The Very Best of Al B. Sure

The Very Best of Al B. Sure

ASIN: B00009027O

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The first ever career spanning compilation of New Jack swing's soulful, sexy grooves! 16 tracks, including the hits 'Nite & Day', 'If I'm Not Your Lover', 'Off On Your Own (Girl)' & more. Rhino. 2003.

Tracks:

Nite And Day
Off On Your Own (Girl)
If I'm Not Your Lover
Oooh This Love Is So
Killing Me Softly
Rescue Me
Hotel California
Missunderstanding
No Matter What You Do
Right Now
Natalie
Noche Y Dia
Ooh This Jazz Is So
The Secret garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
If I'm Not Your Love (12'' Remix)
Rescue Me (Radio Remix Edit)

Album Description

The first ever career spanning compilation of New Jack swing's soulful, sexy grooves! 16 tracks, including the hits 'Nite & Day', 'If I'm Not Your Lover', 'Off On Your Own (Girl)' & more. Rhino. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

The Very Best of Al B. Sure..........2007-06-02

Favorite song on this disc was the "special edition" of "If I'm not your lover" by Al B. Sure featuring "Slick Rick." I actually memorized that song - and had fun doing it! Overall, I rate the disc three stars!

I REMEMBER.......2007-02-16

I REMEMBER RIDING WITH HIM AND HIS CREW IN THIS CROWDED LIMO IN PITTSBURGH,PA. AND HE STARTED SINGING IN THE BACK AND ONE OF HIS CREW MEMBERS WERE MAKING BEATS WITH HIS MOUTH. I WAS 17-18 THEN. IM NOW 38 AND PEOPLE STILL REMEMBER ME BEING WITH HIM. THEY ALWAYS ASK, HOW WAS HE AS A PERSON? I JUST TELL THEM HIS FAVORITE WORDS TO ME WERE, SHAKIM YOURE LIVING LARGE BOY, YOU KNOW YOURE LIVING LARGE. HE WAS VERY DOWN TO EARTH. AND I TOLD CHICO DEBARGE ABOUT HOW LIVE HE WAS AND CHICO SAID ALL OF US IN THE BUSINESS SHOULD DISPLAY THE SAME QUALITIES. AND I DO AGREE.

I have this cd, a must have!!!.......2007-01-27

I was a little girl when Al B. Sure came out with Nite and Day. I was six years old, and now I am 24. My older sister was in love with him, I think she still is. Everytime that song came on, I was singing along. He still looks good, if you ask me. His voice still sounds good, too. I only wished that him, and Christopher Williams would have had more success. Just because they are both lightskinned doesn't mean anything. That is the sad part. It is always a complexion thing. The cd has a lot of great tracks!!!! If you don't have this cd, please purchase it.

Nice collection...but..........2006-11-06

This is a very underrated cat Al B. Sure! He wrote and produced with his first cousin Kyle West for Tevin Campbell and several others back in the New Jack 90's. This CD is a pretty good survey of his solo work but I advise you to purchase his "Private Times" and "Sexy Versus" CD's which are still available, those have some good songs on them. His work is very underrated for some reason. Listen to the ballads on those two CD's. I think the singles that got released from those two discs weren't the best and maybe that killed the last two albums sales-wise cuz Albert Brown III (June 4, 1968) was a damn good writer and producer. Especially on the slow jams. He helped Devante Swing of Jodeci out with the production on the slow jams on the Jodeci debut CD.

I OWN THIS CD, BUT LET'S CLEAR SOMETHING UP..........2006-02-03

I never respond to other reviewers, but Juan Redman is way off. The reason why Al B. Sure never took off was because many people did not think he could sing live - especally when he made an appearance on Oprah. Since many of the artists back then in R&B had stronger voices, he was singled out, unfairly I may add, as someone you would not pay live to see. ( I was in my early 20's then and I KNOW what I'm talking about). Christopher Williams (who I love) was also slandered, many thought he was the one who cause Halle Berry to lose her hearing by beating her (which later turned out to be a false rumor). Plus, it was reported that he was somewhat of a diva at Uptown records and was not getting the proper treatment on their label. Whatever the case, it had NOTHING TO DO with them being light skinned, cause women were eating those two up (myself included), as well as Keith Sweat (who is MOST DEFINITELY a chocolate brother). Let's just clear that up.

Bottom line, Al B. Sure's first album is still great after all these years. And I've always loved the song "Right Now"...It still sounds sexy. So if you can get past all the ridiculous rumors and theories, get this CD and put it in your New Jack Swing/Quiet Storm selection. While you're at it, get Christopher Williams, Jodeci, Keith Sweat, New Edition, Miki Howard, and Gerald Levert. A great time for music, that's for sure.

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