Ghetto Love

Personnel includes: Jaheim Hoagland (vocals); Miss Jones, Next, Terry Dexter (vocals); Duganz, Castro, Precise, Lil' Mo (rap vocals); Pup Dog, Adam Kudzin (guitar); Carlton Upton, Darren Lighty, Chris Joe (keyboards); Ian Martin, Isaac Vere (bass); E-Ballad, Balewa Mahammed, Yummy, Shaquana Elam, Delvis Damon, R.L. Huggar, Tina Jenkins, Cliff Lighty, Vernell Sales (background vocals).
Producers include: Kaygee, Eric Williams, Eugene Hanes Jr., Darren Lighty, Wesley Hogges.
Engineers include: Adam Kudzin, Ken Johnston, Wesley Hogges.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel includes: Jaheim, Mary J. Blige, Tha Rayne, Duganz, Taquane.
Producers include: No I.D., Xtreme, KayGee, Malik Pendelton, Wesley Hogges.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel includes: Jaheim, Mary J. Blige, Tha Rayne, Duganz, Taquane.
Producers include: No I.D., Xtreme, KayGee, Malik Pendelton, Wesley Hogges.
Though R&B pinup boy Jaheim's artistic focus is on life in the ghetto, he doesn't fall in line with the confrontational hip-hoppers who revel in the difficulties, violence, and harshness of urban life. Instead, as the album's title suggests, he focuses on the romance that blossoms even on the mean streets.
GHETTO LOVE roams smoothly from the sultry slow jam of "Looking for Love" to the '70s-style funk backing and forceful beat of "Let it Go" and the hip-hop-oriented "Li'l Nigga Ain't Mine," which revisits the theme examined in Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Jaheim is assisted on his debut album by some talented friends, including Castro, Miss Jones, and Terry Dexter, but it's his own way with a melody and knack for balancing street-cred hip-hop with heartfelt soul that are the most memorable elements on this disc.