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Considering that Raheem DeVaughn has been behind some of the most substantive sociopolitical R&B since he debuted -- "Until" and "Nobody Wins a War," for starters -- it might be surprising that the D.C. native's first LP since 2015 is exclusively intimate. The singer and songwriter has instead saved the "conscious" facet of his artistry for his lower-profile work with Wes Felton as the CrossRhodes, enabling him to focus here on other matters. On his sixth album, DeVaughn honors and pleases the "you" addressed throughout, lending an ear, vowing eternal commitment, providing various spa services, bringing fruit and oils, and engaging in high indoor adventure, including multiple references to making his lady hang off fancy light fixtures (with her permission). While DeVaughn's arrogance has hit a new peak, the phrase that most typifies the album -- amid panting, gasps, and amusing wordplay -- is the second half of "Locked away 'til the light of day, lovin' all your worries away." Self-celebratory album title notwithstanding, DeVaughn and his collaborators have designed a kind of escapist fantasy filled mostly with sensual electronic slow jams and in "What It Feels Like" and "Wifey," a couple harder hitting, radiant, top-down odes to devotion. While nothing is either as magnetic or as memorable as his best-known singles, high-quality hooks continue to flow from DeVaughn, who still sounds inspired and at ease, happy to continue making albums that are unmistakably and entirely R&B. He also keeps it local with his collaborators, whether it's Muhsinah on production, YahZarah on guest vocals, or Yvette Crocker with the cover art.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - Mista Grinch, Producer - Wendell Hanes, Composer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
O'Kelly Isley, Composer - Marvin Isley, Composer - Christopher Jasper, Composer - Ernest Isley, Composer - Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Ronald Isley, Composer - RUDOLPH ISLEY, Composer - Bennie Amey, Composer - Anthony Wyley, Composer, Instruments - Kid Class, Producer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - SHAI, Producer - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - Phil Ade, FeaturedArtist - Phil Adeniran Adetumbi, Composer - Shelomon Graves, Composer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - Erick Anderson, Composer - Afrokeyes, Producer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - The Colleagues, Producer - Harrison Johnson IV, Composer, Producer - Karl Powell, Composer, Producer - Gabriel Blizman, Composer, Producer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - Chaz French, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Spinser Tracy, Composer, Producer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - P.E.R.M 650 Music, Producer - Ronald K. Marshall, Composer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Yahzarah, FeaturedArtist - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - JS, Producer - Russell Jerome Smith III, Composer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - Fat Trel, FeaturedArtist - Martrel Reeves, Composer - Jamil Face Johnson, Composer, Producer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - Moses Haughton Jr., Composer, Producer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - Roxy Reynolds, FeaturedArtist - P.E.R.M 650 Music, Producer - Ronald K. Marshall, Composer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - Muhsinah, Composer, Producer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Raheem Devaughn, Composer, MainArtist - Face, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Arnold Mischkulnig, MasteringEngineer - Selasi, Composer, Producer - Dustin DAB Bowie, Composer
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Album review
Considering that Raheem DeVaughn has been behind some of the most substantive sociopolitical R&B since he debuted -- "Until" and "Nobody Wins a War," for starters -- it might be surprising that the D.C. native's first LP since 2015 is exclusively intimate. The singer and songwriter has instead saved the "conscious" facet of his artistry for his lower-profile work with Wes Felton as the CrossRhodes, enabling him to focus here on other matters. On his sixth album, DeVaughn honors and pleases the "you" addressed throughout, lending an ear, vowing eternal commitment, providing various spa services, bringing fruit and oils, and engaging in high indoor adventure, including multiple references to making his lady hang off fancy light fixtures (with her permission). While DeVaughn's arrogance has hit a new peak, the phrase that most typifies the album -- amid panting, gasps, and amusing wordplay -- is the second half of "Locked away 'til the light of day, lovin' all your worries away." Self-celebratory album title notwithstanding, DeVaughn and his collaborators have designed a kind of escapist fantasy filled mostly with sensual electronic slow jams and in "What It Feels Like" and "Wifey," a couple harder hitting, radiant, top-down odes to devotion. While nothing is either as magnetic or as memorable as his best-known singles, high-quality hooks continue to flow from DeVaughn, who still sounds inspired and at ease, happy to continue making albums that are unmistakably and entirely R&B. He also keeps it local with his collaborators, whether it's Muhsinah on production, YahZarah on guest vocals, or Yvette Crocker with the cover art.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:58
- Main artists: Raheem Devaughn
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2018 DeVaughn Enterprises under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
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