Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind The Melody
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Free Music Review: The Love Experience it is not......
Hit: 3 Stars
I agree with a few of the reviewers. Although Love Behind the Melody is a pretty good cd, it is in no way like the "Love Experience", which was a beginning to end listen. A few tracks will remind you of his freshman debut. My personal favorites are:
Love Drug
Desire
Marathon
Woman
She Not You
Empty
I hope this wasn't a forced effort from Raheem, because some of the tracks didn't seem to belong on this album. We know how the industry and deadlines go. Nevertheless, this is an album that shouldn't be slept on for 2008. There are enough cuts to keep this album on our minds for at least the next 6 mos.
Free Music Review: love, Love, LOVE IT!
Hit: 5 Stars
This album has a few songs that are 'different'. However, I love the change, love the songs that sound like "signature" Devaughn songs. It is poetry in song. I love this album! It puts me in the mood and sometimes puts me through a mood. I am impressed and excited. He is on track and I hope he stays there. Free Music Review: 'Love' Is In The Air!
Hit: 5 Stars
After garnering some buzz from his debut release Love Experience, Raheem DeVaughn is ready to prove his worth to the masses once again. And with his second major label album Love Behind The Melody, he's got the goods to deliver once again. He stormed back onto radio playlists everywhere with "Woman," a eloquent ode to the opposite sex. One of the many standouts on the album has to be the electrifying ballad "Love Drug," a song that speaks to the addictive qualities that lovers share for one another. "Friday (Shut The Club Down)" incorporates both an old school feel (DeVaughn borrows the hook from the Temptations' classic "My Girl") with the bouncy feel of today's soul and hip-hop for one dynamite song to kick off anybody's end-of-the-week ritual (a la Johnny Kemp's "Just Got Paid"). "Customer" is yet another strong contender to be a radio single with the singer 'serving up his love' as the appetizer, main course, dessert, and nightcap. "Mo Better" talks about the worth and importance that the woman holds in his life. The result of having such a woman in your life helps to build an affection like no other, as explained in the song "Desire." The inclusion of Floetry on the song "Marathon" was undeniably ingenious, especially with the subtle suggestiveness that both Raheem and Floetry express all the time on their own projects. "Butterflies" can be regarded as experimental in nature for DeVaughn considering the mainstream balladry that rivals the musical offerings in soft rock or even a song labeled as easy listening. "She's Not You" basically explains that there is no other person that can compare, while "Try Again" is an attempt to try to recapture a love that was lost. Arguably the best track on the album is "Empty," a simple yet powerful song about how your heart would feel without that special loved one around. He summarizes the reason for the entire album with the album closer "Four Letter Word." With the confidence and backing of his record label coupled with yet another monster smash hit, Raheem DeVaughn has the ingredients to make Love Behind The Melody the captivating album that Love Experience should've garnered the first time around. Free Music Review: love behind the melody
Hit: 5 Stars
LOVE!!! this is agreat cd! I had no problems - received when I was supposed to and I am enjoying! Shaunna StevensFree Music Review: DeVaughn is definitely on the way up
Hit: 5 Stars
Raheem DeVaughn's The Love Experience was one of my more interesting buys of 2005. It was no runaway hit but it showed a lot of promise; the man showed originality, individuality and great talent, so much so that he immediately made it onto my of 'Unsung Heroes' list.
This sophomore release is much better than his debut, at least musically. It leaves a little to be desired lyrically from where I'm sitting, as DeVaughn seems very limited indeed in terms of subject matter. All he sings about is sex, (dressed up as love, of course) and more sex with a bit of clubbing thrown in for variety. The only exception to this rule is "Woman", his lead single, which is a very respectable and heartfelt ode to, well, women. It's earned DeVaughn a Grammy nomination in the "best male r&b vocal performance" category. I say it deserves the accolade.
But don't get me wrong; it's a great album to listen to and the quality of his music & vocals negates the facileness of his lyrics. He's definitely more soul than r&b in my opinion (though he describes himself as "the r&b hippy, neo-soul rock star" on the intro, "Hello Love...").
Favourite tracks of mine like "Woman", "Energy", which features a couple of rhymes from OutKast's Big Boi, "Friday (Shut The Club Down)", "Mo Better", "Desire", "Midnight", "Marathon" featuring Floetry (whatever happened to them?), "Butterflies" (no, not the same tune Floetry wrote for Michael Jackson), "She's Not You" and "Four Letter Word" (my overall favourite song), not to mention stellar production from the likes of Kenny Dope, Carl "Chucky" Thompson, Scott Storch, KWAM?, Ivan "Orthodox" Barias & Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Mark Baston, One up Entertainment, Bryan-Michael Cox, Blaq Smurph and Jack Splash, should ensure more people get to hear about this album than did the last one. It IS a long list of producers but their tunes actually sit comfortably next to each other.
There's also plenty of live instrumentation on offer here. Lovers of music by people like Marvin Gaye, D'Angelo, Anthony Hamilton and Maxwell - just to name a few - will probably love this album. It's officially my first best buy of 2008. I see big things ahead for this young man. Highly recommended.