One of my favorite songs on the album is actually “Closer I Get To You”. But other than that, nothing much has changed as far as that’s concerned. But other than the team, it still functions as a record company – they’re still a staff. It’s pretty much more about now me having more control over the things that I want to happen in my career. I mean, it’s a big transition, but it’s not that big of a transition. True! So, how has that transition been from having the backing of a record label to now doing it with your independent team. And you know, shake hands and kiss babies. Now, we’re just tryna get out here and get on the road and let the fans know I’m back out and to support the album. We had a good first week – I think we came out #2 on the Independent albums. My goals are just for everybody to get this album and feel good about it. Being that the Forever album was released this summer, what are your goals around this album? I just try to make music that makes people feel good, you know – something that’s gone last for a long time. I think vocally, I don’t sound like anyone out there so it’s a distinct sound. I think it’s because I have an original sound. What do you think has kept your longevity in the music industry? So, it’s just evolution – that’s all it is. You’ll still have people like me that do my kind of music and then you’ll have what the new guys are doing and so on and so forth. I think what’s happening today is a lot of these artists out there, they rap and they sing, so that’s an evolution right there. You had a lot of male artists, but we had different kinds of styles and all that. When I came up, it was a little different. How do you feel about the current status of contemporary R&B? Many things have changed from when you first stepped on the scene until now. Well, as we know, R&B is an ever-changing genre. That’s so sweet! So, that goes into my next question, if there’s someone that you feel like you could spend forever with? I mean, they’re all special to me, but “Forever” is just one of those songs that I wrote for the one that I’m in love with right now. The way I’m singing each song is different then the next or the last song. You know what, all of them are my favorites. Is there a specific track that is your favorite? So, I just wanted to try to touch on all of that and that’s when Forever happened. You know, if you do the right things, what will happen in the relationship and if you do the wrong things, what will happen in the relationship. You know, just going into parenthood, growing in the relationship. You know, this is just where I am in my life right now. What was your thought process behind doing this album? Maybe something will happen and just send me in the direction to start making music and that’s pretty much what happened. It’s not like I really left to not do music again – I just take a few breaks. What made you decide to jump back into doing music? Your new album Forever dropped this summer, but before that, you were on a 3-year hiatus. recently got the chance to chop it up with the singer to get the details on the new album, being an independent artist and much more. The album, Forever, hosts the sound that we’ve been missing from the impressive vocalist and proves that he has made his mark on ears forever. Now, over a decade and 4 albums later, the veteran R&B crooner has released his latest LP and along with it, dropped his record label too. In 1996, R&B lovers everywhere were forced to ask “Who is this guy?” when R&B singer Donell Jones did more than justice to Stevie Wonder’s “Knocks Me Off My Feet.” Arguably one of the best remakes we would hear, it wasn’t until 1999 that the world really felt the wrath of Donell Jones when he dropped one of the more legendary albums of our generation, ‘ Where I Wanna Be.’ The album, which went platinum, featured 13 tracks of pure heaven to your ears. Flashback to one of your favorite tracks from the ’90s – can you say that the artist is still relevant today? Luckily for us, we can. With so many chances of being a one-hit-wonder or trying to keep up with the times going wrong, it’s easy to see how an artist – especially in the R&B genre – can fall off and never be mentioned again. Creating a sense of longevity within the industry is a task that most artists usually fail at doing.
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