Customer Reviews

Time to Grow

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I don't know how cute this guy is (I really don't care), I don't know how good this guy can dance (I simply don't care). The only thing I can say for certain is this guy has a voice that is pure silk. He is already a hit in the UK, so now it is time for the US to wake up and embrace this young British talent. A voice like his can not (and should not) be ignored by radio, or the public. Every song on this CD is a treat...so definitely check it out.

This is what i wish r&b radio would play more of! Lemar has a great voice...good songs, good lyrics. The first 7 songs hooked me and i will indeed play this a lot. Favorites: Soulman, What If, Call me Daddy, Don't Give Up, If There's any Justice......I will suggest this cd to all my "music loving" friends. Hey dj's, wake up and play some of the "other" artists like this and not what the program director put on your list!

i owned a copy of lemar's time to grow and i listened to it everyday until a friend of mine took it and got hooked and didnt return it, i think it is a wonderful album and lemar's voice is awesome. yes its true that he reminds you of seal in a way but i believe that his style is totally differnet and in the end you really cant compare both of them. i think lemar still has a lot of "time to grow" and he can only get better. all he needs is to be discovered by the u.s audience and he's on a roll!

While waiting for a connecting flight at Heathrow, I was burning time in one of the fashion stores when I heard this wonderful song playing on their stereo. I quickly went up to the cashier to ask who was playing. She gave me a confused look for a second and said, "That's Lemar!" in a way that made it clear her confusion was how I could possibly not know who it was. London born Lemar Obika (to Nigerian parents) is a self-proclaimed soul man as he declares on the lead off track of his second album Time To Grow. Almost every song is a winner but I particularly like "Call Me Daddy" (the song I heard in Heathrow) about the pain of miscarriage; and the very funky "All I Ever Do/My Boo (Part II)" which sounds like nothing else. Lemar is already a star in the UK and based on Time To Grow and Dedicated (which I also picked up), it shouldn't be too long before the US audience discovers what all the fuss is about.

Now Ive followed Lemar since the days of Fame Academy, in actual fact he was the only reason i watched it, his voice is so good. His Dedicated album disappointed me abit as i was expecting pure RnB. But then i thought that he had to appeal to the pop world aswell. This album is what ive been waiting for, his voice is really brought out on this album. This album is good enough to beat any of the stateside stuff at the moment. Definately worth a buy.

Great album with a bunch of good tracks. Better than first effort but lots of room for improvement.

Not sure if anyone else had this problem but I can't access Track 13 on itunes. Anyone have any idea how to do this? I pretty much bought this cd for this track.

Lemar's voice is soulful! Takes you back in the day to good, quality R&B! This is now my favorite CD and it will be hard for any other artist to top my list. I am purchasing more for family and friends.

this is a Really good cd... i originally bought the cd because i really liked the song If There's Any Justice, which is one of my favorites on the cd. Lemar has a Really nice voice, i'm not sure who to compare his voice to...you just have to listen to the cd to see for yourself.
There are some songs i like more than others but Time to Grow, Feels Right, and What If are my other favorites...
There's a good variety of songs, some upbeat and some mellow and slow... the lyrics in the songs are really good too.

It's a good item. Not excelent. For me, just the song "If there is no justice" is nice.

Oh for the days when soul singers were really soulful singers! Try as they might, the majority of today's soul or R&B singers can never quite match the same elusive qualities of transcendent dynamism of performance, or genuine, distinctive soul-deep emotional expression that such immortal soul greats as Otis Redding or Percy Sledge actually possessed. Nowadays, it's all style over substance. And Lemar Obika -- Britain's latest R&B sensation recently discovered through the television talent show, "Fame Academy" -- is, sad to say, no exception to this rule that frustratingly continues to persist and pervade throughout today's pop music industry like an inoperable cancer.

Lemar's husky voice may be somewhat reminiscent of fellow Briton Seal, but disappointingly, the former singer does not possess the dynamic vocal range of the latter. Lemar delivers every single track in the same smooth, technically perfect yet bland and totally nuance-lacking laidback style. Predictably, all the songs are given typically nice, middle-of-the-road contemporary R&B arrangements.

So while it's all very pleasant sounding and Lemar may make reference to Sam and Dave's classic hit and claim to be a "Soulman" in the lead track of the same name; it's all actually rather unremarkable and soulless music. Of course, the production is typically lush and polished for a major label product. And like all uninspired major label product, it gets really boring to listen to even after the first few spins.