★★★★★
Picture it: Dallas, TX, early spring in the year 2000. Hip-hop legend and part-time turntablist-extraordinaire Biz Markie was flexing on the ones and twos, announcing to a hyped crowd that he was about to drop some new music from the Bad Boy label by a Chi-Town artist named Carl Thomas. I took it as my cue to make hit the powder room, turned to leave.....and couldn't...
- www.soultracks.com
2011-12-19
★★★★★
Four years after releasing "So Much Better," Carl Thomas returns with his aptly entitled fourth album, "Conquer." Instead of his usual slow singing style, Thomas serves up a more uptempo record with 10 tracks showing off a new found flair that brings him back to life. The album opener "The Night is Yours" sets the mood for the record: It's a fun, upbeat song that'll have you nodding your head with approval. This refreshing new style continues on track two with "Long Distant Love Affair...
- www.boston.com
2011-12-13
★★★★★
No text for this review; see http://robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
The new-soul movement has splintered almost neatly into two camps: the renegades (MeShell Ndegeocello, Rachid) and the neoclassicists (Angie Stone, Olu). Carl Thomas falls into the latter category with a casual and confident elegance. His liner notes list Nat "King" Cole as an influence; you can clearly hear the late master's smooth phrasing echoed in Thomas' delivery...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
If Mr. Thomas appears to be a little older than your average solo debut R&B artist it's because he's been around for a while. A native of Chicago, Thomas was originally part of The Formula (Epic Records), and has appeared on releases by the likes of labelmate Black Rob ("Jasmine"), Tash ("The Game"), and Drea ("Got Ya Back"). However, my first recollection of him was when he sang the refrain to Marvin's "If I Should Die Tonight" on Puffy's 1997 debut...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
If Mr. Thomas appears to be a little older than your average solo debut R&B artist it's because he's been around for a while. A native of Chicago, Thomas was originally part of The Formula (Epic Records), and has appeared on releases by the likes of labelmate Black Rob ("Jasmine"), Tash ("The Game"), and Drea ("Got Ya Back"). However, my first recollection of him was when he sang the refrain to Marvin's "If I Should Die Tonight" on Puffy's 1997 debut...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-08-03
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