SAM COOKE TRIBUTE (GREATLY) DONE BY R. KELLY
Considered to be the "King of R&B", R. Kelly has classic songs such as Bump & Grind, I Believe I Can Fly, and Step In the Name of Love. Kelly is known for his sexual songs but on his new album he took a more mature approach. The Sam Cooke inspired "Love Letter" he took it back to the soul sounds of Otis Redding and David Ruffin. In my opinion, this album was really for the lovers of soul music. This album in my opinion the best album of 2010, even though it came out at the end of year.
This album is very sentimental for me and my family. This album gives you a Sam Cooke vibe, with songs like How Do I Tell Her, Radio Message, and the hit When A Woman Loves. My personal favorites are Music Must Be A Lady, Radio Message, and the Marvin Gaye-Tammi Terrell duet inspired Love Is with K. Michelle. If you love soul music "Love Letter" should definitely be in your collection.
MUSIC MUST BE A LADY
RADIO MESSAGE
LOVE IS
With giving you a background of the album now to the Tribute..
My mother called today and told me to turn to BET Centric at 9:00 because R. Kelly was doing a tribute to Sam Cooke. Now, the Heat-Bulls series which I was planning to watch, but I when it comes to Sam Cooke I will watch anything involving him. The concert begins with R. Kelly doing my favorite Otis Redding song Try A Little Tenderness. From that moment, R. Kelly drew me in, then he goes into You Send Me, which gives you the Sam Cooke vibe. Next he sings Bring It On Home To Me, which in my opinion the best performance of the night. You can really feel the spirit of Sam Cooke, which made me remember the good memories with my grandfather. Then he proceeds to Feel It, which gave me the same feeling when my family played Sam Cooke's "Live at The Harlem Square". I was dancing all through my house. After, Kelly did the song that's considered to be one of the best songs made A Change Is Gonna Come. This is one of the songs that I can't get through because it's so deep that it makes me cry at the beginning of 2nd verse. So, when R. Kelly begin to sing I was okay until he got to the 2nd verse then the tears started coming. After the tears ended, R. Kelly closed the show with Twisting the Night Away, which cause me to start dancing in my house once again. Above all, this tribute was well done and Sam Cooke is in heaven smiling because he knows left a great legacy, with people like R. Kelly doing great tributes.
CHECK OUT SOME OF THE GREAT PERFORMANCES VIA YOUTUBE
TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS/YOU SEND ME/BRING IT ON HOME
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME
TWISTING THE NIGHT AWAY
KEEP SMILING MR. COOKE
Jan 22, 1931 - Dec 11, 1964
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