Product Description

Meet the nu-soul--same as the old soul? Well, Dwele's debutcertainly contains similarities to old-school artists such as Donny Hathaway and of course Stevie Wonder--all the evidence you need to connect the dots is here in the shimmering Fender Rhodes piano that predominates on SUBJECT.
But Dwele is made of more contemporary stuff. He's a rapper who's found his singing voice, though the only time his hip-hop roots really show is in the tumbling lyrics to the coming-of-agesong "Twuneanunda" and the title track. Mostly he's a smoothly sophisticated singer with a canny sense of what works inan arrangement, and while he obviously has deep ties to what is now ancient R&B history, his sound is undeniably modern, and irresistibly seductive. Most of the cuts on SUBJECT are down-tempo, though the incidence of satin sheet-oriented boudoir ballads is kept to a surprising minimum. He's a more thoughtful lyricist than that, as evidenced by the nuanced, humorous "Lady at Mahogany", about a tryst gone awry, in which he shows he's not averse to telling tales on himself. SUBJECT is both light enough in feel and accomplished enough inexecution to leave you hungry for more.

Track Listing

1. Poppa yo (intro)
2. Truth
3. Find a way
4. Twuneanunda (Possible)
5. ANGEL (interlude)
6. Day at a time
7. Subject
8. Sho ya right
9. Money don't mean a thing
10. Hold on
11. Kick out of you
12. Without you
13. Whoomp (interlude)
14. Lady at Mahogany
15. Let your hair down

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23872 in Music
• Released on: 2003-05-19
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

this truely grows on you...... honest
I raved about maxwell slightly before i bought this album. I listen to this all the time and i think its great. I take this cd with me into my workshop for some smooth afternoon grooves and it then comes with me into the car for some more chillin... i really must get an MP3 player! I had to give this time to get with it because to start with i thought it was rubbish but the grooves are very infectous and he has a great smooth voice, a truely soulful talent with a different approach, definately worth a look if you love to get your groove on.

better & better
i first heard dwele on slum village's tainted,which made me want to hear more of the same.I Picked up the second album,loved it and thought i need more of the same.so i thought let me get his first album "subject",from the moment i heard the baseline on track one "poppa yo(intro)"i was hooked,this cd is sooo good.Dwele does not limit himself,he flows from hip hop through to jazz effortlessly,if you are reading this review,its likley that you like this style of music anyway,if you do add this to your colection and enjoy.

Dwele - Subject
What a fantastic album.. don't think there is one song I don't like.. really varied and what a smooth and sexy voice he has!!

Highly recommend