Keite Young - Rise & Fall of Keite Young
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Artist: Keite YoungEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-08-28
Music Label: Hidden Beach
Product features:
- Audio CD (August 28, 2007)
- Original Release Date: 2007
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Hidden Beach
- ASIN: B000QUCQ5Q
- My Change (Intro)
- Shine
- Thinkuboutmi
- If We Were Alone
- Pray
- E.N.S. (Everybody Needs Somebody)
- U Got It
- Masks
- Hey Joy...
- The Wash
- Time
- Alright
- The Way That U Love Me
- Pressure
Music reviews of Rise & Fall of Keite Young
Music Review: He can only rise further from here
Rating: 4 Stars
There are a number of black male soul singers (or, if you prefer, black male singers with soulful voices) who have refused to allow their voices to restrict them to a narrow genre of music. People like Seal, Terence Trent D'Arby, Lenny Kravitz, Cody Chesnutt, Van Hunt and even lately, my man Rahsaan Patterson spring to mind and I have nothing but love and respect for all of them.
I believe I can now add Keite Young to that list. With a voice and style that conjures up in my mind any number of people from Sam Cooke to Bilal to James Brown, he could have easily gone the easy route and given us another run of the mill modern soul album. It would've been good no doubt, but it still would've been run of the mill. Young hasn't done that though, thankfully, and more power to him. Sure, he's on the Hidden Beach label but to describe what's on offer here as modern soul or neo-soul or whatever, would be too simplistic, almost misleading in fact. He doesn't depart completely from soul influences and songs like "If We Were Alone" featuring N'dambi, "Pray", the gospel-flavoured tune "E.N.S. (Everybody Needs Somebody)", the deep and funky "Time", "Alright", the acoustic guitar-led "The Way That U Love Me" and "Pressure" are all soul in its purest form.
But songs like "Thinkuboutmi", "U Got It", "Masks", "Hey Joy..." and "The Wash" are anything but soul - actually I'm not sure what they are. Soulful rock? Funky rock? Rock-influenced funk? - and these may well put certain people off, despite the fact that his soul-inspired delivery of them makes them all very interesting and exciting listening. As a previous reviewer has already noted though, whether any of this will translate into commercial success or not is anyone's guess given the kind of music that rules the airwaves these days and I guess the fact that only four people have reviewed this album before me tells its own story.
Personally though, I really enjoy this kind of music. I think it's benefical to venture out of one's comfort zone every now and then. It broadens the mind and opens up the possibility of getting into (and enjoying) music by all kinds of people one might not ordinarily consider. Young writes, co-writes and produces many of the songs here himself (some are also produced by my hero, Steve "The Scotsman" Harvey) and while I'm not going to lie and say all the songs flow into each other seamlessly, one thing I could never call this album, is boring. His lyrics are interesting and thought provoking and he's proud of his Christian background as demonstrated on "Alright", for instance, where he sings candidly about Jesus. I've said it before on here and I'll say it again: I will always respect a man who refuses to go with the crowd and dares to be different. Keite Young is one such man. Favourite tunes: "If We Were Alone", "E.N.S.", "Hey Joy...", "The Wash", "Time", "The Way That U Love Me" and "Pressure", the so obviously James Brown-inspired closer.
Highly recommended but approach with caution. A man this talented can only rise further from here but, in my opinion, he's for the listener with eclectic tastes and/or the very adventurous listener only.
Description of Rise & Fall of Keite Young
Rise & Fall of Keite Young by Keite Young Tracks: 1. My Change (Intro) 2:36 2. Shine 4:13 3. Thinkuboutmi 3:51 4. If We Were Alone 5:26 5. Pray 3:28 6. E.N.S. (Everybody Needs Somebody) 5:55 7. U Got It 4:03 8. Masks 5:22 9. Hey Joy... 4:13 10. The Wash 4:48 11. Time 4:28 12. Alright 3:47 13. The Way That U Love Me 4:49 14. Pressure 8:29Blues CDs
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