Post by Queenie on May 10, 2004 5:32:01 GMT -5
The last time we heard from Carl Thomas was back in 2000, with his soul-drenching debut, Emotional. Well, it’s now 2004, and Mr. Thomas is back on the scene with his new album Let’s Talk About It. Well, just like his new album’s name, Carl and I had a lot to talk about, such as his long hiatus between albums, to what lies ahead this summer for CT.
Chicago native Carl Thomas was signed to Bad Boy in 1997 after Puffy attended one of his live shows in New York. A few years later, the music world was blessed with such soul classics such as I Wish, Summer Rain and Emotional. But after he tore down the walls of Rn'B with a smash debut album, there wasn’t any more studio releases until 4 years later. Sure he has worked on numerous ghostwriting projects such as Faith Evans and Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and sundry appearances on albums with his musical counterparts ranging from LL Cool J to Michelle Williams in the interim, but in the view of a true CT fan, nothing can take the place of a full-length studio album. When I asked him about the long hiatus, he responded that he had various situations with his PR Company, as well as with Universal/Arista. With all the purported problems Carl might have encountered behind the scenes of Bad Boy, he had nothing but the nicest things to say about Diddy. “Working with Sean has been an enlightening experience, and I have really matured as an artist working under him.” Carl confessed.
“I wanted this album to have more dance tracks.” Carl said about the direction of Let’s Talk About It. Carl went on to say that he really wanted to go in a converse direction than what he achieved with Emotional. He wanted this album to have a true rhythm and blues feeling that was always omnipresent with his Soul predecessors. Carl’s inspirations as an artist come from such Motown legends as Marvin Gaye, Eddie Kendricks, and the Soul Man David Ruffin. . Being that Thomas is such a fan of the Old School, I asked him was there a song in particular he would like to remake, and he told me Eddie Kendrick's Skippin' Work Today. That response secured my thought that Carl is a true student of the classic Soul of 1960-70 eras.
Let’s Talk About It is a 16-track collection that has a soulful imprint guaranteed to quench any thirsty Carl Thomas fans that have endured the 4-year drought. Above and beyond the opening radio singles, She Is and Make It Alright, this album is truly an aural experience set with that classic soul background. Carl’s favorite track on the album is entitled Dreamer. He explained to me that this track is representative of what he is all about and is quite autobiographical.
The dangerous track entitled Babymaker is Carl’s dedication to David Ruffin. With Babymaker, he wanted to approach this song as if Ruffin was still here,he would interpret the song in the same manner.. Other album standouts include My First Love, Let Me Know and Work It Out.
Chicago native Carl Thomas was signed to Bad Boy in 1997 after Puffy attended one of his live shows in New York. A few years later, the music world was blessed with such soul classics such as I Wish, Summer Rain and Emotional. But after he tore down the walls of Rn'B with a smash debut album, there wasn’t any more studio releases until 4 years later. Sure he has worked on numerous ghostwriting projects such as Faith Evans and Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and sundry appearances on albums with his musical counterparts ranging from LL Cool J to Michelle Williams in the interim, but in the view of a true CT fan, nothing can take the place of a full-length studio album. When I asked him about the long hiatus, he responded that he had various situations with his PR Company, as well as with Universal/Arista. With all the purported problems Carl might have encountered behind the scenes of Bad Boy, he had nothing but the nicest things to say about Diddy. “Working with Sean has been an enlightening experience, and I have really matured as an artist working under him.” Carl confessed.
“I wanted this album to have more dance tracks.” Carl said about the direction of Let’s Talk About It. Carl went on to say that he really wanted to go in a converse direction than what he achieved with Emotional. He wanted this album to have a true rhythm and blues feeling that was always omnipresent with his Soul predecessors. Carl’s inspirations as an artist come from such Motown legends as Marvin Gaye, Eddie Kendricks, and the Soul Man David Ruffin. . Being that Thomas is such a fan of the Old School, I asked him was there a song in particular he would like to remake, and he told me Eddie Kendrick's Skippin' Work Today. That response secured my thought that Carl is a true student of the classic Soul of 1960-70 eras.
Let’s Talk About It is a 16-track collection that has a soulful imprint guaranteed to quench any thirsty Carl Thomas fans that have endured the 4-year drought. Above and beyond the opening radio singles, She Is and Make It Alright, this album is truly an aural experience set with that classic soul background. Carl’s favorite track on the album is entitled Dreamer. He explained to me that this track is representative of what he is all about and is quite autobiographical.
The dangerous track entitled Babymaker is Carl’s dedication to David Ruffin. With Babymaker, he wanted to approach this song as if Ruffin was still here,he would interpret the song in the same manner.. Other album standouts include My First Love, Let Me Know and Work It Out.
