TEAM RNS PRESENTS

RIPPER: Team RNS

197kbps avg - R&B
0hr 58min total- 87.0mb

RELEASE DATE: 2004-11-02
RIP DATE: 2004-11-08

03 Watching You, Watching Me      5:43

12 The Day Ahead                  3:51
13 My Lover's Embrace             4:36
14 Sanctuary (Fuji Soul Mix)      5:21

Mindblowing stuff -- the first album
from Siji, and an immediate classic that
grabbed us right away! Siji's been bumping
around on various records for the past
few years -- lending his vocal talents
to a number of great club tracks and
singles -- but this is his first full
album, and it's a heck of a great debut!
There's a righteousness to the album
that's undeniable -- a vocal style
that's spacey, warm, and mellow -- and
which puts Siji somewhere in a
trajectory of soul that runs from Stevie
Wonder to Eric Roberson! The tunes have
a bit of an influence from the New York
Osunlade scene -- no surprise,
considering that Osunlade's offered
Siji a lot of support over the years --
but the songwriting itself is completely
fresh, and crackles out with a personal
energy that only seems to deepen as the
set moves on. Incredible stuff, with a
sound all its own.