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Donell Jones - Where I Wanna Be (CD)

Where I Wanna Be
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Album Details: Where I Wanna Be

Release Date:06/15/1999
Label:La Face
UPC:730082606028

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    By jrd1592003  Sep 11, 2006

    Pros: you can empathize with every song, /you can feel that he really wrote this cd from the heart

    Cons: not enough tracks

    Best r&b album ever, cd has stayed in my disc changer since day one. its a timeless cd

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    Ghetto R&B for real

    By hova6662002  May 8, 2003

    I love Donnell he his music is off the hook. Love making and all of the works. He composes all of his lyrics and music on the guitar and piano. He is truly talented and I love him. We need more all around artist like him

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  • All Music Guide

    Donell Jones first gained attention as a songwriter and producer for such smooth urban soul groups as Usher, Silk, Brownstone, and 702, which led Babyface to sign the singer/songwriter to LaFace. His debut album was a solid RB hit, sketching out a jazzy, soulful variation on Babyface's smooth urban-pop, which he fills in with his second album, Where I Wanna Be. On the surface of things, Jones may sound similar to a lot of his peers, but there's a greater sense of musical sophistication in his music. There are light touches of jazz, suave electric pianos, and an easy seductiveness to the entire production. Where I Wanna Be is actually a savvy update of early-'80s quiet storm -- it's a little sexier and a little sleeker, but the spirit is more reminiscent of that era than the late '90s (with the noticeable exception of Jones' tendency to oversell his vocals slightly). At times, the album relies more on style than substance, but it's crafted well, so the slips into filler aren't painful a...t all. Actually, the very fact that the infrequent bits of filler are enjoyable is a testament to Jones' talents as a performer and record-maker -- he knows how to deliver the weaker moments with elegance. And those moments don't arrive all that often on Where I Wanna Be. For much of the album, Jones hits the right tone -- balancing mood, song, and performance quite alluringly. It gets him and the listener where they wanna be. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Biography

Donell Jones

Beginning with his 1996 album My Heart, singer/songwriter/producer Donell Jones recorded a jazzy and soulful style of urban pop for La Face Records and scored a few modest singles in the process. His first two singles -- "In the Hood" and "Knocks Me Off My Feet" -- established his reputation within the cluttered urban market. In particular, the latter song, originally a... Read more