Sing (If You Want It)

Omar | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ether Music
• ASIN: B000F8O210
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,065 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lift Off

2. Sing

3. Be A Man

4. Kiss It Right

5. Get It Together

6. Your Mess

7. All For Me

8. It's So

9. Gimme Sum (Rap Version)

10. Feeling You

11. Lay It Down

12. I Want It

13. Stylin'

14. Ghana Emotion

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feelin' Omar, June 22, 2006

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EJ (Phila, Pa USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sing (If You Want It) (Audio CD)

Dedicated,long time fans of Omar will enjoy this cd and hopefully new listeners will get hooked on Omar. Omar continues to be a refreshing artist in this plethora of same old sounding vocalists. The most uplifting track on this cd is, "Feeling You," Omar's most complimentary collaboration yet, with none other than the legendary Stevie Wonder. You can almost hear this tune on "Songs in the Key of Life." It is classic Stevie, in the vein of his 70's work. A feel good tune that gives you hope about love and life. I would love to hear a longer version of this...an instrumental jam, and of course more vocal exchange between Stevie and Omar. Other guest appearances include Angie Stone, Common, JC Bentley, and Estelle, to name just a few. Omar is at his best when he slows the pace and blends soul, jazz, and a touch of latin, creating a loungy-bossa nova, almost bluesy vibe. Tracks such as "Get It Together" and "Lay It Down" evoke this feeling. "Ghana Emotion" is another captivating song filled with beautiful imagery...and Omar's vocals take you there with ease.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, January 25, 2008

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C. W. Hall "http://www.chriscospins.com" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sing (If You Want It) (Audio CD)

How do you review an artist as renowned as Omar? I think with the following disclaimer. There's not a song on this album that I don't like. Well, I'm not all that hyped about two of the four MCs on "Gimme Sum", but other than that I love Sing.

The record is simpler than I remember Omar's music. Very often it's almost stripped-down to its most basic essentials. Songs like "Sing", "Kiss It Right", and "I Want It" show a sensibility that relishes in leaving space in the track. Nothing is jumbled, nothing is forced. Moving in its simplicity, much of the album is brilliant musical minimalism.

Created and recorded mostly in Omar's home studio, Sing very much has a solitary feel. It's an emotional record that tugs you along with it. "Get It Together" is the perfect internal dialogue of a man chasing an unresponsive woman. Omar telling himself to get it together over a lonely melody featuring a plaintive Spanish guitar is devastating. It captures the emotions of the situation and puts you in that mood whether you're currently chasing anyone or not.

The only slow spot on the album is after Common finishes his verse on "Gimme Sum." The production is real dope and the song is crazy through two MCs. But after that, the last two can't manage the necessary quality.

With that out of the way, let's talk about Omar and Stevie Wonder. I'm not sure whether "Feeling You" is more like classic Omar or classic Stevie. Either way, it's pretty damn good. It has that big, epic soul sound that Stevie was so good at creating, but it's updated ever so slightly. Some things are just meant to be and this song is a fusion of styles that was made in heaven.

Sing is just an incredible record. Omar fans will love it. The uninitiated happening across it will love it. Now it's just a question of whether radio will play it so Omar can blow properly in the States after all these years. Maybe he should have had Lil' Jon remix something.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, January 20, 2011

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This review is from: Sing (If You Want It) (Audio CD)

Tres bon album.

J'ai été attiré par le duo avec Stevie Wonder mais finalement l'ensemble de l'album s'écoute en boucle.