Robin Thicke: Something Else

Dr. Cheese · #1 10-07-2008, 10:32 AM

I just picked this up on Saturday because the wife, kids, and I, love his single, "Magic." This dude is smokin'! The bass playing on this CD is great too. If you love the feel on the classic "Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs, check out Thicke's jam, "Sidestep" it really evokes that feel that Hungate and Porcaro got back in the day.

His single,"Magic" really reminds me of later Motown productions of the recently deceased Norman Whitfield. For those who don't know, that would be stuff like Eddie Kendricks "Keep On Truckin'" or the Temptations "Papa Was a Rolling Stone."

Dr. Cheese · #2 10-08-2008, 09:15 AM

Here's a video of "Magic," his current single:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w80i2NOT2Gc

bassrique · #3 10-08-2008, 09:56 AM

I like the "old school" sound.

DWBass · #4 10-08-2008, 10:14 AM

I have the cd too and it's a killer. It's about time somebody is writing some real R&B songs! Have you checked out Raphael Saadiq's newest one? Same vibe but also recorded to sound dated! I dig it.

Bruce Lindfield · #5 10-08-2008, 10:16 AM

I like this as well - good musicianship and songwriting - and he's a very good singer!

Dr. Cheese · #6 10-08-2008, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by DWBass

I have the cd too and it's a killer. It's about time somebody is writing some real R&B songs! Have you checked out Raphael Saadiq's newest one? Same vibe but also recorded to sound dated! I dig it.

Raphael Saadiq's CD's recording is deceptive. It sounds old school, but if you listen to it on a booming system, you will hear that the drums are mixed far higher and more upfront that they ever were on the old Sixties songs.

Georynn · #7 10-08-2008, 01:52 PM

Yeah, Not bad...

More soulful than some American soul acts nowadays...

Thanks Doc...

T-MOST · #8 10-08-2008, 02:05 PM

It's not a good as the first CD, but still ok. As for someone "writing" real R&B? that credit goes to the writers of the tunes that were sampled.

markjazzbassist · #9 01-01-2009, 11:29 AM

one of my favorite albums of 2008 by far. i love all of robin's albums, but this one is by far my favorite. great bass work as usual by sean hurley (what a monster)

favorite song is definately "sidestep", what a groove, what a groove!