Jesse Powell

While new jack swing was urban contemporary's dominant sound in the late '80s and early to mid-'90s, the style that dominated late-'90s R&B was so-called "jeep soul" -- slow-grooving, slow-grinding R&B that was appropriate for cruising around in a jeep. Jeep soul didn't return R&B to the type of greatness that characterized it in the 1960s and 1970s, but it had its moments. One release that was appropriate for the late-'90s jeep soul crowd was Jesse Powell's 'Bout It, which isn't a gem but is generally decent. The singer doesn't incorporate an abundance of rapping (something many jeep soulsters were doing), but his producers do favor a very hip-hop-ish production style on "Up and Down," "I Wasn't with It," and other selections. Powell doesn't provide anything for the dancefloor -- most of the time, he gets into a comfortable medium-tempo groove, whether he's being romantic or overtly sexual. Not a remarkable CD, but competent and usually likable.

'Bout It

I Wasn't With It (Album Version)

I Can Tell (LP Verison)

She Wasn't Last Night (Album Version)

'Bout It, 'Bout It (Album Version)

Are You Missin' My Love? (Album Version)

Up And Down (Album Version)

You Should Know (Album Version)

You're The One I Love (Album Version)

Gerald Albright

You (Album Version)

I Wasn't With It (Remix)

CoCo PuFf

Company Flow

Heavy D

Dangerously in France

《JP》是杰西·鲍威尔（Jesse Powell）的第三张专辑，展现了这位来自印第安纳州加里的艺术家的不断进步和成长。虽然这张专辑与他之前的两张专辑《Jesse Powell》（1995年）和《'Bout It》（1998年）风格上并没有太大的偏离——鲍威尔依然擅长浪漫的城市现代音乐——即使有些歌曲略带些许funk味，慢歌和情歌最终还是定义了《JP》的风格。令《JP》成为鲍威尔艺术生涯中的进步之作的，是它的创作质量；尽管这张专辑未能成为一部惊世之作，但像《Take My Breath Away》（与1986年柏林乐队的热门歌曲无关）、《If I》和诱人的《Go Upstairs》这样的浪漫歌曲，毫无疑问是值得称赞的。然而，专辑最出色的曲目，是对One Way/Al Hudson的经典情歌《Something in the Past》的灵感翻唱。遗憾的是，都市现代音乐界充斥着那些仅凭态度或形象而非真实歌唱技巧和音乐内涵取得成功的歌手（无论男女），而鲍威尔则是真正拥有才华的歌手。这位中西部歌手的音域令人印象深刻（准确地说，是四个八度），他富有吸引力的演唱方式时常让人联想到前Klique乐队的主唱霍华德·亨茨伯里（Howard Huntsberry），后者深受杰基·威尔逊的影响。总的来说，《JP》不是一部杰作，但它无疑是鲍威尔在音乐上的一大进步，值得一听。

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'Bout It

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'Bout It

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