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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Carl Thomas ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: Let's Talk About It ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Bad Boy ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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▄▄▀▀ ▄██████▀ RIPPER: Team RNS ▀██████▄
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▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 1hr 5min total- 92.5mb ██████▀
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█▓ ▀▀██▄ ▀██▄ RELEASE DATE: 2004-03-23 ██▀
▀▓▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▓▄ RIP DATE: 2004-03-28 ▄██▌
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▀▀███████▀ track list ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Let's Talk About It (Interlude)3:38 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Anything 4:00 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 My First Love 4:04 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 She Is (featuring LL Cool J) 4:17 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 Know It's Alright (Interlude) 2:19 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 Make It Alright 4:48 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 The Baby Maker 5:03 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 08 Dreamer 4:19 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 09 A Promise 4:22 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ 10 But Me 3:36 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 11 All You've Given 4:23 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ 12 All My Love (Interlude) 1:56 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ 13 Let Me Know 5:36 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ 14 Rebound 6:47 ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ 15 That's What You Are (Interlude)2:19 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 16 Work It Out 4:22 ▓█▌ █████▌
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ release notes ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ As requested in VBR. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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▀▀███▀▄█████▀ After spending the last three years of his ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ career traveling to towns big and small, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ meeting with and performing for people ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ of all sorts, Carl Thomas has taken ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ some profound social notes. "In the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ years since my last album, Emotional, ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ there's been a lot of serious things ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ happening in the world and I don't think ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ people feel as safe as they once did," ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ the R&B singer postulates. "People have ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ lost a sense of security. So what I'm ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ trying to do is get back to the business ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ of feel good music." But by "feel ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ good," Carl means to strike people ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ much deeper than merely on the surface; ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ no, what the passionate crooner seeks to ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ do this time with his new Bad Boy Records ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ CD, Lets Talk About It is massage souls. ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ He believes that music, like the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ variety of sultry and surprisingly ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ upbeat soul found on Lets Talk About It, ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ will serve to free folk from the weight ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ of anxiety and tension they face. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Undoubtedly, many real Carl Thomas fans ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ may find themselves doing just that, ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ once they embrace the understanding ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ passion of "Make It Alright" or the ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ gentle, acoustic guitar glide of "Let ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Me Know." Unlike the last go round, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Carl has been able to put his production ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ talent to work on Lets Talk About It, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ the results are nothing short of ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ magnetic. And his honesty as a ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ songwriter who focuses on themes of ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ love is transformative. ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ We all have a higher and lower nature. ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ And so I'm trying with this music to ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ reflect my higher. I'm not going to ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ pretend that I've only sat on one side of ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ the fence." This time there is such a ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ personal effect from Carl's songwriting ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ and production that a few listens draw ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ one in so close you feel as though you ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ can reach out and touch him. Along with ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ members of his newly founded production ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ team Thom Tunes, (Elijah Veto Harris & ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Milton Thornton), Carl produced and ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ co-wrote half of the CD including the ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ sensual "Baby Maker" and "Dreamer," a ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ pretty self-reflection filled with ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ poetry. I used to love to dream out ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ loud/stand in the middle of an open ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ crowd/ and everybody would see me/ but ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ I was just a little project child? Lets ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Talk About It also includes production by ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ The Hit Men (P. Diddy, Mario Yellow Man ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Winans & Deric D-Dot Angeletti) and ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Mike City. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Until this song, it was hard to imagine ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Carl as the Chicago-born man-child ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ destined to reshape R&B, but this kind ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ of writing proves his depth and ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ colorful vision. "These songs were the ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ ones I just had to get off my chest," ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Carl acknowledges. "And it was really ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ very different to take complete ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ responsibility of them. It wasn't just ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ about going into a booth. I had to nurture ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ these." ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ In fact, nurturing is second nature to ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Carl who now has a 4-year-old son. And ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ it is this passionate relationship with ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ his child, that has propelled his music ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ to even greater heights. Carl has always ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ been a thoughtful musician, yet ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ fatherhood has sparked even deeper ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ feelings, thoughts that have forced him to ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ challenge the urban music status quo. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ "What's wrong with talking about things ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ that affect the world and how it ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ connects to music? Nothing." Carl ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ affirms. "The way things are have little ▀█████████
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