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- Summary: The R&B release for the Minneapolis artist features guest appearances from Oleta Adams and Mali Music.
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- Record Label: Blue Note
- Genre(s): R&B, Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B
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| To Be With You | |
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| I met you in the dark, you lit me up You made me feel as though I was enough We danced the night away, we drank too much I held your hair back... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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MojoMar 13, 2017Halfway through, 39-year-old Jose James undergoes an astonishing transformation via the infectiously funky, Pharrell-esque, dance cuts Live Your Life, and Ladies Man, where he convincingly morphs onto a get-down disco dude. [Mar 2017, p.92]
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Mar 13, 2017The core strength of Love in a Time of Madness is its range of dance-pop appreciation.
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Mar 13, 2017His latest presents James as a futuristic R&B seducer, and if the crisp electronic production doesn’t always flatter his behind-the-beat phrasing, it’s still a kick to hear him go for it in the Prince-indebted “Last Night” and “Ladies Man.”
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Mar 13, 2017A sparse duet with Oleta Adams comes across like a bonus track transplanted from a different project, but it lets the listener out in a state of romantic contentment, the finishing touch on a uniquely bittersweet addition to the box of chocolates that is James' discography.
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