It’s hard to actually even listen to the album without believing that what husband and wife, Fatin and Aja, are singing about only exist in some Utopian world stuck behind a wooden armoire.
More importantly the music sounds like your parent’s music—a time when only real instruments produced music. Kindred The Family Soul is a deeply intertwined strangely talented duo.
The first single, “Can’t Help It,” warms you up and let’s you know that the love Kindred gets down with is for real not a smothering of intercourse or lacks chemistry and struggle.
“Pressure” is terribly honest about the inner happenings about a relationship: bottled up emotions, unclear intentions, and losing your temper and taking it too far.
“The Love We Share” and “No Limit” are the ultimate ovation to love. These two tracks are the perfect testaments of commitment.
Chicago-born spoken word poet, Malik Yusef, brings poetic interlude and finale to Philly’s beautiful couple love movement. You can add this album to love songs appropriate for weddings. And that’s not by far meant as an insult.
Other worthy songs are “Set Free” and “Hey.” Notice that I have basically given a shout-out to the entire album
Show them some love and make sure you play it on a Sunday morning.
November 5, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I love their songs “Far Away From Here” and “Stars”…on my comcast R&B Soul radio channel they play the “Houseof Love ” single alot…their voices are so beautiful…the harmonies go well together….I know that they are from Philly…good friends of Jill Scott…from what I hear, the dude went to school with Boyz II Men…has written songs for Musiq, Jill Scott, Boyz II Men, and New Edition…the female sung background for Jill Scott and the Roots…they are a part of the Soulquarian family…they record at Jazzy Jeff’s “A Touch of Jazz ” studio…from the picture, I can see ..they lost some weight….changed the hairstyles up…dude cut off his beard..they look nothing like the cover of their last album…I might have to check this out…never bought a whole album from them…it’s good music for chilling…sipping wine and burning incense with a lingerie fashion show in the living room going on…ya know!!!
November 6, 2008 at 7:55 am
Great review!!!!!!!!
November 6, 2008 at 9:26 am
yesssssss…..
December 14, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Wiw!! It’s like that? I aint madatcha ‘cuz u left NOTHING out, except some shrimp appetizers & chocolate covered strawberries…. I am down with you on that! Especially since we just celebrated 19 years of marriage…faithfully!!