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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Kem |
| Record Label: |
Motown Records |
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R&B |
| Release Date: |
February 25, 2003 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Matter of Time 2. Miss You 3. Say 4. Inside 5. I'm Missin' Your Love 6. Love Calls 7. Brotha Man 8. Cherish This Moment 9. This Place (Church of Today) 10. You Are |
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Personnel: Kem (vocals, arranger, keyboards); Quenton Baxter, "Uncle Reggie" McTaw (guitar); David McMurray (tenor saxopphone); Raycee Biggs, Edward Gooch (trumpet); Fred "Rodriguez" Robinson (bass); Andre "Zapp" Driscoll (drums). Recorded at Willray Productions, Masterpiece Sound Studios, Detroit, Michigan. Like a male Sade, or vintage Steely Dan without the irony, smooth R&B vocalist Kem weaves mellow, late-night musical tapestries over '70s-style jazz grooves. In the process, he manages to sound completely contemporary without so much as a single hip-hop beat or squiggly synth line. Kem's voice is an instrument of subtle grace and power, his vocal timbre and clipped phrasing owing an immediately obvious debt to Sam Cooke, but, interestingly, also occasionally recalling Dave Matthews. Best of all, however, is the Motown vocalist's sense of restraint. The maturity of his delivery belies his youth and puts many established vocalists to shame. Combining the best elements of Luther Vandross, Lou Rawls, and... |
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