After 7

Very Best Of

Born To Sing

Review Score:

(10/10)
I've listened to this group since 1989, when they first came out, and I've seen them live twice. The group has La Face roots with Kevon and Melvin, who are brothers of Kenneth Edmonds and Keith Mitchell, who is Antonio Reid's cousin.

Hands down, the best sounding R&B group around. They always struck me as geared more toward older listeners, but these guys were just born to sing. Very polished, very soulful, with great vocal range.

Kevon is probably the best singer of the group, with his very crystal clear tone and never seems to hit a falsetto even when hitting the really high notes.

I agree with one of the earlier commentators that it's probably too early for their best of album. However, seeing that Keith Mitchell has left the group and Kevon has had his own solo debut, the likelihood of them touring together in the future is pretty unlikely.

Their top hit is "Ready or Not", which was on their debut album. To this day, it's probably their best song to date. It seems like all the songs written by Babyface tend to be their better efforts. "Baby, I'm for Real" is also another great song, from their second album. Also, "Not Enough Hours in the NIght", "Can He Love You Like This", "Gonna Love You Right" and "Til You Do Me Right" round out their other hits.

However, where's "Truly Something Special" and "How Do You Tell the One"?

Their slow songs definitely tend to be better their upbeat songs, although "Heat of the Moment" and "Can't Stop" are pretty good. Also, "Nights Like This", which was from the movie soundtrack, "The Five Heartbeats", is also pretty good with it's 50s Motown group vibe.

Overall a great album, however, it's disappointing that this group never got the recognition or airplay it deserved.

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