(Yellow Dog) This is totally decent
“sunshine soul,” or whatever it’s supposed to be, but the hitch is that it
feels like what it’s supposed to be is a vision of a visionary; this is
presented like we are supposed to recognize some pop/soul/blues/performance
genius, a new Al Green/John Legend/D’angelo (he even mentions Voodoo at one
point), and it feels more like a pleasantly adequate talented cat than a genius.
Hooks seem more like jingles, melodies seem recycled, and whenever the singing
elevates past pretty good it sounds like he’s doing impersonations. I feel mean
saying this, because the cat seems talented and the record is definitely OK,
but it really left me wanting.
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