Between Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Vol. One–which sounds to your friends at Idolator like the album to beat in ‘08–and late-’07 goodies by Jill Scott, The-Dream, and Mary J. Blige (with points going for a hip-hop crossover like Lupe Fiasco), the past three months have been very good ones for R&B. Add to that list Jive/Zomba’s mid-January release of Love Behind the Melody, the second album by Raheem DeVaughn, which is as solid and alert and enjoyable as anything I’ve heard this year. Enjoy the metaphor-happy (not to mention toy-instrument-sounds-happy) “Customer,” and if visuals aren’t necessarily, you know, your thing, you can at least now see and hear DeVaughn’s “Woman” after the jump.
Raheem DeVaughn Videos [YouTube]
fyi, the official videos for both songs are also on YouTube and embeddable:
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“Woman” and “Customer” are really among my least favorite songs on the album, though, for me it’s all about deep cuts like “Try Again” and “Mo Better.”
“Between Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Vol. One–which sounds to your friends at Idolator like the album to beat in ‘08–and late-’07 goodies by Jill Scott, The-Dream, and Mary J. Blige (with points going for a hip-hop crossover like Lupe Fiasco), the past three months have been very good ones for R&B.”
A man after my own heart* Guess I’m gonna have to take heed to your recommendation and give this one a spin.
[*No homo.]
@Al Shipley: thanks, al. i swapped ‘em out.