Promise to Love

Promise to Love

by Kem
Promise to Love

Promise to Love

by Kem

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Overview

Ronald Isley's This Song Is for You, released in 2013, included "My Favorite Thing," a song written and co-produced by Kem. It seemed more like a Kem song featuring Isley, not the other way around, since Isley was not at the fore. The song reappears on Kem's fourth proper album, and it neatly falls into place, like it belonged here all along. It could also be inserted into any of Kem's previous albums with non-disruptive ease. That underscores Kem's consistency or, more skeptically, his penchant for doing the same thing over and over. As with the three albums that preceded it, Promise to Love consists almost entirely of smooth and quiet ballads that regard long-term devotion and self-improvement. He remains an antidote to prevailing contemporary R&B sounds. When he sings of going downtown, he means geographically, not anatomically -- and guest Snoop Dogg, on his best behavior, displays restraint. Even "Say Something Real," which bears a significant instrumental resemblance to Prince's "Soft and Wet," is free of innuendo. The backdrops, as usual, are unwaveringly silky, yet filled with nuances. Kem might do one thing, but he does that one thing very well. Four- and five-year waits aside, the man knows how to please his listeners. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date: 08/25/2014
Label: Motown
UPC: 0602537957675
Rank: 67323

Tracks

  1. Saving My Love for You
  2. Promise to Love
  3. Downtown
  4. Beautiful World
  5. Do What You Gotta Do
  6. Say Something Real
  7. My Favorite Thing
  8. It's You
  9. The Soft Side of Love
  10. Nobody
  11. Pray for Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kem   Primary Artist,Vocals,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
L'Renee   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Ronald Isley   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Snoop Dogg   Primary Artist,Rap,Featured Artist
Randy Bowland   Percussion,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar
Rayse Biggs   Trumpet,Saxophone
Rex Rideout   Keyboards
Brian O'Neal   Piano,Keyboards
Joe Foster   Guitar
Al Turner   Bass
Demetrius Nabors   Synthesizer,Organ,Piano,Keyboards
Edward Gooch   Trumpet,Saxophone
Anesha Birchett   Vocals (Background)
John Madison   Strings
Jose "Pepe" Espinosa   Percussion
Ron Otis   Drums
Kern Brantley   Bass
Beth Griffith   Vocals (Background)
Marlon Curry   Percussion

Technical Credits

Randy Bowland   Composer
Ray Bardani   Mixing
Rex Rideout   A&R,Producer,Programming,Vocal Producer,Drum Programming,Vocal Arrangement,Additional Production,Synthesizer Programming
Todd Fairall   Engineer
Paul Riser   String Arrangements
Al Turner   Composer,Composer
Demetrius Nabors   Programming,Drum Programming,Additional Production,Producer
Vincent Berry   Composer
Cybelle Codish   Photography
Cordell Watson   Additional Production
Anesha Birchett   Vocal Arrangement
John Madison   String Contractor,String Arrangements
Tip Wyman   Assistant Engineer
Seth Firkins   Engineer
Steve Cook   A&R
I.V. Duncan   Engineer
Brian Woodring   Engineer
TaVon Sampson   Design,Art Direction
Mike Wyatt   Engineer
David Andris   Engineer
Calvin Broadus   Composer
Kim Lamont Owens   Composer
Carl Devonish   Composer
Dima Karpovich   Assistant Engineer
4 Drums Productions   Composer
Frank "Corn Bread" Jamal   Assistant Engineer
Russell Davis IV   Vocal Producer
Kyndall Smith   Composer
Joe C. Ryan III   Additional Production
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Kem   Producer,Vocal Arrangement,Executive Producer,Keyboard Programming
Eric Morgeson   Engineer,Programming,Additional Production
Lloyd Dwayne   Vocal Arrangement
Jezreel Santos   Assistant Engineer
David Gough   Composer
Richard Furch   Mixing
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