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 After his breakout "Love So Nice in 2000, and the album of the same name, audience yearned for more of his true-to-life lyrics about love. That song, successful as it was-No.1 in Jamaica and top of the charts in Europe for 15 weeks, gave Kelly performance in the mind of reggae lovers, but unfairly rated him as one-dimensional. Loves follow up smile featured more of his heartfelt musings on relationships-"Never Let You Down" and "Sinking Feeling" to name a few-interspersed with Kelly's oft overlooked social commentary ("Black Am I" and "Africa Bound") equating Kelly's fame to that of his love songs. Not one to be pigeonholed as the love song specialist. Junior Kelly offers his expertise in other areas on Tough Live, his third album with VP Records.A prolific songwriter, and newfound producer ("Loser" and "Jam For A While") Kelly augments his song book with social-political commentary ("Youts Dem Nah Cool" signals u to misrepresentations of the Rastafarian Faith ("Rasta Should Be Deeper"), updates Dennis Brown's "Hold On To What You've Got" (Hold The Faith") and shares many cleverly writing songs on the album's 17 track presenting as well-rounded musician who knows how to highlight his other talents without ever abandoning his' "Favorite" topic "Love You Like That" with J.C Lodge features Kelly chanting U-Roy style over a remake of the '80s classic "Someone Loves You Honey" "Receive" is gaining rotation on reggae radio in Jamaica and abroad and "Touch My Heart" illustrates how important love is to Kelly. "There's nothing wrong with celebration love and feelings for an individual, "says Kelly about that song. "Without love we have nothing. Taken from: www.junioekelly.com |
