1. For Pleasure

This album is like the Illmatic of UK Soul.
* David Frank (from The System) as a producer.
* Leon Ware writing.
* Lamont Dozier writing and producing.
* Ray Parker Jr. played guitar

The harmonies at the end of "Can't Get Nowhere".
Omar's synth work on the bridge on "Keep Steppin'"?
When I first got into Omar, I was obsessed with Best By Far
and This Is Not A Love Song. But now? No question it's For Pleasure.

2. This Is Not A Love Song
3. Best By Far
4. The Man
5. Music

6. Love In Beats (I need to spend more time with this LP).
7. There's Nothing Like This
8. Sing...(if you want to)

Sing was a disappointment. I so wanted it to be good because it had been 5 years since he had put something out. I mess with "Get It Together", "All For Me" and "It's So", but the rest is kinda eh. Both the Common and Stevie Wonder collaborations fell flat to me.

A friend of mine sent me a RealPlayer link (I'm dating myself with that) of "In The Morning", and it was one of those moments where you remember where you were. I'd never heard anything like that before.

I saw Omar live only once. It was in a small venue here in Chicago called The Hot House. The stage was only >< far off the ground, so we were all crammed in there on top of dude. But he killed the show. I was lucky to find an audio recording of it back during the soul seek days...ha. He was supposed to come to the US in 2019 but had some visa issues. Either way, he puts on an amazing show.