Anatomy of a Love Song

by Kenny Lattimore

Overview

Ten of the 14 songs on Anatomy of a Love Song were available in early 2013 as Back 2 Cool, an album that made its way to very few attentive fans. "Find a Way," written with Raheem DeVaughn, debuted as early as June 2012, yet it sounds fresh in 2015 and represents the makeup of Kenny Lattimore's sixth solo album. The singer is at his best when he cooks up modern smooth soul that evokes late-night, late-'70s/early-'80s R&B radio programming; a cover of a ballad written by the likes of Skip Scarborough or Leon Ware could have been inconspicuously slipped into the sequence. A few cuts -- such as "You Have My Heart," "You're My Girl," and "Still Good" -- are among Lattimore's career best, and there's a knockout duet with Lalah Hathaway in the form of "Nothing Like You." Among the newer songs, the top standout is "Love Me Back," a Bobby Womack-quoting smooth groove that ends up somewhere between Keni Burke's "Risin' to the Top" and Donell Jones' "Spend the Night." It sounds as if Lattimore felt absolutely no pressure in delivering his first widely released solo album of original material in 14 years. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	04/14/2015
Label:	Eone
UPC:	0099923948728
Rank:	98143

Tracks

1. Love Me Back
2. Remix This Heart
3. Heart Stops
4. Still Good
5. Find a Way
6. You Have My Heart
7. Nothing Like You
8. You're My Girl
9. Look of Love
10. What Must I Do
11. Blood, Sweat & Tears
12. Back 2 Cool
13. Built to Last
14. Beautiful Nowheres

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kenny Lattimore   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Mary Brown   Vocals (Background)
Raheem DeVaughn   Vocals (Background)
Lance Tolbert   Piano
Kay Ta Matsuno   Guitar
Brandon Hines   Vocals (Background)
Damon "DJ" Parker   Vocals (Background)
Will Wu   Guitar
Natalie "Tatum" Lakamp   Vocals (Background)
Edwin Carranza   Bass
Devron Patterson   Wurlitzer,Fender Rhodes,Piano (Grand)
Kelly Price   Vocals (Background)
Matt Cappy   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Lalah Hathaway   Vocals (Background)
Vidal Davis   Drums
Jeff Bradshaw   Trombone
Yameen Allworld   Vocals
Allen Irvin   Vocals (Background)
Wayne Moore   Bass
Leonard "E-Flat" Stephens   Guitar,Keyboards
Kharisna McIlwaine   Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Wallstreet   Vocals
Jairus Mozee   Bass,Piano,Guitar
Dra-Kkar Wesley   Vocals (Background)
Peter Lee Johnson   Strings
John Whitt   Keyboards
Brook Alexander   Drums

Technical Credits

J.R. Hutson   Engineer,Musician,Producer,Executive Producer,Additional Production
Lauren Evans   Composer
Mike Lloyd   Vocal Arrangement
Mary Brown   Arranger,Composer,Vocal Producer
Raheem DeVaughn   Composer
Lance Tolbert   Composer,Producer
Brandon Hines   Composer
Courtney Peebles   Composer
Rich King   Composer
Lee Hutson, Jr.   Composer
Sean Tallman   Mixing
Carvin Haggins   Composer,Engineer
Raymond Shondale "Shonny B Mack" Hinton   Composer,Musician,Producer
Ivan Latimore   Composer
Wreh Jalla   Composer,Musician,Producer
Trevis Harris   Composer
Natasha Terrel   Arranger,Composer
Jennah Hughes Taylor   Composer
Edwin Carranza   Engineer,String Arrangements
Devron Patterson   Composer
Damon Parker   Composer
Crown "the King" Collins   Mixing
Andre Harris   Composer
Kenny Lattimore   Composer,Executive Producer
Ivan Barias   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Musician,Producer
Jamar Jones   Composer
Lalah Hathaway   Duet,Composer
Carvin "Ransum" Haggins   Producer
Emmanuel Lambert   Composer
Vidal Davis   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Bass Engineer
Jeff Bradshaw   Horn Arrangements
Erick Labson   Mastering
Rico Love   Composer
Johnny Smith   Composer
Jamal McCoy   Composer,Engineer,Musician,Producer
Allen Irvin   Engineer
Paul Grosso   Creative Director
Harry Wilson   Composer
Comissioner Gordon   Mixing
Eric Rousseau   Composer,Engineer
Curt Chambers   Composer,Musician
Nicholas Baker   Composer,Musician,Producer
Antoine Harris   Composer
Vince Lorenz   Drum Engineering
Tiwa Savage   Composer
Sean Marlowe   Design,Art Direction
Robert Thomas   Composer
Courtney "J.R." Peebles   Engineer,Musician,Producer
Jairus Mozee   Composer
Darek Cobbs   Engineer,String Arrangements
Dra-Kkar Wesley   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Meg Todd   Production Coordination
Leonard Stevens   Composer