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G Artist: Gerald LeVert
Label: East/West Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 075596241724
EAN: 0075596241724
ASIN: B00001QEM9


Release Date: 2000-03-07

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Tracks:

  1. Application (I'm Lookin 4 A New Love)
  2. Callin' Me
  3. Nothin' To Somethin'
  4. Strings, Strings
  5. It Hurts Too Much To Stay
  6. Mr. Too Damn Good
  7. She Done Been
  8. Heart Don't
  9. Don't Take It Away
  10. Second Time Around
  11. Misery Loves Company
  12. Baby You Are
  13. These

Similar Items:

  1. Love & Consequences
  2. Gerald's World
  3. Groove On
  4. Private Line
  5. The G Spot

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Still Doing It BIG.......2007-03-08

Not one to remain stagnant or rely on past successes, Gerald Levert explores his vocal abilities on this set more than he has on past efforts. Outside producer Darrell Allamby captains the CD's first three tracks and stretches Gerald's voice; Allamby has him reaching for notes and provides fresh rhythms for G's soulful delivery, making the singer more acceptable to less mature ears. Gerald produces the next ten tracks and proves more adventuresome (with his voice) than Allamby by executing "Baby U Are" in falsetto. Allamby's tracks are phat, sure winners with "Application," the stronger but slower "Callin' Me," and "Nothin to Somethin." There's quiet storm fodder galore, including a smoldering duet with Kelly Price and the hitting "Mr. Too Damn Good," written with ex-Rude Boy Joe Little.

5 out of 5 stars So good @}->---.......2005-10-09

I can never say enough about Gerald Levert's voice and style of music. Each are so beautiful. This is another fantastic album of his and the music is always great. I especially love, Baby You Are and Heart Don't. This is the kind of music you want to hear in the bedroom. It's super romantic and sexy and his voice makes you wanna melt.

5 out of 5 stars Flawless.......2003-09-08

Gerald Levert is my favorite R&B Male vocalist, and this, in my humble opinion, is his best work. Every single track is off the chart.

Highly recommend.

3 out of 5 stars G.......2002-09-22

Gerald Levert's doing a bit of experimenting on his third solo album, but he's played it safely. He's nabbed the producer of "My Body," his hit with LSG members Keith Sweat and Johnny Gill, and even produced a few songs in his traditional, thick-souled, hooping and hollering vein. But Levert's at his best when exploring more bluesy styles.

G's first three songs on the album attempt to recapture the appeal of last year's "My Body," his ...syncopated hit with LSG (Levert Sweat Gill). The best of the three, "Nothin' To Somethin'," happens to be the album's lukewarm debut.

Fortunately the record gets better as the sappy lyrics and formulaic production fade. Surprisingly, Levert seems more comfortable revisiting older styles, namely bluesy ones showcased on a good portion of the album. "Strings, Strings," "She Done Been" and "Misery" convincingly capture relationship heartache. Levert displays a pleasurable falsetto on "Baby U Are," which at times reminds of the Dramatics's "In The Rain," and warrants attention for the jazz-overtoned spoken word offering "Somebody's Baby."

Since the bluesy and retro numbers aren't destined for radio, Levert's included a few traditional types. "These" happen to be the record's straightforward R&B ballad, and "Heart Don't" is the catchy-chorused mid-tempo cut.

4 out of 5 stars "G" is for "Good lawd!!!".......2002-08-20

I heard that this album was supposed to come out in 1999, with its lead-off single, "Nothin to Somethin". But that song received a lukewarm response (even by me, although it grew on me a lot by now), so Gerald went back to the studio and came back in Spring 2000 with G, the follow-up to his dark-but-still-good Love and Consequences.

I still play this album to this day, even more than his latest album, Gerald's World (that too, is still a very good album). But I just think that he had a lot of good days on this album (he's even cheesin' on the album cover for once). Check out "Application (Lookin' For a New Love)", a brilliant metaphor on treating a relationship like a search for an employee (for the women who were offended when Gerald, a father, said that he didn't want a woman with no kids, lighten up, it's just a song).The down-home blues of "Misery" finds Gerald waving a finger at a man who didn't treat his girl right, while "Strings, Strings" and "Don't Take it Away" find G, as usual, trying to get his lover back. And don't forget the song, "Mr. Too Damn Good", which had even men on the block singing the lyrics. Hey, by the way, does anybody know what in the world "It Hurts Too Much to Stay" is about?? This duet with Kelly Price finds Kelly saying at the end, "Goin' to jail because I killed your girl", at least, so I thought.

Music Album:

  1. Flavour of the Weak ~ Front Line Assembly
  2. Titles ~ Mick Karn
  3. Dreams in View 1981-1987 ~ Nick Potter
  4. Blind Curve ~ Blind Curve
  5. Home Pages ~ ARP
  6. Jong & Huga ~ Excession
  7. Helen Shapiro at Abbey Road: 1961-1967 ~ Helen Shapiro
  8. Now What
  9. G ~ Gerald LeVert
  10. Absolute Punk ~ Various Artists

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Shorty Rogers and His Giants ~ Shorty Rogers

Hurricane Eyes ~ Loudness

Electric Angels ~ Electric Angels

10 Corso Como: North South ~ Various Artists

The Music of George Helm: A True Hawaiian ~ George Helm

Al Centro del Mondo ~ Dr. Livingstone

Chicago Blues of the 1960's ~ Way I Feel

Hayashi Matsuri ~ Various Artists

Acustico ~ Belo Velloso