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The Truth (CD)

By: Aaron Hall (Artist)

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DISC 1 for The Truth (CD) Album By Aaron Hall (Artist)
1   Prologue
2   Do Anything
3   Open Up
4   Get A Little Freaky With Me
5   Pick Up The Phone
6   Don't Be Afraid - (jazz you up version)
7   Until I Found You
8   You Keep Me From Crying (Interlude)
9   Don't Be Afraid (Introduction)
10   Don't Be Afraid - (sex you down some mo' version)
11   Let's Make Love
12   When You Need Me
13   I Miss You
14   Until The End Of Time
15   Epilogue
 

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Review

Vibe (10/93, p.108) - "...[Hall's] a love man all right--Freddie [Jackson] and Luther [Vandross] just don't have a chance...the rhythm section, tight and broad, gets funky when that's appropriate, and on the ballads, which make up a good part of the album, everything's silky and lush..."

Title Note

Personnel: Aaron Hall III (vocals, piano, keyboards, programming, sequencing); Vassal Benford, Hank Shocklee, Gary G-Wiz, Floyd F. Fisher (various instruments); Reginald Woods (saxophone); Laney Stewart, Sean "Sep" Hall (keyboards, programming, sequencing); Chris "Tricky" Stewart (keyboards, sequencing); Randy Waldman, Don Wyatt (keyboards); Freddie Washington (bass); Curtis Bisquera (drums); Ronald Spearman (percussion); Gregory Cauthen (programming, sequencing); Aaron Arce (programming); Mark "Triple" Olson (scratches); Hershel Boone, Sue Ann Carwell, Cynthia Harrell-Vaughns (background vocals).

Additional personnel: Paul Payden, Jade (vocals); Gerald Albright (saxophone); Kip Collins (programming).

Producers: Hank Shocklee, Gary G-Wiz, Laney Stewart, Vassal Benford, Gregory Cauthen.

Engineers include: Kevin Thomas, Jean-Marie Horvat, Dave Reitazas.

Principally recorded at G.A. Recording Inc., Evanston, Illinois; Soundcastle and Post Complex, Los Angeles, California; Oasis Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California.

Former Guy lead singer Aaron Hall may provide the powerful vocals, smooth raps and most of the songwriting on THE TRUTH, but it is his collaborations with Vassal Benford that make up the core of Hall's first solo album. The songs co-written by Benford (who also produced, arranged and played most of the instruments on these tracks) are definitely the standouts on this contemporary R&B, hip-hop-styled release. The Vassal-produced opening cut, for instance, has a funky, punchy synth-bass groove, over which Hall wails and raps in fine form. "You Keep Me Crying" features some inventive production techniques by Benford, who uses a thundering bass to dramatically swoop down on an otherwise gentle ballad.

At it's sharpest, THE TRUTH shows off a hip-hop artist who knows his way around a musically smooth vocal style. In fact, Hall has a strong gospel influence in his delivery, even if most of the lyrics are quite secular. The songs are of a mostly sexual nature. Hall's troubles with, and desires toward his "girl," "baby," "honey," "lady" and "nasty girl," are the album's underlying themes.

Guy's brand of new jack swing can be recognized across all of THE TRUTH's beat-rich tracks. But Hall's church-reared, throaty vocals, delivered in a snarling swagger reminiscent of Cameo's Larry Blackmon, help revive and update the sound without the assistance of that band's studio savant Teddy Riley.

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