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Sweat Hotel Live

Something Just Ain't Right (Live)

I Want You

Ol' School (On Tour)

Sweet Sticky Things

Let's Do It Again

I'd Rather Be With You

Smooth Jazz All Stars Perform the Greatest Hits of Earth Wind and Fire

Reasons

Contemporary Jazz Pianist, Marcus Johnson’s eagerly anticipated new release titled Poetically Justified is in stores and online on June 2, 2009.  This album delivers 14 unique tracks that each feature a taste of Johnson’s signature sound, combining acoustic and electronic sets giving listeners a soaring musical journey of contemporary smooth jazz with a funky urban groove.   

Poetically Justified showcases several guest appearances from some of Johnson’s musician friends.  R&B vocalist Miles Jaye lends his soulful voice to “Capice” and “Heaven”, and R&B siren Maysa (of Incognito fame) is featured on two tracks, one of which, “Master of My Heart”, is currently in heavy rotation on adult-contemporary radio station WHUR-FM in Washington, DC.  Jazz heavy-hitter Najee adds his sultry sax sounds to the upbeat and rhythmic “I See You”.  Johnson also collaborates with writer-producer, Robbie McDonald, (responsible for background tracks for Raheem Davaughn) on several stand-out tracks. These powerful tracks combined with Johnson’s masterful cover of Michael Jackson’s “This Place Hotel” (first single off CD) and his funky turn on the CD opener, “Chillaxin”, will no doubt wow Johnson’s loyal fans and earn Johnson yet another appearance on the Billboard charts.


CHILLAXIN

Keith Sweat is the undisputed King of New Jack Swing, the hugely popular and influential merging of melodic R&B with hip-hop’s rhythms and production techniques. Signed to Elektra in 1987, the Harlem-born singer/songwriter/producer released his debut album, Make It Last Forever, to instant acclaim and RIAA three-times platinum certification. Highlighted by the #1 R&B/Hip-Hop hit, “I Want Her,” the album reached #1 on Billboard’s “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums” chart – the first of five consecutive albums to do so.

A remarkably prolific artist, Sweat was unstoppable as the ‘90s got underway, dominating the “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles” chart with such #1 singles as “Make You Sweat,” “I’ll Give All My Love To You,” and “Keep It Comin’.” As if all that weren’t enough, Sweat discovered the Atlanta-based vocal quintet Silk, for whom he co-wrote and co-produced “Freak Me,” which hit #1 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” in May 1993.

1996 proved a banner year, with the release of Sweat’s self-titled, four-times platinum-certified fifth album. Keith Sweat saw the vocalist joined by a number of guests, including soul legend Ron Isley and his great friend Gerald Levert, with whom he’d later form the supergroup LSG alongside Johnny Gill. What’s more, the album featured Sweat’s biggest crossover hits to date in the platinum-certified, R&B/Hip-Hop #1s, “Nobody (Feat. Athena Cage)” and “Twisted (Feat. Pretty Russ & Kut Klose).”

With a seemingly inexhaustible flow of fresh songs, Sweat remains among the most popular and productive superstars in modern R&B, his unique style and smooth sound still setting the gold standard for urban contemporary soul.