>He's on his 7th album now (I guess), dude appears to me as
>one of the most underrated soul singer of the 2000's, his
>After Hours, Wines & Spirits, Bleuphoria run was pretty solid
>and the last one (Bleuphoria) was great, nice mix of uptempo
>and ballad but it didn't really grab the attention of the
>public. Live, he's phenomenal vocally, his improvisation
>skills are impressive.
>
>So Im wondering, do people remember him ? Is there any fan of
>his music here ? What's your fav album from him ? Your fav
>song ?
>
>

Can't forget Brother Patterson. Because me and some my boys are horrible, we've always called him Fruity Patterson. But really...it ain't like I dug his music any less. I buy pretty much everything he drops if I find out about it.

Of course I agree that he is vocally super nice...and in a more nuanced way than he gets credit for. I liked his 2nd album the most. Like...the best songs on there might be my favorites of his. After Hours was slammin too...it is unfortunate that he was viewed as 'over with' by then, because I think that should've been his 'hit' album. The first album is kinda him doing what he probably had to do to get the album released. He's so strong vocally that he carried several of those songs too. Spend the night and One More Night are still my jams.

For my money, him and Van Hunt should be locked in a room and forced to record an entire album together. That would work like hell for me. The stuff they did together was almost all dope.

He kinda got lumped in with Badu, Maxwell, and D in neo soul grouping of the mid to late 90s. And he is his own thing. And I'm sure him being gay didn't help him in the states either. I assume he's beloved overseas...which kinda explains his later work. Lots of it is less 'typical' R&B and a little more on the euro/squirrelly side. And wasn't he the lead vocal with a side project too? Sugarsomething...I bought that too!

Jimaveli