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Ronald Isley's This Song Is for You, released in 2013, included "My Favorite Thing," a song written and co-produced by Kem. It seemed more like a Kem song featuring Isley, not the other way around, since Isley was not at the fore. The song reappears on Kem's fourth proper album, and it neatly falls into place, like it belonged here all along. It could also be inserted into any of Kem's previous albums with non-disruptive ease. That underscores Kem's consistency or, more skeptically, his penchant for doing the same thing over and over. As with the three albums that preceded it, Promise to Love consists almost entirely of smooth and quiet ballads that regard long-term devotion and self-improvement. He remains an antidote to prevailing contemporary R&B sounds. When he sings of going downtown, he means geographically, not anatomically -- and guest Snoop Dogg, on his best behavior, displays restraint. Even "Say Something Real," which bears a significant instrumental resemblance to Prince's "Soft and Wet," is free of innuendo. The backdrops, as usual, are unwaveringly silky, yet filled with nuances. Kem might do one thing, but he does that one thing very well. Four- and five-year waits aside, the man knows how to please his listeners.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Rex Rideout, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BARDANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Bowland, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kem, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Fairall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Morgeson, Producer, Additional Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jezreel Santos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kim Lamont Owens, ComposerLyricist - Timothy “Tip” Wyman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dima Karpovich, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rex Rideout, Programmer - RAY BARDANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Bowland, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Turner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kem, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Fairall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Morgeson, Producer, Additional Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Otis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jezreel Santos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kim Lamont Owens, ComposerLyricist - L'Renee, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Beth Griffith, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy “Tip” Wyman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lloyd Dwayne, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dima Karpovich, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cordell Watson, Producer, Additional Producer - Marlon Curry, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - José PePe Espinosa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Demetrius 'Krayon' Nabors, Producer, Organ, Co-Producer, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Calvin Broadus, ComposerLyricist - Rex Rideout, Producer, Co-Producer, Programmer - RAY BARDANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Snoop Dogg, FeaturedArtist - Randy Bowland, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kem, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Fairall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Morgeson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jezreel Santos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Ryan, Producer, Additional Producer, Programmer - Kim Lamont Owens, ComposerLyricist - Timothy “Tip” Wyman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dima Karpovich, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rex Rideout, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BARDANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Bowland, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Turner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kem, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Fairall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Morgeson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jezreel Santos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kim Lamont Owens, ComposerLyricist - Timothy “Tip” Wyman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dima Karpovich, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Madision, Strings, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rex Rideout, Producer, Co-Producer, Programmer - RAY BARDANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Bowland, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kem, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Fairall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Morgeson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jezreel Santos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kim Lamont Owens, ComposerLyricist - Timothy “Tip” Wyman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dima Karpovich, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rex Rideout, Producer, Additional Producer - Brian O'Neal, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BARDANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rayse Biggs, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Bowland, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Turner, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Kem, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Fairall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Morgeson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Otis, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Jezreel Santos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kim Lamont Owens, ComposerLyricist - Timothy “Tip” Wyman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Edward Gooch, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dima Karpovich, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Demetrius 'Krayon' Nabors, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rex Rideout, Producer, Additional Producer, Programmer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - RAY BARDANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ronald Isley, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Bowland, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Turner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kem, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Fairall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Morgeson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jezreel Santos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kim Lamont Owens, ComposerLyricist - Demetrius Nabors, Producer, Co-Producer - Timothy “Tip” Wyman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dima Karpovich, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Demetrius 'Krayon' Nabors, Producer, Piano, Additional Producer, Co-Producer, Programmer, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rex Rideout, Producer, Additional Producer - RAY BARDANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Bowland, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Turner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kem, Producer, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Fairall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Morgeson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kem Owens, ComposerLyricist - Jezreel Santos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Demetrius Nabors, Producer, Co-Producer, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy “Tip” Wyman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Madision, Strings, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rex Rideout, Producer, Additional Producer - RAY BARDANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Bowland, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Turner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kem, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Fairall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Morgeson, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jezreel Santos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kim Lamont Owens, ComposerLyricist - Timothy “Tip” Wyman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dima Karpovich, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Demetrius 'Krayon' Nabors, Producer, Co-Producer, Programmer
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rex Rideout, Producer, Additional Producer - RAY BARDANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Bowland, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Turner, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kem, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Fairall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Morgeson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Otis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jezreel Santos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kim Lamont Owens, ComposerLyricist - Timothy “Tip” Wyman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dima Karpovich, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Demetrius 'Krayon' Nabors, Producer, Co-Producer, Programmer
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rex Rideout, Producer, Additional Producer - RAY BARDANI, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Bowland, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kem, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Fairall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Morgeson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jezreel Santos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kim Lamont Owens, ComposerLyricist - Timothy “Tip” Wyman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dima Karpovich, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Ronald Isley's This Song Is for You, released in 2013, included "My Favorite Thing," a song written and co-produced by Kem. It seemed more like a Kem song featuring Isley, not the other way around, since Isley was not at the fore. The song reappears on Kem's fourth proper album, and it neatly falls into place, like it belonged here all along. It could also be inserted into any of Kem's previous albums with non-disruptive ease. That underscores Kem's consistency or, more skeptically, his penchant for doing the same thing over and over. As with the three albums that preceded it, Promise to Love consists almost entirely of smooth and quiet ballads that regard long-term devotion and self-improvement. He remains an antidote to prevailing contemporary R&B sounds. When he sings of going downtown, he means geographically, not anatomically -- and guest Snoop Dogg, on his best behavior, displays restraint. Even "Say Something Real," which bears a significant instrumental resemblance to Prince's "Soft and Wet," is free of innuendo. The backdrops, as usual, are unwaveringly silky, yet filled with nuances. Kem might do one thing, but he does that one thing very well. Four- and five-year waits aside, the man knows how to please his listeners.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:25
- Main artists: Kem
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Kemistry Records - Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2014 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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