★★★★★
Right now you're looking at this review and thinking the same thing I did when I first got this press kit: "Isn't Jon B. the R&B singer who did 'R U Still Down' with 2Pac? That's cool but I don't get why Flash is reviewing his shit." If this were the same Jon I could understand the concern (even though we have reviewed R&B albums on rare occasions in the past) but the Jon of this review spells his name with a lowercase "b" and doesn't do any singing whatsoever...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Although there are a couple of mediocre songs scattered across the album, Jon B.'s second album, Cool Relax, is a step forward for the urban soul singer. For much of the time, he's able to create a seductive, sexy fusion of classic soul and rhythmic, swinging '90s hip-hop. That alone makes Cool Relax enjoyable on a surface level, but the moments that really shine are when the music, production, tunes, and songwriting all converge and result in an alluring, romantic, and bracingly modern soul...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Pleasures U Like is Jon B.'s most consistent album to date. A cool, nighttime dance club vibe flows through the album. Not every song is a dance track; there are also a number of appealing ballads. The catchy mid-tempo "Don't Talk" glides along like Donell Jones' "'U Know What's Up." The chugging "Sof'n Sweet" says "Don't just stand there/Break it down." The bass-heavy ballad "Overjoyed" is a duet between the singer and Faith Evans...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Despite the two albums already under his belt (the 1995 debut 'Bonafide' and 1997's 'Cool Relax'), little is known about Jon B apart from the fact that he's R&B's answer to Eminem. Though a lot less successful. Aside from 1997's stomper 'They Don't Know', his mediocre albeit cutting-edge fusion of seductive hip hop soul and gushy R&B, has not left any lasting impact on the genre.
And, frankly, 'Pleasures U Like' is unlikely to bring about any drastic change in Jon's profile...
- nme.com
2008-07-30
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