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"Rooted in the Atlanta neo-soul culture, and heavily influenced by Bill Withers, David mixes musical diversity with lyrical intelligence. A classic smoochy soul ballad, 4Evermore, is followed by the gritty real-life reportage of Reach Ya. With a voice that deftly straddles raw and mellow, David clearly deserves the presidential seal of approval." ME
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Grammy-nominated Atlanta singer-songwriter Anthony David is a rising star, recently the subject of an enthusiastic endorsement from President Obama, who singled him out as a personal iPod favourite.
As Above So Below is his first new album in four years. Nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for "Words", his duet with India Arie from his last, widely acclaimed album Red Clay Chronicles, Anthony David now returns with this stunning third album, recorded in Nashville with producer Shannon Sanders.
Often described as the heir apparent to his early influence Bill Withers, he is elbowing a space for intelligent lyrics and a grown man’s voice in a scene that’s in a race to be young. On the new album he ushers back the kind of masculine soul that men can identify with and that ladies can nestle up to. It covers the usual wide ranging territory from country-blues to hip hop and acoustic soul. Together with cousin Shawn Stockman from Boyz II Men he dusts down the Tears For Fears hit "Rule The World" to great effect, while fellow Atlanta singer Algebra and Phonte of Foreign Exchange join him on R&B groove "For Evermore". Other highlights are the gospel-rock political "God Said" and the radio-friendly "Let Me In".
As Above So Below is his first new album in four years. Nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for "Words", his duet with India Arie from his last, widely acclaimed album Red Clay Chronicles, Anthony David now returns with this stunning third album, recorded in Nashville with producer Shannon Sanders.
Often described as the heir apparent to his early influence Bill Withers, he is elbowing a space for intelligent lyrics and a grown man’s voice in a scene that’s in a race to be young. On the new album he ushers back the kind of masculine soul that men can identify with and that ladies can nestle up to. It covers the usual wide ranging territory from country-blues to hip hop and acoustic soul. Together with cousin Shawn Stockman from Boyz II Men he dusts down the Tears For Fears hit "Rule The World" to great effect, while fellow Atlanta singer Algebra and Phonte of Foreign Exchange join him on R&B groove "For Evermore". Other highlights are the gospel-rock political "God Said" and the radio-friendly "Let Me In".
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I'm not sure that bigging yourself up as President Obama's favourite new artis is necessarily a good thing, what with his domestic and international failings, but as press bumph goes, it's certainly unique.
Basically, this is what people who know about this sort of thing call neo-soul. Presumably because the phrase r'n'b has been misappropriated by all sorts of dreadful, soulless cretins. Meanwhile, back on planet soul, folks like Anthony David are going around creating fairly old-fashioned, but thoroughly enjoyable albums.
Granted, there are a couple too many songs with the dreaded word "featuring" alongside it, and I can happily spend the rest of my life not listening to good songs being unnecessarily interrupted by godawful raps mid-song, but in the main, it's the excellent tenor vocals of Mr David that are taking centre stage.
There are potential hits a-plenty, with the Motown sound of 'Reach Ya' and the socio-political 'god Said', particular highlights. One of the more interesting "featuring" moments even sees Mr David getting his cousin, Shawn Stockman from Boyz II Men, along for an interesting cover of the Tears For Fears tune, 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World'.
But it's his own songwriting that marks out what a talent Mr David is, as he ranges from classic soul to the bluesy vibe of 'Getaround' and the Prince-tinged 'Girlfriend'. It's a shame that the label chose the weakest cut, '`4Evermore' as the first single, but if listeners get past that, then they'll find a real talent at work here.
Basically, this is what people who know about this sort of thing call neo-soul. Presumably because the phrase r'n'b has been misappropriated by all sorts of dreadful, soulless cretins. Meanwhile, back on planet soul, folks like Anthony David are going around creating fairly old-fashioned, but thoroughly enjoyable albums.
Granted, there are a couple too many songs with the dreaded word "featuring" alongside it, and I can happily spend the rest of my life not listening to good songs being unnecessarily interrupted by godawful raps mid-song, but in the main, it's the excellent tenor vocals of Mr David that are taking centre stage.
There are potential hits a-plenty, with the Motown sound of 'Reach Ya' and the socio-political 'god Said', particular highlights. One of the more interesting "featuring" moments even sees Mr David getting his cousin, Shawn Stockman from Boyz II Men, along for an interesting cover of the Tears For Fears tune, 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World'.
But it's his own songwriting that marks out what a talent Mr David is, as he ranges from classic soul to the bluesy vibe of 'Getaround' and the Prince-tinged 'Girlfriend'. It's a shame that the label chose the weakest cut, '`4Evermore' as the first single, but if listeners get past that, then they'll find a real talent at work here.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Another solid soulful production from Anthony David. You don't get any album fillers from this artist, just quality tracks all the way through.
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Another of the Nu soul artiste, you can hear inspiration from Marvin Gaye to Sam Cook on this album would sit amongst some the greats from a bygone era.Highly recommended for your collection.
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