I Get Around

Performer: K'Jon
Artist: Quest M.C.O.D.Y.; Lee England, Jr.; Augustine Alvarez; Lady Te; Steven The General
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Photographer: Christian Lantry. When K'Jon languorously croons "I'm finally gettin' around" on the title track of his 2009 debut slab I GET AROUND, he's putting it lightly. Like Anthony Hamilton and so many others before him, the years of hustle pour out in the singer's impassioned voice, and when he intones the near-cliche "I just want you so bad/it just seems so real" in the intro to the torch song "On The Ocean," there's a hunger behind his words of desire giving them power. An otherworldly `70s vibe pours out of K'Jon on the first half of I GET AROUND, a late-night AM radio tenor of passion and seduction and sex and discarded liquor bottles. His dabbles in the present are less fantastic, but he brings the past and present on "On Everything," a spare track which mixes a sinister, slightly chopped & screwed beat with a beautiful piano hook, and the perfect bedroom-eyed vocals, buoyed by the requisite guest rap (this time by Seven the General). K'Jon at his best combines the sensual prowess of Barry White with the sadness-in-struggle of Bill Withers, dropping a dash of deep soul into the heart of the auto-tune generation.

Billboard (p.28) - "Long-hustling Motor City native K'Jon makes no attempt to conceal the considerable legwork he's put into earning his major-label debut....He's definitely a man who knows his mood."

Detroit-based singer and songwriter K'Jon came to prominence via the airwaves of his city in 2001 with "My Shorty." This modest hometown success led to a spot on the soundtrack for the movie 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, with the laid-back and Latin-flavored "Miami." K'Jon collaborated with several artists on Ludacris's Disturbing tha Peace label, including Shareefa, for whom he co-wrote three tracks on the 2006 album POINT OF NO RETURN. At the same time, he was continuing to build his reputation as a solo artist. "Yes Sir" repeated his Detroit radio success and preceded his debut album, the independently released THIS IS ME. THE BALLROOM XPLOSION, another independent disc, followed in 2007, with the breakout hit "On the Ocean," which paved the way for a major label deal and by the end of the decade he'd risen to R&B hitmaker.

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