Search - Dante Thomas :: Fly

Dante Thomas is ready to take flight and "Fly"

K. Jackson | Paducah, KY | 09/13/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Quincy Jones once said in order to have a number one song you need a good melody combine with even better lyrics. Well, to take that a step further, you also need a good voice and Dante Thomas has a damn good one.
By looking at his album cover you would think Thomas was nothing but a pretty white boy with an album filled with cliche pop formulas and saturated melodies that is commonly found in today's highly populated pop market, but Thomas is no ordinary white boy. This kid can sang, not sing, but sang. With a voice that echoes Donny Hathaway and a soul that mirrors Stevie Wonder, Thomas is this year's new found talent.
Oh, did I mention his songs are also as innovative as his voice?
On his first single, "Miss California" Thomas squares off with Pras (who also produced the track) in a song that describes a woman who has everything, except a man. Thomas vocals evenly competes with the hip-hop soul beats making this song a true delight.
On the titled track, Thomas uses his vocals to convey life's many mishaps and how we should look pass our disgust and just fly. A truly beautiful track, which seems like the male equivolent to Indie.Arie's "Video".
The album's mid-tempo sound is more than welcomed. Tracks such as "Goodbye" and "Let it Be Love" standout as romantic and soulful, while the urban driven "She Says" and the bluesy "Money Can't Buy" comes off as private obsessions more than mainstream releases. But it is "Should Have Loved Her Then" where Thomas vocals truly amazes. Thomas sings "She used to whisper/To Me by the river/Alone when the nights were so cold" so soulfully that you wonder if Otis Redding or Marvin Gaye might not be smiling up in R&B heaven. His vocals are restraint and soft. You can almost hear the sadness in his voice reguarding the love he lost.
Thomas is simply amazing. Yeah, he's white, but unlike Nsync who seems to use saturated R&B vocals over mundane pop songs, Thomas truly is soulful. Hopefully his name will rise in the minds of many and his career can truly begin to fly."

Great Job Dante Thomas

Megan Kuhn | USA | 01/17/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I didn't know who he was untill I went to the NSYNC concert acouple of years ago and I thought he was awesome. His song "Miss California" blew me away and I was pleased with the work he had done. I was very happy that NSYNC had chosen him to be one of their opening acts because they couldn't have picked a better one."

He is good or what?

joe | penang, malaysia | 12/01/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"i just can't wait to get his debut album and now i got it in my hand!
he is good or what? the whole album shows that he is going for R&B with a mixture of dance rhythm. the first single "miss california is definitely the charming one (u can see my review in the "miss california" single review) the title song "fly" just remind me of R.kelly's "i believe i can fly", if u liked that, u'll like this!
"money can't buy", a 6 minutes plus with a strong rhythm of electric gitar is really catch at the biginning, the plugging of the gitar is just awesome, somehow, may be the electric gitar part which drag the song for almost 3 minutes is kinda turn me off, otherwise.....but do enjoy this one, if 6 minutes is ok for u!haha!
another choon, "tina colada", is this a name? yeah u'r right, a very dancy rhythm, a ggod tune to dance to it but this song does not possess dante's strength - his vocal!
in this album, u'll find one or 2 ballads but do enjoy his vocal, he really has a good vocal, if u'r judging his vocal by his look, u'r wrong, he can really sing like the blacks did, put some trust in him and i'm sure he'll do well in the future!"