★★★★★
Little Kevin signed with Atlantic last autumn and has scored a huge worldwide smash with Turn Me On (recorded in a local studio on the island of St. Vincent), deservedly the biggest soca hit to emerge from the Caribbean in 20 years. Like the rest of this refreshing album, the song is a perfect, timely digital pop fusion of traditional soca, American R'n'B and dancehall, layered with Lyttle's exquisite vocals...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Here comes Big Kev and his soca-infused hip-hop, Jamaican dance-hall and R 'n' B. Did you know that his first single (and big international hit) Turn Me On has eight writing credits? Closer inspection reveals that Kevin and a pal actually wrote the song based on All My Love, which was written by six others. Still, I can just imagine a conference table filled with angry musos ("that E Flat should be an E", "no way, definitely C Sharp", "Dammit, y'all never listen to me, I'm outta here")...
- www.musicomh.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
The travel bureau of St. Vincent -- the island soca singer Kevin Lyttle hails from -- claims their paradise has "More Fun! More Flair! More Fantasy!" Same could be said of Kevin Lyttle's debut; just put a couple extra exclamation points after "Fantasy." Lyttle's breezy and dreamy voice supplies the flair, lilting lightly over a musical background that is as sparkling as it is limited...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27