Lyfe 268-192: Special Edition (EXPLICIT) (CD)

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• Release Date: December 13, 2005
• Label: Columbia (USA)
• UPC: 828767699523
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105914205
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #48318 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #2772 in R&B (See Top 100 R&B Bestsellers)
• #511 in General/R&B (See Top 100 General/R&B Bestsellers)

Personnel: Lyfe Jennings (vocals); Chester Jennings (spoken vocals); Taurus Kinch (guitar).

Recording information: Sony Music Studios, New York, New York (2004 - 2005).

A prison stint gave Chester "Lyfe" Jennings time to write songs about the kind of everyday complexities that are far from the prevalent "bling-bling" hip-hop lifestyle. Jennings keeps the idea of past mistakes right up front by recycling his assigned prison number for the album title LYFE 268-192. The Toledo, Ohio, native uses spoken-word interludes in between hip-hop/soul songs that touch on child-support issues ("Greedy"), street-life survival ("Stick Up Kid"), and finding solace in the Lord ("Made Up My Mind"). Rich, Quiet Storm-flavored grooves dominate these arrangements, and, with a pliable vocal style that falls somewhere between Al Green and Marvin Gaye, the former choirboy readily impresses.

When Jennings isn't pondering whether he should get involved with a mom raising babies ("She Got Kids"), he's hashing out infidelity issues with a lover who might have gotten pregnant ("Hypothetically"). Further bridging the gap between old- and new-school R&B is Jennings's sample of the Four Tops' "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)" for the uplifting "Smile." LYFE 268-192 is a promising debut from a huge talent who seems well on the road to the redemption he seeks.

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