The legendary Stoneman is known throughout the songwriting community as a Chameleon with the ability to write and produce many genres of music. He is also a multi-instrumentalist who performs all music and vocals on his recordings. To date Stoneman has received 23 music awards in 12 musical genres and has won or placed in several international songwriting contests including the Unisong Intl. Songwriting Contest, West Coast Songwriters Contest, Billboard Songwriting Contest, Song Of the Year Contest as well as a host of others.

The \"It Is What It Is\" CD boasts a bold bridging of old school R&B/Hip-Hop/Dance Electronic music with current music industry trends. The result is a magical CD with strong upbeat tendencies that are tempered by prolific and important messages in the lyrics. This being Stoneman\'s 6th solo CD, is also already his most awarded CD as several songs have won or placed in several international songwriting competitions. It is chocked full of great Hip-Hop, R&B, Dance and neo-soul music. But more importantly, the CD makes strong points about many important issues in several songs. Then, there are songs like \"California Funk\" which simply make you want to get up and get your dance on! Soon to be a classic. It is.....well, It Is What It Is!