★★★★★
Possessing a sonorous, sexy baritone that keeps the ladies happy and enough street swag to remain cool with the fellas, Jaheim Hoagland has made a successful career by melding the two and becoming a successful singer and songwriter, responsible for four back-to-back hit CDs that contain some of the last decade's most celebrated urban love anthems: "Could It Be," "Put That Woman First," Everytime I Think About Her" and "Never," to name a few...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Jaheim's third album 'Ghetto Classics' has already struck a big chord in the US and there seems no logical reason why the success should not translate this side of the pond. Hailing from New Jersey Jaheim Hoagland is expert at producing a hip-hop soul that's so smooth you could skate on it. Oozing the sort of sex appeal that gets women instantly moist it will no doubt be played upstairs rather than downstairs...
- www.music-news.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
In an R & B field crowded with preening overemoters, Jaheim is a master of the smaller gesture: the subtle love man. That knack for understatement sets apart his third album, which debuted at No. 1; it's also his problem. These 11 new songs surround his baritone with a nimbus of strings, wind chimes and organ fanfares, a lush '70s sound spiced with samples and the occasional guest rap. (Jadakiss adds wit and grit to the single "Everytime I Think About Her...
- www.blender.com
2010-08-22
★★★★★
"Special Day" is just one of the tracks where New Jersey's Jaheim perfects an audacious match of R&B ancient and modern: his high, grainy voice slides from church supplication to soul abandon, bathed in strings, harmonies and brass, the singing, playing and arranging as lush and heartfelt as any jukebox favourite, even as they bounce in a subtly digital mix...
- www.uncut.co.uk
2010-06-19
★★★★★
As they say it's a game of two halves. Twenty two year old New Jerseyite Jaheim plays a blinder on the first half of this 21 track album, knocking out his single 'Could It Be' with a distinctive deep voiced aplomb and dealing out raw lyrics guaranteed to make the average parent jump. The soul singer has been well nurtured by Kay Gee of Naughty By Nature since an early age and of his gravely singing talents there can be no doubts...
- uk.launch.yahoo.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
Fans of the late Teddy Pendergrass would do well to check out the latest from Jaheim, whose style recalls Pendergrass' growly sensitivity. Another Round's charms take time to unspool, but like an experienced lover, he knows that the journey is as important as the destination, so he never stints on the fine-grain detail. "Girl, your kiss is just like caramel," he sings on "Closer." "Smooth like ice cream straight from Carvel."
- ew.com
2010-02-18
★★★★★
Jaheim's new soulful record, his fifth, shows off his mature vocal styling that harkens back to classic R&B while still sounding thoroughly contemporary. This is a very solid set that places its emphasis on the vocalist's smooth, rich tone and effortless phrasing. At 32, Jaheim is smart enough to know that he can't play the horn-dog role so many of his peers pretend to inhabit, so "Another Round'' is about relationships without the usual gratuitous sexcapade descriptiveness...
- www.boston.com
2010-02-18
★★★★★
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- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-17
★★★★★
Still Ghetto was Jaheim's second album, following on from his debut, Ghetto Love. On it, he comes across as a street corner angel, singing his heart out amid the issues of inner city living, with a molasses-rich voice that gives him gravitas beyond his years (he was in his early 20s at the time of recording). Born into a musical family, Jaheim had won the Harlem's Apollo Theater's talent contest three times by the time he was 15...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2009-06-12
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