Kelly’s expressions of love generate more steam than any adolescent rapper’s hormone-fueled rant.
Always he finds a groove as he sings about flirtation, adoration, devotion, courtship, lust, sin and virtue. But he makes the task seem effortless as he examines amorous relationships with sly humor, chiming guitars, sweet melodies and plentiful hooks. There are numerous guest appearances by other Roc-A-Fella artists of that time on this record. 'Can't Stop Won't Stop' was later nominated for a Grammy Award for 'Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group'. Most of the 21 tunes on the generous two-disc set are love songs - happy ones, which Kelly claims are harder to write. Tough Luv is the debut album by Philadelphia rap-duo Young Gunz, released February 24, 2004. “To be good takes a long time,” he sings, “to be bad no time at all.” In what seems to be a prescient (if inaptly named) first song, one member of the duo rhymes on “Future of the Roc” that if they mess up the album, their first shot at stardom, “fans won’t give us a second.”Īustralian Paul Kelly has been making fine records for a couple of decades, so it’s no surprise he sounds like a sage on his latest release. However, Brooke scores with a sweet, almost-acoustic version of “God Only Knows.”Īt least the Young Gunz know where they stand. In many of the songs, Brooke once again reflects on relationships and love lost, but she’s not as bitter about it as she once was as a result, there is a more subdued mood.īrooke takes a brave step setting these new songs next to the well-known “Fire and Rain” from James Taylor, the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” and the Alan Parsons Project’s “Eye in the Sky.” She gives each her own flair but falls flat with “Fire and Rain,” adding little to Taylor’s well-crafted classic. The title track’s a bit of a waltzy tune in which Brooke rediscovers herself, while techno beats set off the song “Less Than Love Is Nothing” before it veers off into a ballad. This time, there’s a little bit of everything.
In her three solo albums since leaving folk duo the Story, Brooke has moved from folk rock to engaging acoustic to pop perfection with ease. Jonatha Brooke’s music can’t be contained in one category, as her latest release, “Back in the Circus,” proves.
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