In retrospect, especially in the "Two Lover's capsule-review, I'm afraid I was being overly kind. Listen to J-Wonn singing "Two Covers" on YouTube. But while his songs lack solid bass lines, his success is undeniable, and although its subject is domestic quarreling, "Two Covers" flies like a bird. J-Wonn's always high in the "clouds" of melody (and if you've seen him in concert, the euphoria of performance).
That's why his collaborations with Big Yayo ("I Got This Record," "Cowgirl") were so transcendent Big Yayo brought the bass. Now here's a guy who knows nothing about rhythm tracks. Listen to J-Wonn and Keith Sweat singing "Feel Me" on YouTube. Can you imagine J-Wonn on Top 40 Urban R&B? J-Wonn has been trending closer to mainstream popular music ever since he left former mentor Big Yayo, and this one makes it official. I love the "Lovers & Friends"-inspired "Slow". Great vocals, great instrumental tracks, but there ain't a southern soul song in the bunch. Nice notes: Like an ice flow broken off from the southern soul continent, J-Wonn continues his post-Big Yayo drift toward urban smooth. Outro (The Future of Southern Soul / R&B)ĭaddy B. J-Wonn's "I Got This Record" is still arguably the greatest southern soul single of the last decade, and "Yo Luv Baby" shares some of its characteristics: superb vocal, melody, arrangement and similarly universal lyrics: "I'll travel miles/ Girl, I will travel cities/ Girl, I'll travel states/ Just to get to your love."īuy J-Wonn's new MY TURN album at Amazon. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles Preview For. Listen to J-Wonn singing "I Got This Record" live in a hole-in-the-wall in Itta Bena, Mississippi on YouTube.ĭaddy B. Remember him shirtless onstage with Big Yayo in Pickens, Mississippi and again in Dothan, Alabama, singing "Cowgirl?" His capacity for happiness is so off the charts. There's nobody more fun to watch in concert than J-Wonn. J-Wonn is now the 6th-ranked southern soul artist on Daddy B.
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