Track Listing

1. Ryva
2. Surrender To Love
3. Rhythm Of Life
4. Far Away
5. Weather The Storm
6. We feat. Ursula Rucker
7. Stars Edited
8. I Am feat. Jazmine Sullivan
9. Family Song reprise
10. What Happens Now
11. Meant To Be
12. Contentment
13. Spread The Word
14. If I
15. Entertain The Peoplez interlude
16. Don't Wanna Suffer (Carbon Copy)
17. Party's Over feat. Flo Brown and Malik B
18. Freedom
19. Clap Your Hands interlude
20. Rhythm Of Life (King Britt Remix Radio Edit)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61950 in Music
• Released on: 2003-06-02
• Number of discs: 1

CD Description
From Frank Sinatra to Britney Spears, popular music's most visible figures have often represented Western culture's obsession with youth, physical beauty and the pursuit of short-term romance over committed monogamous relationships. Apparently hoping to reverse the trend, with SURRENDER TO LOVE Kindred The Family Soul delivers what may be the first modern mainstream album to so fully, genuinely. and unpretentiously embrace the concept of hearth, home and family. Using a spare, easy-flowing old school soul duet template of the type employed to great effect by Gaye/Terrel, Flack/Hathaway and Labelle/Womack, Aja Graydon and Fatin Dantzler sound less likea revival act than a classic thrift-shop find.
Lest one think that SURRENDER TO LOVE is a warm-and-fuzzy Christian-pop style affirmation of 7th HEAVEN-esque plastic perfection,Kindred The Family Soul isn't afraid to drag out the dirty laundry. Few albums celebrate and examine the completely unglamorous minutiae of daily life in such an affecting and creative manner. An amazingly substantive and accomplished debut, the disc serves as a challenge to all other artists to abandon the Hollywood banalities and get down to the nitty-gritty of making art.

Customer Reviews

Awesome
The words 'the new Jill Scott' are sadly overused to describe pretenders to the throne of one of the most original artists of the decade. While Kindred are not the new Jill Scott, they capture the spirit of her music in way that Angie Stone, Vivian Green et al can't quite manage. From the same Hidden Beach stable, the soulful lyrics, tight backing and jazzy feel combine to make an album of exceptional diversity and quality. More than enough to keep Scott aficionados happy till the release of her new album this autumn...

dont resist!
Kindred is the next big thing coming from Philly. just like Jill Scott, Bilal, Vivien Green or Musiq, this husband and wife duet sing some truly inpired soul. From their everyday life, their experience as a coupe, parents, they give some soulful tracks filled with sincerity and poetry. Backed by an awesome 10 pieces band, Kindred makes the kind of music that makes you want to believe in love again.

Dont resist!!!
Kindred are for sure the next big thing coming from Philly after Jill Scott, Bilal, Musiq or Vivian Green.
I listened to the first song of the album and i just surrendered to the freshness and the soulfulness of the 18 tracks of the album. There's a great deal of positive energy, creativity, warmth, sincerity in this opus.
The husband-and-wife duo, Fatin Dantzler and Aja Graydon, offer a journey in their everyday life as a couple and ordinary people. The lyrics are full of poetry and honesty, the voices incredibely soulful and they are supported by an admirable 10 pieces band. Surrender to Love is that kind of music that makes the weight of life seem lighter...