Joe
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Joe
Like most good lover men, Joe knows you can unzip more flies with honey than with hassles. This understated but seriously gifted singer/songwriter may not enjoy the superstar profile or recognition of some of his fellow R&B Romeos, but as his fourth CD, Better Days, proves, what he lacks in persona he more than makes up for in persuasive and sensual songs. There’s a gentleness and ease in Joe’s smoothed-out, sexy, and decidedly grown-up brand of R&B. Listen to the way his silky vocals glide over the ever-so-syncopated keyboards on “I Like Sexy Girls.” Or…
Joe
R&B jack of all trades Joe Thomas has garnered his share of success (three gold singles, the platinum All That I Am, a prominent role on Mariah Carey’s “Thank God I Found You”) without rising to superstardom. My Name is Joe, his third album, is his bid to change that. Fully loaded mainstream soul, Joe splits most of its time between “sensitive” ballads (“Treat Her Like a Lady” suggests sending a greeting card) and randy I’ll-freak-you declarations; at its conceptual limit, it combines both in the same song. With a fine voice and…
