El DeBarge - Second Chance
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Artist: El DeBargeEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-11-30
Music Label: Geffen
Soundtracks:
- Lay With You
- Heaven
- Close To You
- Format
- When I See You
- How Can You Love Me
- Serenading
- 5 Seconds
- Joyful
- Sexy Lady
- Sad Songs
- The Other Side
- Second Chance
Music reviews of Second Chance
Music Review: El's Triumphant And Much Welcomed Comeback!
Rating: 5 Stars
After what seems like one of the longest personal recovery sessions in music history in some time El DeBarge obviously had more than a little difficulty in the last more than a decade and a half since he released his Heart Mind & Soul,a strong and high quality album that would've been difficult to follow up even if he hadn't waited so long. But he had his personel struggles to deal with,which DeBarge fans likely followed religiously and now he has returned,as many others have before him clean and ready to excercise his vocal and writing muscles again. Now things are a little different now of course; where hip-hop elements were important last time DeBarge put out a record they are MANDATORY today as hip-hop is now the mainstream of R&B music by and large so two guest appearances by 50 Cent and Fabulous are par for the course but to most R&B fans just plain aren't important to what else is here. And what is here is a joy to hear.
El DeBarge took a lot of this album under his own wing,employing the production talents of Jam & Lewis along with the vocal talents of Faith Evans along the way. And even though the execution of this album couldn't be more in the new school if it tried it's wonderful to see how DeBarge put so much into making this such an uptempo and high spirited release. "Lay With You","Heaven","Joyful" and "Sexy Lady" all have this really strong percussive funky-soul bump to them, as far removed from the slickly produced 80's sound of DeBarge as it can be but they show that despite his issues El's expressive,rangy wail of a voice and talent for writing moodily chorded gospel and latin inflected pop/R&B haven't deserted him in the slightest. Even though the rap insert is inessential "5 Seconds" actually has a well mixed groove with some excellent horn breaks and,insterestingly enough follows the modern concept of hip-hop sampling itself using (in this case) the Doug E Fresh classic "The Show". Many of the other songs,including the autobiographical title piece are all in the midtempo rhythmic ballad style of the previous album but are no less powerful in terms of arrangement,especially on acoustic guitar driven,Spanish tinged tunes such as "When I See You" and "Serenading".
This also includes a bonus CD containing three Christmas songs: a largely acoustic rendering of "Silent Night" and two DeBarge originals in "Christmas Without You" and "Heart Full Of Love"-both of which have a lightly uptempo modern neo soul groove dealing with both romantic and platonic love using the holiday theme as a point of reference. Needless to say when I read the back of this album I instantly thought this album would be the clishe of an old school R&B star making a comeback after the turn of the millenium:full of guest rappers and over production. But much as with the last album before this,only to a lesser extent this time around it manages to be both in sync with the times with the potential to be timeless all at once. El's experiences and obvious feel for music is likely one reason;he was lucky enough to have been recording at the cusp when hip-hop flavors became dominant in commercial R&B so this modern adaptation wasn't that hard to make. Not only that but he infused the songs with enough of his own individual character and sound to result in something that won't likely be very forgettable.
Description of Second Chance
2010 release from the R&B veteran El DeBarge, his first in 16 years. Soulful, sleek and deeply romantic, Second Chance features the first single, "Lay With You" featuring Faith Evans. Second Chance tells El's story of redemption, which followed a period of personal turmoil for the immensely talented singer and songwriter. Co-executive produced by Ron Fair and Pete Farmer, Second Chance features collaborations with 50 Cent ("Format"), and Fabolous ("5 Seconds"). It also unites El DeBarge with some of music's most notable hitmakers, including co-writing and co-production by Babyface, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Mike City, Michael Angelo, Mischke, and the Avila Brothers.Pop CDs
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