![]() * To hear a free Sound Bite from Gerald Levert, call Post-Haste at 20 and press 8109. ![]() Levert joins his brother, Sean, and their daddy on a belabored ballad, where they pledge to be each other's "Eyes and Ears" in checking on their women.Īppearing Friday and Saturday with Will Downing at DAR Constitution Hall. They squander a terrific melody and lyrics - the ones Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote for the Carpenters - when they slow Levert's duet with Tamia on "(They Long to Be) Close to You" to a shapeless crawl. The best-selling album by GERALD LEVERT is LOVE & CONSEQUENCES. Co-written and co-produced by lead singer Gerald Levert, it was the last song from the group to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 46 in 1993. GERALD LEVERT sold over 4,000,000 albums, including 4,000,000 in the United States. The song is the closing track on their sixth studio album For Real Tho and was issued as the albums second single. Where the duo falls short is in carving out chorus melodies and phrases that one might remember after the atmosphere has evaporated. 'ABC-123' is a song performed by American contemporary R&B group LeVert. Nicholas's leisurely drum-machine grooves are embellished with tinkling keys and noodling guitars, and Levert's buttery vocals are multitracked and layered in lush, suggestive harmonies. ![]() Levert and Nicholas, who co-wrote and co-produced 15 of the songs, are skilled at creating the late-night mood for when you bring your date back from the show for a nightcap and maybe something more - or when you wake up in the morning and aren't quite ready to get dressed. Levert's vocal is so seductive that you can almost forget that the song's title is built around a juvenile double entendre. The title track is built atop a Barry White sample and a smooth-jazz arrangement by Edwin "Tony" Nicholas. G, King Sunny Ad, Lee Aaron, Les Rita Mitsouko, Little Steven and the Disciples. This new album isn't the best showcase for his talent, but at least it proves that he is keeping the R&B lover-man tradition alive. Gerald Levert, Glenn Medeiros, Gloria Estefan, Goo Goo Dolls, Hroes del. Tracklist 1 Application (Im Lookin 4 a New Love) Lyrics 2 Callin Me Lyrics 3 Nothin to Somethin Lyrics 4 Strings, Strings Lyrics 5 It. To these role models, Levert could easily have added his own father, O'Jays' lead singer Eddie Levert, and Marvin Gaye, for the younger Levert smudges the boundary between romance and lust with drawn-out, throaty syllables. On his new album "Stroke of Genius," Gerald Levert acknowledges his debt to Barry White and Luther Vandross not only in the liner notes but also in every baritone purr of his vocals.
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