TEAM RNS PRESENTS

ARTIST: D.J. Rogers Jr.

TITLE: Emosoul (Retail)

0hr 57min total- 83.4mb

RELEASE DATE: 2003-00-00

RIP DATE: 2003-06-22

02 Wanna Be In Love               3:52

04 Don't Miss The Good Stuff      4:00

06 Rather Be Alone                4:13

07 Please Don't Leave             4:52

08 Where Is The Love              4:12

09 Never Felt Like This (Lady)    3:51

10 Send Me An Angel               5:19

11 All I Have (Ft. Carl Thomas)   4:38

12 You and Me                     4:47

13 Wonderful Beautiful Amazing    5:26

(Ft India.Arie & Roy Hargrove)

Many may remmber his song back in the

early 90s on the Above The Rim OST

called ""Doggy Style" .  Then he became a

song writer penning hits for Faith Evans

and Carl Thomas among others. Now he

finally has his own album

rich in the tradition of retro 70s R&B

Carl Thoms, India.Aire, and Roy

Hargrove et al make apperances on this

AMG: Like Gerald LeVert, D.J. Rogers Jr.

is a second-generation soul man with

gospel power in his pipes (his father,

D.J. Rogers, was a former associate of

Rev. James Cleveland and achieved some

chart success in the '70s and early

'80s). And like LeVert, the younger

Rodgers concentrates more on his tunes

than their settings, eschewing

futuristic funk and retro hipness in favor

of meat-and-potatoes modern R&B that

just sounds good. As a result, Rogers'

debut is more than just an ornate

jewelry box, containing several gems

worthy of the Motown name, including

"Wonderful, Beautiful, Amazing," a lovely

duet with labelmate India.Arie, and

"Don't Miss the Good Stuff," where he

testifies in a manner that would do his

dad proud. But those tunes, and the

several other standouts on Emosoul,

don't stake their claim to Motown's

legacy by self-consciously referencing

Berry Gordy's heyday, as is so often

the case. Wisely, these songs recall the

past in the old-fashioned way: with

melodies and grooves solid enough to

build a house on, and located firmly in

the here and now. - Dan LeRoy

NOTE TO NUKERS: 2002-07-09  13   83590

kB  DJ_Rogers-EmoSoul-RETAIL-2002-ESC

This release is NOT a dupe of ESC.

This is the final fully mastered retail

pressing (compare both rlses if you

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