Search - Johnnie Taylor :: Gotta Get the Groove Back

New, groovin', just as good as "Good Love".

yygsgsdrassil | Crossroads America | 11/29/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The CD "Good Love" was JT's nationwide 90's comeback, although we here in KT had followed our favorite R&B son throughout his career with Malaco Records. In other words, we're excited by anything new he tends to crank out every year or so--this album is no exception. It has the street ready tune (by "street ready" I mean that you can already hear the folks at your favorite stomping ground using the title or lyrics of the tune as hip sayings or something like that to get the point across, also the usage of it while the tune is hot renders the speaker's true street/blues credibility--believe me, the world is truly like that) "Big Head Hundreds" and the funky blues number "Juke Joint" which promises to be a party starter on the level of "Good Love", the single. In "Gotta Get My Groove Back" JT laments that in current R&B, the music is there, but the feeling in gone:there's one too many one shot artists who's primary interest is the notoriety, fast life, fast fame of a hit single, and the feeling, the soul is faked. We could name many an artist that has happened to but amazingly, it hasn't happened to JT. He just keeps on making good music. This is his lastest and greatest."

Johnnie Taylor will be truly missed.

yygsgsdrassil | 08/25/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have enjoyed listening to Johnnie Taylor's music over the years. This cd is excellent. My favorite song is Soul Heaven. I cannot stop listening to it."