CD Description
Unlike many British soul acts who tend to serve their musicup with a polite, retro presentation, Mark Morrison's RETURN OF THE MACK squares itself in the present alongside peers like R. Kelly and Mary J. Blige. This is a spicy blend of contemporary R&B soaked in hip-hop and dancehall flavours . Various suggestive shades of sexuality provide the flow, from the Blackstreet-flavoured new-jack posturing of "Let's Get Down" to the more blatant "Horny", an electro-funk excursion that mixes in elements of Rick James, the Gap Band and Cameo's Larry Blackmon.
Elsewhere, "Get High With Me" allows Morrison to pay homage to Dr. Dre as he sings about "the chronic" over a woozy, hallucinogenic rhythm and Dre-like keyboard squeals. Mark Morrison's confident swagger coupled with his randy mix of sex and soul promises great things for the future of UK R&B.