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Music Review: CJ Joe – Give It 2 U


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    “Give It 2 U” sounds warm and welcoming, fusing syncopated grooves with the spacious atmospheres of Caribbean influence. It’s an impressive, almost counter-intuitive mix with electronic music, working the crossover between Pop, R&B and Dance music, and employing subtly shifting repetition, echo, and space to devious effect. CJ Joe doesn’t mind making waves with an international audience with a production that aims for an open-eared experiment.

    “Give It 2 U” is a wonderful love tease, distilling a sense of perpetual motion for subtle desires. CJ Joe exercises restraint that keeps things less tense, texturally spacious, and unhurried, and the  the addition of backing vocals adds a whole heap of dynamic versatility. This song represents the exquisite emotions of someone suffering deep inside, and wishing for the turn back of time. CJ Joe stirs up your imagination of someone you once loved and still do, someone special you would do anything for, and who you wanted in your life, but they slipped through your fingers, and eventually you had to move on.

    This kind of unrequited love finds CJ Joe nursing a broken heart and it stings even more when reality hits and you know it’s really over. But CJ Joe doesn’t give up. On “Give It 2 U” he still dreams of sharing his wonderful love as he realizes he messed things up. Though he is a new person, he still is interested in another romantic adventure, wishing moments of warmth and closeness that can bring the fires of hope flickering back to life.

    The artist frequently delivers vocals that brim with sound design and abstraction. He goes straight for the heart without taking any detours. He manages to wring impressive variation with his voice as found in the suggestion of the drum pattern and melody. Over attenuated melodic synth samples and chugging bass, CJ Joe employs a mixture of light melodic touches and gently pulsating drums that reek of indolence on a sunset summer day. Nonetheless, “Give It 2 U” becomes a breezy triumph of experimentation that can reach a sizeable audience and grip vulnerable hearts with notable conviction.

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