Sketches Of A Man [Explicit]

Everytime I listen to this CD, I end up with a new favorite song! This CD is a wonderful mix of neo soul, funk, and R&B. VERY rhytmic and creative.

One thing I really like about Dwele's songs is he tends to vary the mood/tone during each song, making each song interesting. A song may start funky and get super mellow half-way through. The harmonies are on point!

"Brandi" was a real nice surprise, with a very east coast, "Digable Planets" feel to it. His falseto of "Open Your Eyes" is BEAUTIFUL! I spun that track about 30 times. A lot of the tracks are upbeat, but still smooth. His interludes are on POINT too as usual, not just track fillers.

I could go on and on about the tracks on this CD, but you'll have to hear it for yourself. As any Dwele fan will tell you, you can't get the "effect" of a Dwele song from a 30 second clip...

Now I love me some Dwele; I loved "Subject" because it was down to earth, had some jams and some uniqueness to it. I love "Some Kinda" not only because it played like a move with the segue-ways and the background effects (voices, traffic noise) but it was smooth and a chill record. Both records had structure and were both different from one another. I read the reviews for this album before I got to it, and some people seem to be overly eager to give it 5 stars; I'm not there.
I listened to it and tried to get into it, but I couldn't. I give Dwele alot of respect for being true to his craft and himself and his vocals are never questionable.
For one thing, the album is way too long given that most of the tracks are less than 2 minutes long, I wasn't really sure where he was going with this album. The last album it was about the club, he went to the club, ran into a girl he was feeling, took her home, played her some instrumental music he was working on, phone rang, the other girl called him, he serenaded her, got caught, and by the 6 or 7th track, he was on his knees begging. With this album, people praise him for his experimental take on the album which is pretty good but there is a fine line between experimental and laziness. After two solid albums, I was expecting a bit more solid tracks. When I heard he did a remake of "Open Your Eyes", I got excited. But when I heard it, it didn't really move me to push Repeat after I heard it. The material pretty much ran together, nothing really popped out at me but it was another chill record which I like the most but perhaps it was tooooo chill, tooo relaxed.

Dwele is one of the most talented and underrated artists out there. I eagerly awaited the release of "Sketches of a Man." Initially, I though it wasn't as great as the previous two. I was wrong. One of the reasons I initially missed how awesome this CD is was because I kept listening to "Working On It," "Brandi," "Cheating" and "If You Want To." Once I listened all the way through I realized how great this CD is. Dwele's voice is amazing, his lyrics are so smart and with regard to relationships, he's mature beyond his years. I truly hope that he gets the recognition he deserves. Buy this CD!

I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT DWELE THAT CAUSES HIM NOT TO GET MUCH PROMOTION BUT HE IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE NEO SOUL ARTIST!! HIS CD'S JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER!! THIS ONE IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE!! I LOVE THE LIVE SAMPLING OF J-DILLA HE DID!! EVEN IN DEATH HE IS STILL A LEGEND IN THIS GAME!! I LOVE DWELE AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT HE CONTINUES TO PUSH FORWARD!!! LOVE THE HORNS!!!

This is the best of his 3 releases, hands down. Album of the year.