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What a marvelously audacious introduction The Colored Section is. Emerging from the same Jazz Café-centered alternative Atlanta soul scene that nourished and nurtured fellow hippie-soul singer/songwriters like Joi and India.Arie all the way into the public consciousness, Donnie's first LP is a topical, unapologetically conscientious, and even righteously stinging declaration that, yes, can only be likened to the classic sociopolitical masterworks of spiritual predecessors Donny Hathaway and especially Stevie Wonder. Songs like "Cloud 9" and "Wildlife," in fact, may be too indebted to genius-era Wonder -- the former with its wah-wah guitar and warm gusts of squelchy synth vibrato, the latter with its prominent clavinet and crisp harmonica ad-libs -- but are such stunning vintage impersonations that both easily could have slipped somewhere onto Innervisions. No matter from which angle you choose to approach such a statement, it couldn't really be taken as a criticism, nor should it be with The Colored Section. The music is consistently empowered and empowering: gracefully buttery, always deeply moving, and at its core profoundly idealistic. Generous melodies abound, rising from a gospel-derived groundwork, spun around street-tinged jazz rhythms, and enlivened by wonderful touches of humor like the Dixie frills of "Big Black Buck" that underscore an otherwise valuable criticism of consumerist society. And lest Donnie be dismissed as an imitator (a studied, well-versed disciple clearly, yes, but certainly not a clone), he explores a wealth of his own refreshingly original ideas, stretching out with genuine invention (the gorgeous cosmic explorations of "Heaven Sent," the jittery electronic backdrop of "Masterplan") as often as he reaches backwards into retro styles (invigorating bossa nova on "Do You Know?," the romantic, Baroque string arrangement of "Turn Around"). It is as bold and self-assured a debut as soul music has seen since D'Angelo's Brown Sugar. It falls just short of brilliance only because it borrows a few tricks too many from its obvious musical models, but even with its flaws, the album is such a vivid, radiant outpouring of soul-stirring talent and passion that it could fill two hearts.
© Stanton Swihart /TiVo
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Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hiro Hotta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Harvey, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Mel Johnson, Producer - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Varmus, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Watson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al McKay, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Gonzalez, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer - Louis Van Taylor Jr., Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - JEFF CLAYTON, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer - Ira Natus, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dino Soldo, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BRIdgette bryant, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Heitor Pereira, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sekou Bunch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Strings, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Louis Van Taylor Jr., Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Watson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BRIdgette bryant, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer - Wayne Linsay, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natalie Jackson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer - Louis Van Taylor Jr., Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hiro Hotta, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Varmus, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve 'The Scotsman' Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Unknown, Recording Arranger, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ian Grant, ComposerLyricist - Demus, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kaidi Tatham, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Donnie, MainArtist - IG Culture, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Avery Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Ellington, Producer - Steve Harvey, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Mel Johnson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Preston, Hammond Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer - Wayne Linsay, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Steve 'The Scotsman' Harvey, Producer
℗ 2021 Musicyard Malibu Productions
Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Steve 'The Scotsman' Harvey, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Musicyard Malibu Productions
Darryl James, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Fred McFarland, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve 'The Scotsman' Harvey, Producer
℗ 2021 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Darryl James, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Fred McFarland, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve 'The Scotsman' Harvey, Producer
℗ 2021 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Darryl James, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Fred McFarland, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve 'The Scotsman' Harvey, Producer
℗ 2021 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Danny Krivit, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Steve 'The Scotsman' Harvey, Producer
℗ 2021 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BRIdgette bryant, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Heitor Pereira, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sekou Bunch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer - Louis Van Taylor Jr., Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Watson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Spinna, Programmer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Angela Johnson, Keyboards, Remixer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DJ Spinna, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Harvey, Producer - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2021 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Watson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Spinna, Programmer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Angela Johnson, Keyboards, Remixer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Watson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Harvey, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bo Boddie, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Ellington, Producer, Unknown, Other - Steve Harvey, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Bob "Bassy" Brockman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maurice Bernstein, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ron Trent, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Gi Step Records, Inc
Ron Trent, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - DJ Deep, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Gi Step Records, Inc
Ron Trent, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Donnie, MainArtist - Donnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - DJ Deep, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Gi Step Records, Inc
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What a marvelously audacious introduction The Colored Section is. Emerging from the same Jazz Café-centered alternative Atlanta soul scene that nourished and nurtured fellow hippie-soul singer/songwriters like Joi and India.Arie all the way into the public consciousness, Donnie's first LP is a topical, unapologetically conscientious, and even righteously stinging declaration that, yes, can only be likened to the classic sociopolitical masterworks of spiritual predecessors Donny Hathaway and especially Stevie Wonder. Songs like "Cloud 9" and "Wildlife," in fact, may be too indebted to genius-era Wonder -- the former with its wah-wah guitar and warm gusts of squelchy synth vibrato, the latter with its prominent clavinet and crisp harmonica ad-libs -- but are such stunning vintage impersonations that both easily could have slipped somewhere onto Innervisions. No matter from which angle you choose to approach such a statement, it couldn't really be taken as a criticism, nor should it be with The Colored Section. The music is consistently empowered and empowering: gracefully buttery, always deeply moving, and at its core profoundly idealistic. Generous melodies abound, rising from a gospel-derived groundwork, spun around street-tinged jazz rhythms, and enlivened by wonderful touches of humor like the Dixie frills of "Big Black Buck" that underscore an otherwise valuable criticism of consumerist society. And lest Donnie be dismissed as an imitator (a studied, well-versed disciple clearly, yes, but certainly not a clone), he explores a wealth of his own refreshingly original ideas, stretching out with genuine invention (the gorgeous cosmic explorations of "Heaven Sent," the jittery electronic backdrop of "Masterplan") as often as he reaches backwards into retro styles (invigorating bossa nova on "Do You Know?," the romantic, Baroque string arrangement of "Turn Around"). It is as bold and self-assured a debut as soul music has seen since D'Angelo's Brown Sugar. It falls just short of brilliance only because it borrows a few tricks too many from its obvious musical models, but even with its flaws, the album is such a vivid, radiant outpouring of soul-stirring talent and passion that it could fill two hearts.
© Stanton Swihart /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 30 pista(s)
- Duración total: 02:40:26
- Artistas principales: Donnie
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: UNI - MOTOWN
- Género Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2021 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2021 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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