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Cheer Up - You‘ve Made A Great CD Mr. Jones!
Royal Jones: You Broke The Circle
Artist: Royal Jones
Title: You Broke The Circle
Genre: Soul/Pop/Dance
Label: Independent
Website: www.royaljones.com
CDBaby: 
You need to fling yourself down the rabbit hole
to prepare for this one. Why? Three words: Rick
Astley Syndrome. Remember hearing “Never Gonna
Give You Up” back in the '80s and thinking
“Luther Vandross,” and then turning on MTV and
thinking “Good Lord, someone gave Howdy Doody a
recording contract”? Well, this collection of
stream-of-consciousness Motown dance hip-hop
comes to you courtesy of a guy who looks like
he’s here to fix the refrigerator. Actually,
going strictly by the CD cover, he looks more
like someone who’s about to hurl himself off a
subway platform. Cheer up, Mr. Jones, you’ve
made a great CD.
 This CD has one of the most credible street
vibes I’ve heard in a long time. This man leads
a colorful life. He opens the CD with “Sylvia
of Boston,” a morning-after voice mail message
from someone who’s been rode hard and put up
wet. Then the music kicks in. Brace yourself.
We’re going underground and experiencing what
made Sylvia sound that way.
You Broke The Circle is a trip through dance
clubs and time itself -- on “Echo” we fade
into old-fashioned dance hall cha-cha-cha. On
“Confused” Jones gets so incredibly Motown, I
could swear I’m listening to Gladys Knight and
the Pips. And I really mean Gladys Knight. Jones
sings like a Motown queen. I could have sworn
this was a female singer if it weren’t for the
occasional dip into bass territory.
My favorite track is “Ride Out of Control,” a
tribute to 70s funk, complete with a horn
section and lazy, drawling rapping. The hook is
the refrain, “If I ever come down, I’ll
behave, I’ll be good.” I can easily imagine
Chef from South Park taking on this one.
Somebody get me Matt and Trey.
The bottom line is that you will move to this.
Yes, it’s sample-happy and completely
synthesized, but it’s bursting with soul. Make
it your soundtrack for a Saturday night and see
if you don’t sound like Sylvia from Boston the
next morning.
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