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Living in Black Paradise

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Excellent Product, Great Customer Service, Will Shop again!!!!

I've been looking for this CD for so long and I finally got it!!!!!
Thanks you so much.

"retro_styled_crooner" stole his/her review from allmusic.com. Living in Black Paradise is one of the more underrated new jack releases of the early '90s. Mixing new jack swing with the smoother Foster/McElroy production talent that buoyed En Vogue, it proved to be a sultry, hip set that went far beyond his "one hit wonder" status.

I had been trying my hardest to figure out who sings "So You Like What You See." Everyone I asked had no idea what I was talking about. The chorus goes, "So you like what you see (you like), you better put a hold on me (get with the program)." This will always be one of my favorite songs of the new jack swing era. I don't think this album as a whole is a classic but it is decent. "So You Like What You See," is a classic song though. He was the voice behind the classic "Lean On Me," from the movie.

Back in the day, I purchased the 12" version of "So you like what you see". The Teddy Riley remix was slamming. Not sure why I didn't buy the Album, but whilst I have been trying to update my collection, I came across this on Amazon and thought I'd cop it. I was extremely disappointed. I got a clue to now bad this CD was by reading the lyrics to the songs. Even then I thought 'well, it could be all about the groove'. Wrong again. 16 odd years after its release, this sounds dated, and tired. I've only given it 2 because of the afore mentioned "So you like".

Atlantic records, Samuelle's Foster/McElroy produced beats (new jack swing), and new jack vocals produced one big hit in the year 1991 with the single "So You Like What You See" (R&B no. 1). The Teddy Riley (sounds like something Riley's Today would come out with) track was well assembled and competently sung, but completely devoid of individuality and distinction. New Jack smokers like "Black Paradise," and "Greedy Man," failed to chart or make any hype. This album sought to cover all bases, and instead wound up with a little bit of everything and nothing that remotely stood out or gave any indication of what Samuelle's music was supposed to be, or was intended to reach. This would forever be known as the album that launced a career for R&B group Somethin' For The People (had one big hit in the year 98), who contributed vocals and production. Samuelle would return in 1996 with the single "All That Matters To Me," on Bellmark records.