Album: Love Jones
Artist: Canton Jones
Distributed by: EMI Gospel
TABA MUSIC MEDIA (Album Review):
Canton Jones: Love Jones
August 15, 2005. From conga riffs and acoustic flutes,
strong tones of reggae, Latin, R&B, contemporary, and traditional
gospel Canton Jones introduces to the music world one the most
musically diverse projects in Holy Hip Hop.
Canton Jones delivers a positive spiritual surprise with the project
Love Jones. The message of praise, love, hope and inspiration in
everyday life keeps the listener wanting to dive in one song after
another eager for the next hot musical mix. Jones continues to prove
the God given-ability of a talented singer, songwriter, producer and
vocal arranger all in one package with his sophomore project, which
is quite different from his freshman project, Canton Jones.
One of the album star surprises is the foot stomping song “Fix-It”,
which includes his father adlibbing on the phone, I said, “on the
phone!” to the well known spiritual with a touch of R&B and Hip Hop
flavor. This song clearly shows where he gets those strong vocal
cords and spirited-filled lifestyle. The song absolutely leads you
into having “church” towards the end with the classic way his father
continues even after the mix stops. “Dance”, smoothly invites you
into a nice soft praise song that shows Jones rich vocals and smooth
R&B background vocals. “Dance” continues to take you on a peaceful
vocal ride that allows you to lie back and enjoy the lyrics.
The artist Redd and Esso lean their musical talents on the song
“It’s Your Birthday” that helps you to enjoy some upbeat praise,
along with Lil IROC on the track, “Goodtime”. Another great surprise
is the fully musical stringed “#1 Fan” with Jones vocals pulling you
in with every word showing his versatility.
Love Jones is truly one of Holy Hip Hop’s refreshing surprises sure
to take the listener/musical lover on a true adventure of a complete
musical experience.
Throughout his project Jones shows us a family man side just by
naming the project after his baby daughter (‘Love Jones’). To sum it
all up one can tell that Christ is the center of Canton Jones music
and Canton Jones is sure to gain number one fans wherever he
Ministers the Gospel.
Jo Scaife
TABA Music Media -- (J.Scaife, a writer for ten (10) years, formerly
with CCM Magazine and Founder/Visionary for U (Urban) Magazine,
Nashville (TN)) |
