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It's Real
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by James Ingram
Sales Rank: 1035399
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on 10-2-2008.
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1. It's Real
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2. I Wanna Come Back
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3. Call on Me
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4. So Fine
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5. Love Come Down
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6. Baby Be Mine
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7. You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Man
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8. Love One Day at a Time
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9. I Don't Have the Heart
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10. Someday We'll All Be Free
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11. When Was the Last Time the Music Made You Cry
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French edition of the adult contemporary/urban artist's 1989 album for Qwest. 11 tracks including, 'It's Real', 'I Wanna Come Back' & 'Call On Me'.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Okay, check it out; Buddy boy had RANGE more than anything. This man's voice was/is incredible and this album was the ish back in the day! I usedta have it on cassette, but I came across the CD in the store the other day and decided my collection was really incomplete without it (course I say that 'bout everything I come across; will any music fan's collection ever be complete?). I agree with the reviewers who commented that he was definitely entrenched in that New Jack Swing sound at this time, but let's lose the trendy sub-labels for a quick second while you're with me, Mr. Non-conformist an' all, an' say that this is jus' some good R&B music; its priceless, they don't make 'em like this anymore. Nothin' overtly-offensive, jus' good lovin' music. The Levert-penned 'I Wanna Come Back' is classic, but the one that brings back the memories for me is 'So Fine' ("Girl ya so fiiiiyyyene, hardta believe it, so fiiiyyyene, I'm feelin' it constantly on my miiyyyynd"). Boy, that hook alone reminds me of them days. He flexes it fa'real on 'Baby Be Mine' though; I'm talkin' incredible vocals. Had I been older at the time, this woulda been the soundtrack for some serious mackin'. The "real soft" side is definitely the superior side for me, and for one reason: 'I Don't Have the Heart'. This one'a them joints that I have to listen to alone to avoid embarrassment and blows to my manhood cause'a how it moves me. It may seem syrupy to some (an' were one'a these young cats nowadays singin' it might be), but the power is in James' vocals; he pours it on, an' that obligatory '80s-soundin' guitar section at the end only enhances it to me. Album closes perfectly too; a moving rendition of 'Someday We'll All Be Free', (even thrown' in that line at the end 'bout South Africa makin' it even more timely) an' 'When was the Last Time Music Made You Cry'; this joint is straight BUTTA an' almost hypnotic, my only complaint is that it ends too soon. I would've liked to have heard him really bring that one crashing down. But, hey, what do I know? This is one'a them great forgotten albums that get lost in the shuffle because'a the sheer size of a category of music like R&B. Do some revisiting. I encourage you.
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It's Real
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Price: $0.68
Updated on 10-2-2008.
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