Life & Favor

by John P. Kee, John P. Kee & the New Life Community Choir, New Life

Overview

After 18 years on the Verity Music Group label, Life & Favor finds John P. Kee moving to his own label, Kee Music Group. Still, little else has changed as "Wake Up" combines punchy Earth, Wind & Fire-styled R&B with choir gospel and worship. Then there is "Life & Favor" (aka "You Don't Know My Story"), which sounds like vintage Kee as the choir swells during the choruses, while the verses are given to personal stories from James Fortune, Isaac Carree, and Lejuene Thompson. "Life & Favor" is both the title track and the stately key cut, but there's a tie for second with Zacardi Cortez putting the Soul meter in the red for the full-bodied "He's Working It Out" while Kee himself is the reason to pick "My Worship," a soaring slow number that appears in both a live and extended studio mix. Superstars Kirk Franklin and Fred Hammond are along for the worship ride, along with Sunday Best winner Le'Andria Johnson, who helps Kee turn "I Win" into the ultimate "get up and get out" number, twice as strong as coffee and anything but bitter. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	10/15/2013
Label:	Central South Distribution
UPC:	0829569834020
Rank:	135919

Tracks

1. Amazing
2. My Worship
3. Wake Up
4. Life & Favor
5. I Win (Prelude)
6. Great Things
7. Life & Favor [Spanish Version]
8. Made To Worship
9. Life & Favor [Remix]
10. Walking In Favor
11. Bless Your Name
12. He's Working It Out
13. My Worship [Remix]
14. Praise Break/Favor's On Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John P. Kee   Primary Artist,Organ,Piano,Vocals,Strings,Keyboards,Fender Rhodes,Guitar (Acoustic)
John P. Kee & the New Life Community Choir   Primary Artist
New Life   Primary Artist
James Fortune   Featured Artist,Vocals
Lejuene Thompson   Vocals,Featured Artist
Lloyd Barry   Brass
Lil' Mo   Featured Artist
Lowell Pye   Vocals,Featured Artist
Jon Gibson   Featured Artist
Lil John Roberts   Drums
Rick Watford   Guitar
Regi Miner   Featured Artist
Philip Lassiter   Horn,Brass
Zacardi Cortez   Vocals,Featured Artist
Lawrence Jones   Guitar
Isaac Carree   Vocals,Featured Artist
Morgan Turner   Bass
PJ Morton   Featured Artist
Tony Russell   Bass
Garland Waller   Brass,Organ,Piano,Piano (Electric)
Veronica Petrucci   Vocals
Chris "CJ" Kee   Drums
Rance Allen   Featured Artist
Cedric "CJ" Thompson, Jr.   Drums
Natalie Ragins   Piano
Lisa Knowles-Smith   Vocals,Featured Artist
Sheila Lakin   Vocals,Featured Artist
Marcus Cole   Featured Artist
Miche Waller   Organ,Piano
Tony Pulizzi   Guitar
Dennis Atkinson   Strings
Evan Brice   Bass,Organ
Dathan Thigpen   Featured Artist
Tim Rogers   Vocals,Featured Artist
Calvin Rogers   Drums
Roberto Burton   Brass
Shawn Bigby   Featured Artist
Le'Andria Johnson   Vocals,Featured Artist
Glenn Jones   Featured Artist
Jamerio Artis   Bass
Kelvin Wiley   Piano
Kevin Wiley   Organ
Maranda Curtis Willis   Vocals,Featured Artist
Patrick Dobson   Featured Artist
Rance Williams   Vocals
Bishop Rance Allen   Featured Artist
Armel Moore   Featured Artist
Michie Walker   Organ
Phil Lassiter   Horn,Brass
Peabo Bryson   Featured Artist
Bobby Sparks   Horn,Keyboards
Kirk Franklin   Vocals,Featured Artist
Kim Burrell   Featured Artist
Lalah Hathaway   Featured Artist
Frank McComb   Featured Artist
Fred Hammond   Vocals,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

John P. Kee   Composer,Producer,Orchestration,Executive Producer
Regi Miner   Executive Producer
Garland Waller   Orchestration
Sheila Lakin   Booking,Management
Dennis Atkinson   Orchestration
The Krew   Tracking
Victor Boulware   Executive Producer
Dave Harris   Mastering
Derrick Stevenson   Mixing
Christine Case   Design,Art Direction
Jeannette Taylor   Booking,Management
Shelton Morgan   Mixing