Love Behind the Melody * by Raheem DeVaughn

Pros: Genuine soul. Earnest hunger. Live instruementation. Catchy records.
Cons: Impotent club bangers and tired analogies.

Don't let the self-proclaimed R&B-Hippie-Neo Soul-Rock Star moniker throw you - Raheem DeVaughn just wants attention. He might smoke enough green to qualify as a Hippie, release enough mixtapes to satiate his hip-hop rooted R&B thirst, and have ...

Pros: Excellent production, cool lyrical concepts, great singing.
Cons: No major ones...maybe a couple of forgettable tracks.

He calls himself an "R&B hippie"(as well as the "neo-soul rock star"), but Baltimore/DC's Raheem DeVaughn’s not much different from any other male artist who has taken a ride on the neo-soul (damn it, I hate that term, let’s just say “traditional soul”) ...