Track Listing 1. Intro 2. Du & Jah 3. Looking For Love 4. Interlude: Answering Machine 5. Let It Go - (featuring Castro) 6. Could It Be - (remix) 7. Ghetto Love 8. Happiness 9. Interlude: Jah's Seed 10. Lil' Nigga Ain't Mine - (featuring Castro/Duganz/Precise) 11. Finders Keepers - (featuring Lil' Mo) 12. Just in Case 13. Heaven in My Eyes 14. Anything - (featuring Next) 15. Waitin' on You - (featuring Miss Jones) 16. Remarkable - (featuring Terry Dexter) 17. Ready, Willing & Able 18. Love Is Still Here 19. Forever 20. For Moms 21. Could It Be - (Anything You Want remix)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Castro, Duganz, Lil' Mo, Lil'Mo, Miss Jones, Next, Precise, Terry Dexter | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Jaheim Hoagland (vocals); Miss Jones, Next, Terry Dexter (vocals); Duganz, Castro, Precise, Lil' Mo (rap vocals); Pup Dog, Adam Kudzin (guitar); Carlton Upton, Darren Lighty, Chris Joe (keyboards); Ian Martin, Isaac Vere (bass); E-Ballad, Balewa Mahammed, Yummy, Shaquana Elam, Delvis Damon, R.L. Huggar, Tina Jenkins, Cliff Lighty, Vernell Sales (background vocals). Producers include: Kaygee, Eric Williams, Eugene Hanes Jr., Darren Lighty, Wesley Hogges. Engineers include: Adam Kudzin, Ken Johnston, Wesley Hogges. Though R&B pinup boy Jaheim's artistic focus is on life in the ghetto, he doesn't fall in line with the confrontational hip-hoppers who revel in the difficulties, violence, and harshness of urban life. Instead, as the album's title suggests, he focuses on the romance that blossoms even on the mean streets. GHETTO LOVE roams smoothly from the sultry slow jam of "Looking for Love" to the '70s-style funk backing and forceful beat of "Let it Go" and the hip-hop-oriented "Li'l Nigga Ain't Mine," which revisits the theme examined in Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Jaheim is assisted on his debut album by some talented friends, including Castro, Miss Jones, and Terry Dexter, but it's his own way with a melody and knack for balancing street-cred hip-hop with heartfelt soul that are the most memorable elements on this disc.
Editorial Reviews 5 out of 5 - ...Wow! This guy is certainly raising dancefloor dust and causing quite a stir in the disposable world of modern r&b....his respect for musical heritage has paid off... Muzik (05/01/2001)
3 stars out of 5 - ...While his blend of soul, R&B and hip hop may not be unusual, [his] classy, old-school soul delivery is....a slick debut of windows-wound-down urban cuts... Q (05/01/2001)
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