★★★★★
The first thing you have to do is get past the picture. You know, the one where he looks like he's gonna kick your butt. Because behind it is one talented singer who should have a bright future. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina (and a childhood friend of K-Ci and Jo Jo), Richardson grew up on gospel music and classic R&B and those roots shine forth brightly in his music. He made his solo debut in 1999 with Country Boy, helped by K-Ci, Chico DeBarge and Monifah...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
As a solo artist, Calvin "Soul Prince" Richardson has been seducing audiences with his silken Southern soul vocals for 11 years. Over those years, Richardson has cemented his image as a younger, sexier Aaron Neville for adoring Magnolia peaches in the Bible Belt...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Calvin Richardson fancies himself a cowboy. The album abounds with pictures of Richardson topless with his rippling biceps, pierced nipples, and leather cowboy hat, but that's about as country as it gets. There is nary an echo of Cash, Haggard, Cline, Garth Brooks, or even Billy Ray Cyrus anywhere on Country Boy...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
It's doubtful that R&B; will ever have another era as creatively rich as the '60s or '70s. There's too much working against it -- at least in the United States. Between the rigid, extremely tight formats of urban radio and the fact that major labels are so quick to drop artists before they have a chance to develop, modern R&B; is bound to have an abundance of artists who go out of their way to be as generic as possible...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Calvin Richardson fancies himself a cowboy. The album abounds with pictures of Richardson topless with his rippling biceps, pierced nipples, and leather cowboy hat, but that's about as country as it gets. There is nary an echo of Cash, Haggard, Cline, Garth Brooks, or even Billy Ray Cyrus anywhere on Country Boy...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-08-03
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