Romantic slow jams are a high priority on this CD, and grooves like Asking Questions, What If Im the One, and Lets Chill (a remake of Guys hit) essentially take the Gap Bands classic Yearning for Your LoveOutstanding vibe and add a big dose of hip-hop.

The onetime Gap Band singer was a major influence on GuyAaron Hall, Keith Sweat, Bell Biv DeVoe, and other new jack swing stars who emerged in the late 80s and early 90s, and it certainly isnt hard to hear Wilsons impact on the 90s and 2000s hits of R.

Kelly. But veteran RB artists who opened doors in the past dont always have doors opened for them as they grow older; most of the RB stars who emerged in the 70s are lucky to be recording for small indie labels in the 21st century, let alone a major label like Jive.

But recording for Jive is exactly what Wilson does on 2005s Charlie, Last Name Wilson, which finds him collaborating with none other than R.

Kelly. In addition to serving as executive producer, Kelly wrote, produced, and arranged three songs: Magic, the title track, and the Stevie Wonder-ish No Words.

Kelly didnt produce the entire album -- the Platinum Brothers, T.

Pain, and several others also help out -- but whoever the producer or writer is on a particular track, the obvious goal was to make Wilson sound contemporary and modern by 2005 standards.

And Wilson sounds perfectly natural alongside guest Snoop Dogg on the angry You Got Nerve and even Justin Timberlake (who has shed some of his more bubblegum tendencies of the past) on the infectious Floatin.

In other words, Wilson does exactly what Kelly, Teddy Riley, Sweat, and so many of his other admirers have been doing all these years.

Charlie, Last Name Wilson isnt in a class with the singers best recordings with the Gap Band, but its a respectable and inspired demonstration of his ability to be relevant to the hip-hop-drenched urban contemporary scene of 2005.

Kelly, Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer - Andy Gallas, Engineer - Ian Mereness, Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Programmer - Jason Mlodzinski, Assistant Engineer, Engineer - Nathan Wheeler, Assistant Engineer, Engineer - Steve Bearsley, Assistant Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer.

Kelly, Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Steve Bearsley, Recording Engineer - Andy Gallas, Recording Engineer - Ian Mereness, Mixing Engineer, Programmer, Recording Engineer - Jason Mlodzinski, Assistant Engineer - Nathan Wheeler, Assistant Engineer - Herbie Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer.

Belle, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Chesser, Composer, Lyricist - Adam Gibbs, Composer, Lyricist - K.

Riley, Composer, Lyricist - Keith Sweat, Composer, Lyricist - The Platinum Brothers, Engineer, Producer, Vocal Arranger - Larry Rock Campbell, Producer - Sean Tallman, Engineer - Kevin KD Davis, Mixing Engineer.

Adams, Composer, Lyricist - This song contains a portion of the composition of Over Like A Fat Rat written by Leroy Burgess, James Calloway Aaron Davenport - The Jaw Breakers, Producer - Ethan Willoughby, Engineer - Tony Maserati, Mixing Engineer.

Gist, Composer, Lyricist - Shanell Irving, Composer, Lyricist - Nastacia Kendall, Composer, Lyricist - E.

Oliphant, Composer, Lyricist - Tony Black, Composer, Lyricist - Rob Herrera, Engineer - Sean Tallman, Engineer - Kevin KD Davis, Mixing Engineer - Eritza Laues.

Wilson, Composer, Lyricist - Larry Rock Campbell, Assistant Engineer - Kevin KD Davis, Mixing Engineer - Sean Tallman, Engineer - Larry Gold, Arranger, Engineer - R.

Kelly, Executive Producer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer - Young Dude, Engineer.

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