Music Fan First [Single]

Eric Roberson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Blue Erro Soul
• ASIN: B002LAUKNY
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,258 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Newness

2. The Hunger (feat. W. Ellington Felton)

3. A Tale Of Two (feat. Ben "Bananas" O'neill and Michelle Thompson)

4. Borrow You

5. Dealing (feat. Lalah Hathaway)

6. Still

7. How Could She Do It

8. Further (feat. T3 of Slum Village)

9. The Power That Kisses Hold

10. Howard Girls (feat. Brandon Hines, Geno Young and Aaron Abernathy)

11. Weekend Getaway

12. She

13. Wanna Believe It Again (feat. Wayna)

14. Bad For Me

15. BreakItDown

16. Pave A New Road

17. Celebrate (feat. Sy Smith)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easily his best, and one of the best of the year, October 28, 2009

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Scott Woods (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music Fan First (Audio CD)

If you've followed Roberson's largely underground career, Christmas comes early for you this year. This album, 15 years into his professional career and delivering his sixth studio recording, is hands-down his best record.

I say the above acknowledging that Roberson has never put out a wholly bad record. He is a frighteningly consistent musician, releasing music that is earnest, fun, danceable and should be on R&B radio save that it's too good. He sounds better than half the field of any given year, has better grooves, and this record still beats all previous efforts. Roberson packs more lyrical content into one song than many artists do in five, owed in great part to a rap-metered style of singing that requires more words to fill the same space as a typical crooner. You'd think with that kind of space to fill he'd resort to the kind of lyrics that radio is filled with now: trite, club-easy verbal assaults on your intelligence. On the contrary, Roberson is an extremely good storyteller, and while almost all of his songs cater to the drama of the nightlife and love they never dip into trifling territory and sometimes elevate the game entirely. The persona-like lyrics of "The Hunger" is some serious narrative skill, and Roberson does this sort of thing for 17 tracks. This is R&B for grown folks that will still move the backs of your kids without offending either of you. Even a clear attempt at catering like "Howard Girls" manages to groove so hard you can't help but to enroll in the premise. Roberson's effort here is refreshing and, most importantly, good music. It's probably the best R&B record I've heard all year. It's at least the best R&B record I've heard since Foreign Exchange's "Leave It All Behind".

It does bear mentioning that the record starts off strong and starts to thin at the end. If this record were only 12 or 13 tracks long instead of 17, you wouldn't skip a single song on this album.

Standout tracks include "The Newness", "The Hunger", "A Tale of Two", "Still" and "How Could She Do It".

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So Good....., March 3, 2010

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M. Ruiz "rufuslefunk" (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music Fan First (Audio CD)

I've been shopping on Amazon for years and very rarely write a review. However, this CD is a gem. Eric Roberson is an artist I've been meaning to pick up for years, but never got around to doing so. Once I caught the "Dealing" video on VH1 Soul, I immediately ordered this CD. I love this CD so much, that I just placed an order for everything else in Roberson's catalog. From the opening track, The Newness to the end, this CD doesn't have a bad track on it. If you like R&B, Neo-Soul, or just plain good music, pick up this CD and listen. Love your work Erro!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Male R&B CD to be released in years..., June 1, 2010

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Leroy Walker "Only the realness!!!" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music Fan First (Audio CD)

I'm not one for writing reviews, since I have better things to do with my time, but I felt compelled to right one for this. Mainly, because he is an independent artist that is better than anything on the radio right now. 17 tracks of pure goodness, Usually there is always some weak links on an album, but this is an exception. Most of his songs would be 5 star, while a handful would be a 4. My personal favs are "Howard Girls", I love to reminisce over this one. "Borrow You" and "The Newness" and tracks you can groove too...I won't go over all 17 tracks, but I have listened to this CD numerous times and have never skipped a track. My only grip is that I took so long to discover this man's talent, but thats my own fault. Enough with the jibba jabba, go ahead and add this to your cart, you won't regret it.