The debut album Kemistry was released in 2003 and it is definitely worth mentioning that Kem self-produced his first studio work.
Add some stylish retro coloring and you will get quite the original musical cocktail. The performer’s creativity can be hardly put into the frames of one certain style: Kem's compositions include elements of jazz, soul, R&B and other genres, and such variety makes his art even more interesting. He had experienced all the difficulties connected with growing up in the megalopolis, and that knowledge helped him to create his wonderful music. Album DescriptionKem Owens, better known as Kem, was born in Nashville and raised in Detroit, big industrial city. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. Bonus alternate versions of those two songs appear at the end and respectively add Toni Braxton and Erica Campbell, co-stars as considered as any other artistic choice made here. Just beneath it are "Live Out Your Love," another Marvin-inspired moment (more in the I Want You mode), and the gospel blues title track. Best of all is "Lie to Me," a breezy, feel-good number that unmistakably evokes mid-'70s Earth, Wind & Fire (with writing help from an all-star team of Salaam Remi, Anthony Hamilton, and James Poyser). Given the social climate and Kem's life experience, it's no surprise that his message songs and love ballads carry more currency than ever. Whether Kem is testifying with a gospel choir in "Love," bobbing his head as he does his best Marvin Gaye falsetto on "Love," or crooning over acoustic and pedal steel guitars and a twitchy Timbaland-like rhythm for "Not Before You," nothing sounds truly out of character. The singer switches it up a little by working closely with Derek "DOA" Allen, a veteran musician and fellow songwriter/producer whose mark has been left on albums by contemporaries such as Tyrese, Angie Stone, and Joe, as well as Brian Culbertson, whose lively piano supports "Lonely." As a consequence, Love Always Wins is more scuffed and groove-oriented than any previous Kem album. Still with Motown, he returns with a reliably mellow, romantic, and gently uplifting album that embraces his role in adult contemporary R&B and at the same time more openly displays his inspirations and stretches out. Never one to rush out new material, and established enough to remain untroubled by the possibility of diminishing relevance, Kem took a few years off after he released Promise to Love in 2014. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
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