Ryan Leslie - Elektro

Now this came out at the end of last year but never got a huge amount of airplay. It was meant to be a track off his debut album but it keeps on getting pushed back. It took me a few listens but I really like this song.

Anyway the guy's produced songs for artists like Beyonce and Cassie (not that i'm totally sure that's a good thing) so I think he'll be alright. You can get to his website here.

Joy Denalane feat. Lupe Fiasco - Change

"German."

"German?"

"Really???"

See now I knew Joy Denalane had collaborated with Common on his album 'Be.' I also knew she had released her debut album 'Born and Raised' and that's where this track was from. It actually turns out that she was born and raised in Germany and this is her first album in english. If she can sing this well in a foreign language imagine how good her german work must be :D

Joy Denalane feat. Lupe Fiasco - Change
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Underrated - Donell Jones

For artists that should be way more famous :D







Donell Jones has been around for quite a while now.

His first album "My Heart" came out in 1996.

That got him into the spotlight with the absolutely class cover of Stevie Wonder's "Knocks Me Off My Feet"







But it wasn't till 1999 when he really hit the big time with the release of "Where I Wanna Be."

Everyone remembers this for his collaboration with Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes on the song "U Know What's Up"



In 2002, with the release of "Life Goes On", which had songs like "You Know That I Love You" Donell seemed to cement his place as one of the greats of modern R&B.

Donell Jones - You know that I love you
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Sadly in the last 5 years his stock has dropped which is a shame. His latest album "Journey of a Gemini" suffered numerous delays until its release last year and to add insult to injury was totally under promoted by LaFace Records. The irony is that it's one of his best albums. It had two solid lead-off singles with "Better Start Talking" and "Special Girl"

Donell Jones Feat. JD Better Start Talking
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But it's the other tracks on the album that are class. The standouts are the summery mid-tempo track "I'm Gonna Be"

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the soulful "My Apology"

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the summery mid-tempo "If U Want"

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and "Another Life" where Donell talks about a relationship going sour because of conflicts with his girlfriend's son.

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If you have any love at all for grown-up R&B then this album's a first-class buy.