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Lovesick (Lp)

Raheem DeVaughn & Apollo Brown

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDMMG001622

Format Details: Lp

Release Date:  11 June 2021

Label:  Mello Music Group

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  843563137932

Genres:  R&B  R&B  

Release Date:  30 July 2021

Label:  Mello Music Group

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  843563137925

Genres:  R&B  R&B  

  • Description

    Soul is more than a sound. It is a timeless idea and an immortal condition. It can't be borrowed or traded, bequeathed or imitated (no matter how much they try). Soul isn't the blues, but the best blues has soul. Hip-Hop isn't soul, but it's the most fundamental component of its DNA. R&B is the genre, but soul is the yearning, the lust, the regret. Without soul, love is merely sex. With it, you get something like Lovesick. Lovesick is a collaboration between the 3x Grammy-nominated singer Raheem DeVaughn and the legendary hip-hop producer, Apollo Brown, best known for making hip-hop so grimy that it permanently lodges in your lungs and underneath your fingernails. It is a work of startling beauty, a blend of modern R&B, classic soul, and guttural funk that recalls Smokey Robinson, Al Green, and Marvin Gaye. Yet it doesn't sound out of step alongside DeVaughn's peers The-Dream, Anderson .Paak, and Miguel. It is an album that bears the echoes of Jodeci and James Brown, but it is ultimately the clarion vision of two masters of their respective forms. Released on Mello Music, Lovesick is a stylistic departure from Apollo Brown's cold-blooded 21st century boom-bap, but it shouldn't come as a shock considering his historical skill at soulful sample chopping. Still, it's testament to the Michigan native's versatility and emotional depth; he has turned a sonic left turn into an eternal groove -- an expansion that feels reminiscent of DJ Premier producing for D'Angelo, Salaam Remi collaborating with Amy Winehouse, J Dilla's bible material with Erykah Badu, or more recently, Knxlwdge's NxWorries project with .Paak. Credit DeVaughn for making the extraordinary feel effortless. In Lovesick, the Love King has built a vessel to transport you to a different, better time. It is a tribute to the artists who came before him: all those aforementioned names, plus Parliament and Prince. Listening to the lead single, "When a Man," you intuit the sweat and soulful anguish of the hardest working man in show business, but also float from Apollo's head nod to A Tribe Called Quest's "Luck of Lucien." The post-modern commentary seductively fused into a warm-hearted nostalgia. "If I Made Love to You" finds DeVaughn telling his lover that he'll play all the slow jams and quiet storm ballads for them, before unleashing a falsetto that can stop space and time. If you play this at the proper volume on the right system, the aromatic candles and incense will light themselves, and the sheets will turn to 10,000 thread count silk. A form of bedroom gospel. On "Just Fall in Love," DeVaughn grapples with the carnal double standards that apply to men and women. For the third act, Compton's Westside Boogie, unleashes a hyper-melodic rap lamentation, in search of loyalty, healing, and love. Elsewhere on the album, Skyzoo and 3D Na'Tee contribute impressive lyrical 16s that are seamlessly interwoven into its satin tapestry.

    Description

    Soul is more than a sound. It is a timeless idea and an immortal condition. It can't be borrowed or traded, bequeathed or imitated (no matter how much they try). Soul isn't the blues, but the best blues has soul. Hip-Hop isn't soul, but it's the most fundamental component of its DNA. R&B is the genre, but soul is the yearning, the lust, the regret. Without soul, love is merely sex. With it, you get something like Lovesick. Lovesick is a collaboration between the 3x Grammy-nominated singer Raheem DeVaughn and the legendary hip-hop producer, Apollo Brown, best known for making hip-hop so grimy that it permanently lodges in your lungs and underneath your fingernails. It is a work of startling beauty, a blend of modern R&B, classic soul, and guttural funk that recalls Smokey Robinson, Al Green, and Marvin Gaye. Yet it doesn't sound out of step alongside DeVaughn's peers The-Dream, Anderson .Paak, and Miguel. It is an album that bears the echoes of Jodeci and James Brown, but it is ultimately the clarion vision of two masters of their respective forms. Released on Mello Music, Lovesick is a stylistic departure from Apollo Brown's cold-blooded 21st century boom-bap, but it shouldn't come as a shock considering his historical skill at soulful sample chopping. Still, it's testament to the Michigan native's versatility and emotional depth; he has turned a sonic left turn into an eternal groove -- an expansion that feels reminiscent of DJ Premier producing for D'Angelo, Salaam Remi collaborating with Amy Winehouse, J Dilla's bible material with Erykah Badu, or more recently, Knxlwdge's NxWorries project with .Paak. Credit DeVaughn for making the extraordinary feel effortless. In Lovesick, the Love King has built a vessel to transport you to a different, better time. It is a tribute to the artists who came before him: all those aforementioned names, plus Parliament and Prince. Listening to the lead single, "When a Man," you intuit the sweat and soulful anguish of the hardest working man in show business, but also float from Apollo's head nod to A Tribe Called Quest's "Luck of Lucien." The post-modern commentary seductively fused into a warm-hearted nostalgia. "If I Made Love to You" finds DeVaughn telling his lover that he'll play all the slow jams and quiet storm ballads for them, before unleashing a falsetto that can stop space and time. If you play this at the proper volume on the right system, the aromatic candles and incense will light themselves, and the sheets will turn to 10,000 thread count silk. A form of bedroom gospel. On "Just Fall in Love," DeVaughn grapples with the carnal double standards that apply to men and women. For the third act, Compton's Westside Boogie, unleashes a hyper-melodic rap lamentation, in search of loyalty, healing, and love. Elsewhere on the album, Skyzoo and 3D Na'Tee contribute impressive lyrical 16s that are seamlessly interwoven into its satin tapestry.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. If You're The One
      • 2. One Time
      • 3. When A Man
      • 4. If I Made Love To You
      • 5. Just Fall In Love
      • 6. Broken Pieces
      • 7. I Still Love You
      • 8. Honey
      • 9. Zaddy
      • 10. Rick James
      • 11. On Top
      • 12. Everything Baby

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. If You're The One (Feat. Skyzoo)
      • 2. One Time (Feat. Becky Cane)
      • 3. When A Man
      • 4. If I Made Love To You
      • 5. Just Fall In Love (Feat. Westside Boogie)
      • 6. Broken Pieces

      Side 2

      • 1. I Still Love You
      • 2. Honey
      • 3. Zaddy (Feat. 3d Na'tee)
      • 4. Rick James
      • 5. On Top
      • 6. Everything Baby

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