Donnie - The Colored Section (Deluxe Edition) (2003/2021)
BAND/ARTIST: Donnie
- Title: The Colored Section (Deluxe Edition)
- Year Of Release: 2003/2021
- Label: Uni/Motown
- Genre: Soul, R&B
- Quality: flac lossless
- Total Time: 02:40:01
- Total Size: 369 / 1015 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Welcome To The Colored Section
02. Beautiful Me
03. Cloud 9
04. People Person
05. Big Black Buck
06. Wildlife
07. Do You Know?
08. Turn Around
09. You Got A Friend
10. Heaven Sent
11. Rocketship (Steve 'The Scotsman' Harvey Extended Mix)
12. Masterplan
13. Our New National Anthem
14. The Colored Section
15. Trois
16. When You Call My Name
17. Do You Know? (FunkyMalibu Remix)
18. Do You Know? (DFA Remix)
19. Do You Know? (DFA Instrumental)
20. Do You Know? (DFA Beats)
21. Do You Know? (Danny Krivit Edit)
22. Do You Know? (Instrumental)
23. Cloud 9 (DJ Spinna Remix Main)
24. Cloud 9 (DJ Spinna Remix Edit)
25. Cloud 9 (DJ Spinna Remix Instrumental)
26. Cloud 9 (Instrumental)
27. Rocketship
28. Holiday
29. Holiday (DJ Deep Remix)
30. Holiday (DJ Deep Dub)
What a marvelously audacious introduction The Colored Section is. Emerging from the same Jazz Café-centered alternative Atlanta soul scene that nourished and nurtured fellow hippie-soul singer/songwriters like Joi and India.Arie all the way into the public consciousness, Donnie's first LP is a topical, unapologetically conscientious, and even righteously stinging declaration that, yes, can only be likened to the classic sociopolitical masterworks of spiritual predecessors Donny Hathaway and especially Stevie Wonder. Songs like "Cloud 9" and "Wildlife," in fact, may be too indebted to genius-era Wonder — the former with its wah-wah guitar and warm gusts of squelchy synth vibrato, the latter with its prominent clavinet and crisp harmonica ad-libs — but are such stunning vintage impersonations that both easily could have slipped somewhere onto Innervisions. No matter from which angle you choose to approach such a statement, it couldn't really be taken as a criticism, nor should it be with The Colored Section. The music is consistently empowered and empowering: gracefully buttery, always deeply moving, and at its core profoundly idealistic. Generous melodies abound, rising from a gospel-derived groundwork, spun around street-tinged jazz rhythms, and enlivened by wonderful touches of humor like the Dixie frills of "Big Black Buck" that underscore an otherwise valuable criticism of consumerist society. And lest Donnie be dismissed as an imitator (a studied, well-versed disciple clearly, yes, but certainly not a clone), he explores a wealth of his own refreshingly original ideas, stretching out with genuine invention (the gorgeous cosmic explorations of "Heaven Sent," the jittery electronic backdrop of "Masterplan") as often as he reaches backwards into retro styles (invigorating bossa nova on "Do You Know?," the romantic, Baroque string arrangement of "Turn Around"). It is as bold and self-assured a debut as soul music has seen since D'Angelo's Brown Sugar. It falls just short of brilliance only because it borrows a few tricks too many from its obvious musical models, but even with its flaws, the album is such a vivid, radiant outpouring of soul-stirring talent and passion that it could fill two hearts.
01. Welcome To The Colored Section
02. Beautiful Me
03. Cloud 9
04. People Person
05. Big Black Buck
06. Wildlife
07. Do You Know?
08. Turn Around
09. You Got A Friend
10. Heaven Sent
11. Rocketship (Steve 'The Scotsman' Harvey Extended Mix)
12. Masterplan
13. Our New National Anthem
14. The Colored Section
15. Trois
16. When You Call My Name
17. Do You Know? (FunkyMalibu Remix)
18. Do You Know? (DFA Remix)
19. Do You Know? (DFA Instrumental)
20. Do You Know? (DFA Beats)
21. Do You Know? (Danny Krivit Edit)
22. Do You Know? (Instrumental)
23. Cloud 9 (DJ Spinna Remix Main)
24. Cloud 9 (DJ Spinna Remix Edit)
25. Cloud 9 (DJ Spinna Remix Instrumental)
26. Cloud 9 (Instrumental)
27. Rocketship
28. Holiday
29. Holiday (DJ Deep Remix)
30. Holiday (DJ Deep Dub)
What a marvelously audacious introduction The Colored Section is. Emerging from the same Jazz Café-centered alternative Atlanta soul scene that nourished and nurtured fellow hippie-soul singer/songwriters like Joi and India.Arie all the way into the public consciousness, Donnie's first LP is a topical, unapologetically conscientious, and even righteously stinging declaration that, yes, can only be likened to the classic sociopolitical masterworks of spiritual predecessors Donny Hathaway and especially Stevie Wonder. Songs like "Cloud 9" and "Wildlife," in fact, may be too indebted to genius-era Wonder — the former with its wah-wah guitar and warm gusts of squelchy synth vibrato, the latter with its prominent clavinet and crisp harmonica ad-libs — but are such stunning vintage impersonations that both easily could have slipped somewhere onto Innervisions. No matter from which angle you choose to approach such a statement, it couldn't really be taken as a criticism, nor should it be with The Colored Section. The music is consistently empowered and empowering: gracefully buttery, always deeply moving, and at its core profoundly idealistic. Generous melodies abound, rising from a gospel-derived groundwork, spun around street-tinged jazz rhythms, and enlivened by wonderful touches of humor like the Dixie frills of "Big Black Buck" that underscore an otherwise valuable criticism of consumerist society. And lest Donnie be dismissed as an imitator (a studied, well-versed disciple clearly, yes, but certainly not a clone), he explores a wealth of his own refreshingly original ideas, stretching out with genuine invention (the gorgeous cosmic explorations of "Heaven Sent," the jittery electronic backdrop of "Masterplan") as often as he reaches backwards into retro styles (invigorating bossa nova on "Do You Know?," the romantic, Baroque string arrangement of "Turn Around"). It is as bold and self-assured a debut as soul music has seen since D'Angelo's Brown Sugar. It falls just short of brilliance only because it borrows a few tricks too many from its obvious musical models, but even with its flaws, the album is such a vivid, radiant outpouring of soul-stirring talent and passion that it could fill two hearts.
Year 2021 | Music | Soul | R&B | FLAC / APE
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