Syleena Johnson Chapter 1 Love Pain
- Syleena Johnson Woman
- Syleena Johnson Chapter 1 Love Pain Forgiveness Zip
- Syleena Johnson Chapter 1 Album
Syleena Johnson Woman
Syleena Johnson Chapter 1 Love Pain Forgiveness Zip
Before her, in this contemporary renaissance of soul, only Angie Stone (and, to a lesser extent, Kelly Price) has alluded, vocally, to the velvet authority of Shirley Brown, Aretha Franklin, voices that were almost two big and wide and deep for music itself. And voices that dripped emotion, memories of pain, stories of survival. Syleena Johnson, with huge riffs, gut-wrenched improvs and much wild and wistful wailing, brings all of this into play on this first instalment of her love-life’s musical manifesto.
Syleena Johnson Chapter 1 Album
With a seasoned sound that belies her 24 years, Syleena Johnson comes by her chops naturally: Dad is '70s R&B/blues singer Syl Johnson. With a seasoned sound that belies her 24 years, Syleena Johnson comes by her chops naturally: Dad is '70s R&B/blues singer Syl Johnson. But unlike many contemporary singer/songwriters in her age bracket, Johnson knows how to work what she's got to full effect. Her bluesy, gut-wrenched vocals—reminiscent of such full-throttle singers as Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Betty Wright, and Millie Jackson—provide the perfect narration for this concept album, which retraces her personal story of romance gone bad.
Armed with I-feel-you lyrics ('I can't find the strength to tell you we're through/And I can't find the hate to fool around on you'), plus anthem single 'I Am Your Woman' by fellow Chicagoan R. Kelly, Johnson is a formidable R&B force field. Let's hope she gets the chance to be heard.—GM.