Outlaw Jr. on YouTube from when he portrayed a young Michael Jackson in the Motown Musical. After they recruited their last two members, the boy group, Next Town Down was created. When it was time for the group to choose a band name, they all wanted a name with the word next in it. Their first choice was...

Terence Thomas

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Terence Thomas was born on January 27,1996. He was born and raised in Hollandale,MS. Ever since Terence was a little kid, he knew he wanted to do something that involves music. His mother was a preacher so he was raise up in church. During that time, Terence singed on the church chorus, and he played the piano at church. After Terence graduated high school, he attended Jackson State University. While Terence was in college, he competed in a talent competition that was similar to Showtime at the Apollo. He was a freshman when he competed in the competition. Not only did he won the talent competition, this was his first time singing in front of a really large crowd.  When Terence became a senior at Jackson State University, he was preparing for an upcoming tour and he was working on recording an album. Not only was he working on his music, he was taking online classes so he could receive his criminal justice degree in the fall. During college, he became apart of ...

Tre'von Waters

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Tre'von Waters was born on July 14,1996. He was born in Kilmarnock, VA, but he was raised in Lancaster, VA. Tre'von discovered his talent while he was living in Lancaster, VA. Tre'von started singing when he was two years old. His mother, Tracey Waters, was his manager. According to his mother, Tre'von was an enthused child who was just having fun. Later on his mother discover that singing was more than just a hobby to Tre'von when he says, "I want to sing for a living". At that moment, Tracey Waters realized singing was Tre'von passion and gift. Tre'von Waters was inspired by musical artists such as Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Boys II Men, Usher Raymond, and Chris Brown. Tre'von had share his gift and passion at his high school, church, on video streams, and in competitions. At the opening of high school games, he entertain the crowd with a great performance of the national anthem. When Tre'von perform in state and regional competitio...

Chris Louis

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Christopher Louis Eisenberg was born on September 19, 1997 in Sarasota, FL. Chris knew that he wanted to sing ever sense he was little. Chris passion for music is shown when he said, "Music makes my world resolve. Without music, there would be no Christopher. I am continuing to find that people of all ages, races, and backgrounds are touched by my music in a way that is bigger and deeper than me. It is time for young, positive role models to inspire the world. I have to be music in order to survive and I thrive off the pure love that music gives people".    When Chris was 9 years old, he performed in sold out shows for a professional theatre company called the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.  At the age of 12 years, he appeared on America's Got Talent. He was one of the 48 finalists chosen out of more than 70,000 auditions. He performed at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando, the Palms in Las Vegas, and in Hollywood for the America's Got Talent Live Show...

Malik Knighten

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Malik Knighten was born on April 17,1999 in Los Angeles, CA. However his hometown is Charles City, Iowa. At the age 17, Malik was a senior at Charles City High School. In the beginning, Malik main interest was playing football and basketball. His original goal was to play in the NBA like his idol Stephen Curry, but his goal changed during his sophomore year when he gotten grounded. While he was grounded, he used that time to teach himself to play a guitar, and he begin singing. Malik's musical inspirations was Michael Jackson, Shawn Mendes, and Justin Bieber. For a while, Malik main passion was still basketball. During his Junior year, he became more interested in music than he did in basketball. Malik quit the basketball team, so he would have more time to focus on music.  Even though he quit the basketball team, he still supported the team, and he even perform the national anthem at one of the games. He started writing songs and posting singing vi...

Leon Outlaw Jr.

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Leon Outlaw Jr., the son of a drummer and singer, was born on March 12,2002. He was born in Brookyln, New York. At the age 5, Leon started to show interest in singing and dancing. Leon begin to perform in his living room, at family events, church, school, and anywhere that he could call a stage. Leon was inspire by singers such as Michael Jackson, James Brown, and Sammy Davis Jr.      As musical parents, Leon's mother and father supported him.    Leon's mother had a friend from her church that told her about the casting of a young Michael Jackson for Motown The Musical. Motown The Musical is about a true story that tells how the founder of Motown, Barry Gordy, launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, and many others. Motown The Musical started off as a one man's story, yet it turned into a Broadway's musical. It feature more than 40 classic hits such as "My Girl" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enoug...

Home

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Leon Outlaw Jr., Malik Knighten, Chris Louis, Tre'von Waters, and Terence Thomas are five talented and handsome young men. Each of them has many different skills, but two skills that they all share is singing and dancing. One day these gifted young men decided to come together and created the band Next Town Down. When Next Town Down came up with their name they wanted the word "next" in it, so the first band name they thought of was the Boys Next Door. However the name Boy Next Door is already taken, and we all know that Next Town Down is nothing like the Boys Next Door. Obviously, Next Town Down is nothing like the Boys Next Door because Next Town Down party harder, look better, dress better, sing better, smell better, taste better, talk better, and cook food better.  The group chosen the name Next Town Down since they was not the Boys Next Door, yet they was the more cooler and dope boys from the next town over. On December 15, 2016, Next Town D...