| Product Summary | | Label: Universal Records | | UPC: 00044006731520 | | Release Date: 3/25/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60593968 | | Item#: MM96TY | Format:  CD |
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(P) 2003 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Brian McKnight (vocals, piano, keyboards, bass); Silo, Kirk Franklin, Carl Thomas, Joe, Tyrese, Tank (vocals); Nelly, Fabolous (rap vocals); Nunzio Signore (guitar); Bruce Flowers (keyboards); Chris Loftlin (bass); Alex Al (upright bass); Joel Parisoe, Prescott Ellison (drums); Bashiri Johnson (percussion). | | Producers: Brian McKnight, Kedar Massenburg, Silas White, Bruce Carbone. | | "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. | | Brian McKnight may have made his name as a nice-guy balladeer unafraid of declaring Barry Manilow as a direct influence, but he still has a funkier side that's clearly evident on U TURN. Sporting a knit cap and shades on the cover that gives him an R.Kelly-meets-Maxwell kind of look, McKnight easily proves he can run with the big dogs by way of numerous celebrity collaborations. Nelly takes a break from the St. Lunatics to hop aboard the infectious "All Night Long," Fabolous and Six John throw down on the hard-edged title cut, and Kirk Franklin joins McKnight on the timely faith-during-wartime homily "One of The One's Who Did." | | McKnight does make sure to include his share of trademark ballads, such as the heartfelt "Someday, Someway, Somehow," lush "So Sorry," and Prince-like "If It Was Cool" with its abundant falsetto harmonies. Most impressive is the contemporary-R&B summit meeting "Good Enough," which finds McKnight joined by Joe, Carl Thomas, Tyrese, and Tank for the tale of a relationship gone asunder in which half the fun is guessing who's singing which part. U TURN ends up being one musical maneuver that Brian McKnight pulls off flawlessly. |
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