from the Root.com
Eric Benet and Kenny Lattimore have returned just in time to save R&B from the children.
Music for Grown Folk
by Mark Anthony Neal | TheRoot.com
Sept. 30, 2008--More than a decade after their solo debuts, Eric Benet and Kenny Lattimore have managed to survive a recording industry hopelessly invested in the whims of young listeners and the apparent pursuit of ringtone sales. Years before "grown and sexy" became a marketing scheme to sell music to 30-somethings, Benet and Lattimore both made music for grown folk. Though neither became a recognizable star on the level of some of their peers such as R. Kelly and Maxwell, each has nevertheless had a solid, if not stellar, career. As much of contemporary R&B harks back to a distant past—if we are to listen to the likes of Solange and Raphael Saadiq—it is fitting that Benet and Lattimore are also looking back on their new recordings, Benet's Love & Life and Lattimore's Timeless.
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