| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/elektra Entertainment | | UPC: 00075596241724 | | Release Date: 3/7/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 60353909 | | Item#: MMQDJF | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Application | ------ | | 2. Callin' Me | ------ | | 3. Nothin' To Somethin' | ------ | | 4. Strings, Strings | ------ | | 5. It Hurts Too Much To Stay | ------ | | 6. Mr. Too Damn Good | ------ | | 7. She Done Been | ------ | | 8. Heart Don't | ------ | | 9. Don't Take It Away | ------ | | 10. Second Time Around | ------ | | 11. Misery Loves Company | ------ | | 12. Baby U Are | ------ | | 13. These | ------ |
| | Gerald Levert has sold nearly ten million records as a solo artist including 1998's platinum "Love & Consequences", with his group Levert, and as one-third of R&B supergroup LSG. On his new solo album "G", Gerald takes a very personal look at passion, love and life, on twelve ballads and R&B grooves that, as always, feature his powerful voice as the main attraction.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Gerald Levert (vocals, drums, programming); Kelly Price (vocals); Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Shawn Smith (various instruments); Paul Pesco, Randy Bowland (guitar); Terri Pontremoli, Susan Britton, Maria Andreini (violin); Don Crossley, Ellen Herskowitz (viola); Linda Anderson (cello); Kenny Anderson (alto, tenor & baritone saxophones); Walter White, Joe Miller (trumpet); Paul Ferguson (trombone); Kenny Dickerson (keyboards, programming); Edwin Nicholas, Niles McKinney (keyboards); Ann Gilbert (bass); Lincoln Browder, Brandi Chyna Simpson, Antonio Tone Mobley, Antoinette Roberson, Kim Thorpe, (background vocals). | | Producers include: Darryl "Delite" Allamby, Gerald Levert, Joe Little, Kelly Price, Edwin Nicholas. | | Engineers include: Pete Tokar, Joahn Nelson, Gerald Robinson. | | Personnel: Gerald LeVert (vocals, drums, keyboard programming, background vocals); Craig T. Cooper (guitar, drums, keyboard programming); Murf, Paul Pesco, Randy Bowland (guitar); Tom Fetherston, Wei-Shu Co., Susan Britton, Christine Reeves, Diane Barnett, Emma Kummrow, Olga Konopelsky (violin); Peter Nocella, Ellen Herskowitz (viola); Linda Anderson (cello); Kenny Anderson (flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Jack Faith (flute); Joe Miller, Walter White (trumpet); Paul Ferguson (trombone); Edwin Nicholas (keyboards, drums, keyboard programming); Kenny Dickerson (keyboards, keyboard programming, drum programming); Michael Jackson, Niles McKinney (keyboards); Joe Little III (drums, keyboard programming); Harvey Price (percussion); Shawn Smith (programming); Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Brandi "Chyna" Simpson, Lincoln Browder, Kelly Price, Antoinette Roberson, Sherena Wynn (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Kenny Dickerson; Peter Mokran. | | Recording information: 2000 Watts Studio, New York, NY; Conway Studio, CA; Ear Paint Studios, Bratenahl, O; On The Way Studi; South Beach Studio, Miami, FL. | | Photographer: Tony Duran. | | Arrangers: Edwin Nicholas; Gerald LeVert; Joe Little III; Kelly Price. | | Not one to remain stagnant or rely on past successes, Gerald Levert explores his vocal abilities on this set more than he has on past efforts. Outside producer Darrell Allamby captains the CD's first three tracks and stretches Gerald's voice; Allamby has him reaching for notes and provides fresh rhythms for G's soulful delivery, making the singer more acceptable to less mature ears. Gerald produces the next ten tracks and proves more adventuresome (with his voice) than Allamby by executing "Baby U Are" in falsetto. Allamby's tracks are phat, sure winners with "Application," the stronger but slower "Callin' Me," and "Nothin to Somethin." There's quiet storm fodder galore, including a smoldering duet with Kelly Price and the hitting "Mr. Too Damn Good," written with ex-Rude Boy Joe Little. ~ Andrew Hamilton | | Levert's reputation caught up with his lineage a long time before this 2000 release. The only thing the child of an O'Jay and leader of his surnamed band of brothers has to prove on G is that he can conjure up new ways to make the ladies swoon. No need to worry on that front, as G is sure to satisfy the candlelight-dinner plans of lovers and lovers of love around the world. What separates Levert from the crowd of R&B crooners is what allows most cream to rise to the top-the unique flavor of the man's vocals. | | On G, Levert lets his sugar flow over various portraits of love in bloom, love on the rocks, and the requisite assertions of self. He blasts his way through the brassy, brash "Application (I'm Looking for a New Love)," growls out "Callin' Me," and breathes life into the serene "Nothin' to Something." By the time Kelly Price drops in on the jacked-up ballad "It Hurts Too Much to Stay," there's no turning away from the sweet softness of Levert and his confectionary G. |
Musical Guests | | Kelly Price |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/07/2000 | | Original Release Date : 1999 | | Catalog ID : 62417 | | Label : Elektra | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075596241724 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (3/10/00, pp.71-2)
- "...compelling tales of love - new, betrayed...enduring, and out of reach - on his fetching fourth solo CD....what he lacks in subtlety, he makes up for in heart." - Rating: BMuzik (4/00, p.106)
- 4 out of 5 - "...this one sophisticated slice of laid back, smooth soul....its fresh approach in the lyric department...is its saving grace..." Vibe (11/99, p.198)
- "...[This] seductively slick LP is full of deftly syncopated, state-of-the-street arrangements that are offset by candid, nicely gritty lyrics....[his] moonstruck spirit seems as familiar as a classic love song, and as timeless." |
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