Eric Benet - Love & Life
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Artist: Eric BenetEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-09-09
Music Label: Warner Bros.
Soundtracks:
- Love Patience & Time
- The Hunger
- You're the Only One
- Don't Let Go
- Everlove
- Chocolate Legs
- Weekend Girl
- Iminluvwichoo
- Spanish Fly
- Still I Believe
- Sing to Me
- One More Tomorrow
Music reviews of Love & Life
Music Review: Fine 'Grammy'-nominated Album - 4 stars
Rating: 4 Stars
Eric Benèt is one of R&B's underrated musicians. As talented as a number of today's more popular artists, Benèt comes from a time in R&B/Urban music in which 'adult-contemporary' leanings were all the rave. But since his 1999 huge breakout album A DAY IN THE LIFE with gargantuan duet "Spend My Life With You" featuring the even more solid, yet underrated Tamia, Benèt fame has only fleeted. In a time where hip-hop rules and adult contemporary R&B/adult R&B seems to be nearly deceased, Benèt is considered 'old-school'. Despite the fact that commercial odds may be against him, let's not write him off just yet - LOVE & LIFE, an exceptional album did debut in the top 15 of the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, much stronger than his previous solid HURRICANE could have ever hoped to have debuted. And of course, several Grammy nominations can not be written off in the least.
The album opens with the fine "Love Patience & Time" which starts off with some sick vocal harmonies that I have not heard since - well the 1990s. It is a brilliant way to start off both the album and the track itself, which is intact with piano, organ, horns, and guitars. Sure, "Love Patience & Time" does have an old-school feel, but it works in Benèt's favor. "The Hunger", the second track off from LOVE & LIFE makes more of a distinct effort to be more than just an adult-contemporary R&B track. This track still possesses that old school feel, but it is contemporary enough that a younger audience would relate to it, even if it is still nowhere near hip-hop. For me, "The Hunger" is my favorite from LOVE & LIFE.
"You're The Only One", the Grammy-nominated Male R&B Vocal performance from LOVE & LIFE is exceptional, lifting a soul sample as its basis. Benèt sounds top-notch and the songwriting is both sound and vintage in quality. Fully intact with soulful strings, 70s sounding soul guitar, and brilliant refrain vocal harmonies, "You're The Only One" is the third straight valedictory performance from LOVE & LIFE.
"Don't Let Go" makes more concessions to modern R&B, but manages to do so by borrowing from both 2000s R&B and the early-mid 1990s New-Jack sound that was just beginning to make concessions to hip-hop. All the gibberish aside, "Don't Let Go" is soulful, contemporary, and urban. "Everlove" featuring Terry Dexter hopes to recapture the magic of 1999's "Spend My Life With You", though it does not quite reach that lofty ambitious aspiration. It does however solidify yet another enjoyable performance that is nearly as consistent as anything else that has played out on LOVE & LIFE. "Chocolate Legs" is a masterpiece and another personal favorite of mine. It is sensual-minded in form without being outright explicit. Again, "Chocolate Legs" owes many debts to old-school R&B, though it has enough modern flair to be "hip". Benèt scores a vocal-homerun with "Chocolate Legs" with his supple tenor vocals sounding better than ever.
"Weekend Girl" is like a trip back to the golden days of 1990s R&B intact with piano and a sick, soulful bass line providing the foundation. "Iminluvwichoo" featuring Linda Kirally is solid, but it does not allure me near as much as the other tracks I have heard up until this point. "Spanish Fly" and "Still I Believe" make up for the slack left by "Iminluvwichoo". "Sing To Me" is solid, though average, while closer "One More Tomorrow" seals the deal for LOVE & LIFE to be an overall sound R&B album. Clearly, LOVE & LIFE is truly one of 2008's best R&B albums. I highly recommend LOVE & LIFE, particularly if you have a soft spot in your heart for 'old-school', 'adult-styled' R&B. 4 stars.
Description of Love & Life
Eric Ben?t has recaptured the essence of his roots as he journeyed back to Milwaukee on his fourth solo effort, Love & Life, a strong, good-feeling record reminiscent of yesteryears when R&B was rooted in Gospel, a dash of Jazz and the feeling of social awareness. This album reflects a journey that mmagnifies the abundance of familiar experiences both personal and social that transpires, represents sheer honesty, allowing you to discover truth, and be moved and connected by music.Dance & DJ CDs
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