Jam & Lewis x Babyface - "He Don't Know Nothin' Bout It"

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From Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis' first project as a lead act. Out at midnight.

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Urban AC should eat this up.

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I love it! This should smash at Urban AC.

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"This is one everybody’s been asking for but never thought they’d see," Jam and Lewis said in a statement. "You know Kenny’s voice the second you hear it, and he blessed the track with an incredible performance. It’s been a long time in the making and we cannot wait for everybody to hear it.” The possibility of a collaboration kicked off last fall when Babyface presented the Icon Award to Jam and Lewis at the 2019 Soul Train Awards.

"Working with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis was a beautiful experience. We had a mutual respect for each other’s creativity...So the music came easy and the love just flowed," said Babyface. "We could all use a little more of that today.”

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Enters at #39 Urban AC (116 spins) with one day of airplay.

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Really? This sounds like Babyface track produced by Babyface. I wish they would have looked for some fresh new voices for their project. Babyface sounds so tired and out.

[Rican@]

This give me 90s. Love it!

[Sounds from the Other Side]

This song is cute.

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Competing with Raiche's "Pick A Side" for most added this week at Urban AC. This is currently #2 Taking Off and the second greatest gainer.

[#LisaRinna]

Great production, this is going to smash at UAC.

[Sir Benji]

Lead single from their debut album Jam and Lewis Vol. 1

This is decent. It sounds like typical Babyface.


I'm sure an adds date for UAC is coming shortly

[Edith Puthie]

There's something always-appealing about anything babyface. I like it. That said, I feel like this is 100% Babyface, which isn't what I wanted.

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#1 Taking Off at Urban AC

[bat1990]

Really? My measuring stick of if it sounds like true Jam & Lewis is whether I could hear Janet singing over the beat and production, which I absolutely can.

The VOCAL production and layering is 100% Babyface though.

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Nov 17, 2020 10:54:55 GMT -5 bat1990 said:

Really? My measuring stick of if it sounds like true Jam & Lewis is whether I could hear Janet singing over the beat and production, which I absolutely can.

The VOCAL production and layering is 100% Babyface though.

I agree. I thought the same thing. The production sounds like Babyface but also has elements of early-to mid-00s Jimmy and Terry. I could see them doing a song like this for Janet or Usher around 2004 (sounds Confessions/Damita Jo period JJ&TL to me).

[Sir Benji]

Nov 17, 2020 11:07:52 GMT -5 @jazzysoul47 said:

Nov 17, 2020 10:54:55 GMT -5 bat1990 said:

Really? My measuring stick of if it sounds like true Jam & Lewis is whether I could hear Janet singing over the beat and production, which I absolutely can.

The VOCAL production and layering is 100% Babyface though.

I agree. I thought the same thing. The production sounds like Babyface but also has elements of early-to mid-00s Jimmy and Terry. I could see them doing a song like this for Janet or Usher around 2004 (sounds Confessions/Damita Jo period JJ&TL to me).

I was wondering where my thread for this went. I searched and couldn't find one anyway I'm just now noticing that the version I posted is shorter so it must be the radio edit. I could see something like this being recorded for use on Damita Jo.

[soul2soul]

Would have loved to hear Toni on this...maybe even as a duet. I really like Babyface (who doesn't?) but I prefer him as a songwriter/producer as opposed to a lead vocalist. Still, love the song!!

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#1 most added at Urban AC (28).

[Mayman]

Top 30 on Urban AC
-- 29 JAM & LEWIS X BABYFACE He Don't Know Nothin' Bout It 261 0 261 2.068

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#2 most added at Urban AC (12).

[Mayman]

Top 20 on Urban AC
25 20 JAM & LEWIS X BABYFACE He Don't Know Nothin' Bout It 469 344 125 1.755

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#1 most added at Urban AC (7).

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Jimmy and Terry have been doing interviews to promote the project, and Jimmy said on IG Live last night that people told them this sounds more like a Babyface record than what people expect from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis but that that’s the concept of the album. He said what they wanted to do with this project was produce a bunch of these classic acts in a style that would remind people of why they fell in love with the acts in the first place. So basically this sounds like a throwback Babyface record because that was exactly what they were aiming for with it.

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Major promo spot next week

http://instagram.com/p/CKCG9v8DxvP

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Dec 14, 2020 18:19:38 GMT -5 @jazzysoul47 said:

Jimmy and Terry have been doing interviews to promote the project, and Jimmy said on IG Live last night that people told them this sounds more like a Babyface record than what people expect from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis but that that’s the concept of the album. He said what they wanted to do with this project was produce a bunch of these classic acts in a style that would remind people of why they fell in love with the acts in the first place. So basically this sounds like a throwback Babyface record because that was exactly what they were aiming for with it.

Is Janet on the album?

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Great promo!