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@kinan2934

3 жыл бұрын

Watch the Tom Misch Tiny desk next! It's full of sweet grooves and John Mayer has a solo! Appreciate you!

@joelxd7775

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Charles you should really make a video of Mrs. Magic by strawberry guy it’s really amazing to listen to.

@SteampunkPirates

3 жыл бұрын

You should check out the Over the Garden Wall soundtrack!

@nicolostalla8974

3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE YOU MAN, WE SHARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THOUGHTS

@cliftonsmith2429

3 жыл бұрын

Try the Blue Man Group tiny desk The're hilarious i'd love to see you react to that😁

Charles laughing at "bad ass bitch" both times kills me lmao

@avnishkalyankar5247

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr🤣

@Bobbias

3 жыл бұрын

I mean he's not wrong, hearing that line delivered in that way is one of the best musical jokes I've ever heard. Up there with Ben folds version of bitches ain't shit. (Not just the lyrics, but hearing Bieber himself singing those words in that way)

@Nada-by3zz

3 жыл бұрын

i started laughing just as he did and it was the best

@PremiereGal

3 жыл бұрын

This killed me also 😂

@nickwallette6201

3 жыл бұрын

This is basically how I feel every time I hear a JB song. Hysterical laughter, followed by intense sobbing.

Anderson Paak’s tiny desk is the best, no question

@CharlesCornellStudios

3 жыл бұрын

I may or may not have a list I'm working on for a video...and that one may or may not be on it

@thornels

3 жыл бұрын

@@CharlesCornellStudios 🔫 Mac Miller

@aslefjeldstad

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Jon Batiste is up there as well.

@mrmangoberry8394

3 жыл бұрын

I like Esperanza Spalding’s

@bonifackorda8583

3 жыл бұрын

I can't deny, however Tyler the creator is my favourite

"No harmonies... Right now he's the only one singing." Everyone : "Make sense." Jacob Collier : "... I don't get it?"

Charles - Careful with NPR. They don’t just block, they’ll give you a strike. Good job trimming it enough to not get auto flagged!

@harukainuyama5818

3 жыл бұрын

boost

@LegoKiva

3 жыл бұрын

Boostin

@ATLS702

3 жыл бұрын

Et tu boost?

@user-yy6lu4bc7b

3 жыл бұрын

Boost

@MikeB12800

3 жыл бұрын

So much for “public” radio!! We pay for them to be on air!!!

normal people: song classical musicians: piece jazz musicians: TUNE

@TheRedstonedeluxe

3 жыл бұрын

Not what'd you'd expect considering playing in tune is optional in jazz

@jas_bataille

3 жыл бұрын

​@@TheRedstonedeluxe I don't think you've ever played any jazz to say something like this because playing in key and playing in tune is totally not the same thing...

@Heylollie343

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, Jim.

@TheRedstonedeluxe

3 жыл бұрын

@@jas_bataille I was just joking, and I am majoring in jazz piano and love jazz. But for real though, if you listen to like the original Donna Lee recording, you can hear that playing in tune wasn't the focus.

@nosoros

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a good joke, I laughed

Hi Charles, I wish I had something funny to say, but sometimes sincerity is refreshing, I guess. I think I speak for everyone when I say your content _really_ brightens my day and inspires me as a musician--and as someone that would totally just love to converse with you over a coffee. Thanks for all of this, we really appreciate you, and don't stop doing what you love, ever!

@julie3730

3 жыл бұрын

A very articulate way of saying what I was thinking, thank you.

3 жыл бұрын

Well put Kinan! Thanks indeed Charles!

@aTrulyPowerfulSpirit

3 жыл бұрын

I just imagined: what if Justin B wrote this comment.

6:45 totally me in middle school soloing🤣

@spencer_lk

3 жыл бұрын

Me now

@colorred5383

3 жыл бұрын

me in 10 years still

@MongerOfStrings8222

3 жыл бұрын

@@colorred5383 me after practicing 40 hours a day for my whole life time

@milannanette7344

3 жыл бұрын

@@MongerOfStrings8222 oh god another lingling wannabe 😂😂

Pop music gets so much better when it's played by live musicians

@cooldebt

3 жыл бұрын

👍🏼 Some of the best stuff was MTV Unplugged. Now we have Tiny Desk :)

@ItsDextrin

3 жыл бұрын

"You cant polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter"

@JoshSher_

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and no. I mean Justin’s production team is the best of the best, this combined with the good songwriting makes a fully produced Song a pure delight to listen to. At least for me

@damonreynolds6775

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. A good band with a great arranger/leader is GOLD for any artist. This band is infusing so much soul it's ridiculous

@OneAndZer0

2 жыл бұрын

I really think it depends, I've seen live pop music where I felt like a backing track would've have been better audio experience. Also as a producer, pop music has some of the tightest production around. Sometimes it can be bland af, but there's definitely songs that I'm impressed by the production on.

The funniest part of this video is how everything that Charles says can be brought down to “yea… justin’s cool, but OMG THAT BAND!!”

I know you’ve looked at Jacob Collier before, but both of his tiny desk concerts, especially his latest one where he used 4 different tracks to play everything himself, are amazing and you should definitely react to his last one.

@SebaBuenoHaceMusiquitaJijiji

3 жыл бұрын

I love JC, I have heard maybe 95% of what you can find online made by him, but Im not a fan of the last tiny desk concert. I dont know, there is something lacking on it. Im gonna hear it again to be sure what it may be.

@SebaBuenoHaceMusiquitaJijiji

3 жыл бұрын

Im back and now I remember what it is, 2 of his clones where singing the same voice in All i need, and I dont know... it was different to what he usually does, and the microphone sometimes recorded some stuff a little bit off (especially the hang drum, which sounded soooo far and some of its magic was lost). Im talking in contrast to all his other songs where he uses every oportunity to add an harmony and recording every sound as perfect as possible, so it was weird hearing him doing that. I think he should have added a 5th clone just singing. Anyway, of course I like it anyway, but its not on my playlist (while normal All I need its on the start always hehe)

@SergeantSkeleton

3 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Bueno Yeah I can see that, and it’s really a personal opinion I guess but I just love that he was able to add something different to his already complex music, and make it a little simpler without all the big harmonies. It sounded very live and I loved it

@duncanrobertson6472

3 жыл бұрын

@@SebaBuenoHaceMusiquitaJijiji I've always preferred Jacob's more stripped music and live performances, so that one was a hit for me. Makes sense you wouldn't like it as much if you're more into his big arrangements - we're just finding the magic in different places.

@SebaBuenoHaceMusiquitaJijiji

3 жыл бұрын

@@duncanrobertson6472 Noo, thats not it. The arrangment that cautivated me to listen all his work was indeed live. Im not talking about all his life stuff. "All I Need" in Jimmy Fallon and ¿Kennel? was perfect, its about the musical choices in the last tiny desk (the first had some little issues also, but that may come because he was playing with more people). Im not someone to talk about musical choices, Im not even a noob, but I can compare different things using my taste as reference. My only comment is: why using 2 clones singing the same notes (sort of), and why the microhpones sounded so bad. In all his other live performances its weird to see him choosing doing that.

Justin Bieber's voice is out of this world. Love you king 👑👑👑👑👑👑.

A lot of Justin’s newer music has been written/produced by Jon Bellion and it definitely shows. Jon is musically on a differently level than a lot of artists.

@alfiehaigh8412

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that little piano phrase Charles first highlights at around 2:13 sounds very Jon bellion

@danielstudart2062

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely, imo his best tracks by far were written by Jon. As soon as I heard the beginning of Ghost I thought of Jon and saw that he wrote it.

“Playing within your means” 😂😂😂 my man is really out here roasting Bieber lmao

I think what is also happening music wise and little details around how the band plays is: Church. The influence of church music from different styles that I hear in his songs and playing of the band is huge. Also noted that he found himself surrounding church bands.

@LadyEmism

3 жыл бұрын

Yep 💯

When JB is concentrating so hard hitting the right notes on his board and you just bang it out so confidently .. it's impressive :)

how the heck are you doing so much you absolute god of work ethic

Jon Bellion wrote Holy and has writing credits on Anyone, he is an incredible producer/songwriter/performer and I'd love to see you react to some of his music

@ohbigyans

3 жыл бұрын

This ^^^^^^

@liambrewster3579

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! that would be awesome please do that!!

@amplifymysound

3 жыл бұрын

Jon bellion is the real JB. lol hes great

@JoshSmith-db2of

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I was going to comment the same thing. Charles, please review The Human Condition!

@SamChilton

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

Holy is one JB’s best songs, but then again this is a Jon Bellion song.

@jackmelton5777

3 жыл бұрын

Eh I love them both but Jon’s my all time favorite

@marshmwllo

3 жыл бұрын

But it’s his voice :)

@nickwallette6201

3 жыл бұрын

A friend sent a clip of this song in a voice message. The missus looks at me expectantly, like "whatcha think?" "This is terrible." "Yup!"

@marshmwllo

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickwallette6201 slow claps

@JazMegan

3 жыл бұрын

This is one of my least fave songs from Justin 😂

Tom Misch’s tiny desk concert is the best imo i keep coming back to it from time to time 😂

@EirikAnd99

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@saravananv9375

3 жыл бұрын

Just wait for hiatus kayote !

One of the best thing's Justing Bieber's put out recently is that Yummy jazz remix!

I would love to see your reaction to T-Pain’s tiny desk concert since you loved the “badass bitch” line. Also very happy that you launched a piano course. This makes an instrument I’ve always wanted to learn to play so much more accessible. Once I get a beginners piano, I’ll definitely be purchasing the course.

Justins tiny desk is definitely my favorite one..this is him live..I know people think he uses auto tune but he sounds exactly the same as when he does Instagram live and sings..sometimes he sounds better than on the actual studio produced songs..you know his voice is good when it sounds exactly the same live as it does on the record!! His new album JUSTICE is probably his best work yet..its absolute PERFECTION!! Hes actually self taught on the piano so I think he does amazing..and PEACHES acoustic is absolutely beautiful!! His talent is undeniable and I'm glad he's getting the recognition he deserves..especially with the success of PEACHES and JUSTICE!! 🍑

Your talent and musical proficiency combined with how pretentious you AREN'T is a refreshing and rare quality. Loved this.

Please react to Kirk Franklin's tiny desk! Musically I think it is miles above all of the other ones and that's saying a lot because there are a lot of great options

@cooldebt

3 жыл бұрын

That was SO good! The whole band was brilliant.

@DanielEBM98

3 жыл бұрын

yes! please this

@latinoamericanx

3 жыл бұрын

YESSS

@BrendanZanitCoen

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man. Kirk franklin is so so nostalgic. Legend

His “Change Me” song is something worth listening to from a jazz perspective

The reason you like Holy is because it’s a Jon Bellion song (he performed it on his 2019 tour), check him out, dude goes crazy with the amount of musical depth in his songs.

@willmcnally505

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I commented about Jon before reading your post. Jon has definitely made Justin’s recent hits and as a fan, it’s great to see Jon getting some more shine. I’d love for him to release a new album though haha

My favorite tiny desk is T-Pain's. The beauty of his voice is so unexpected, and the soul he brings to the performance is awesome.

@hasan596

3 жыл бұрын

I saw you're working on another tiny desk video, it would be awesome if you discuss it!

For sure, many of us musicians tend to be critical of main stream music. Nice to hear Justin do something different.

@MiaogisTeas

3 жыл бұрын

What?

@mabrurhrivu4998

3 жыл бұрын

what?

@denodurant7289

3 жыл бұрын

What?

Congrats on your Academy !! 🙌🙌✨✨

My inverted keys hoodie arrived today and it is such a good hoody so thanks :)

This should definitely be a series Charles where you check out a tiny desk every week or month or something. Bc I want to see more like this but also other content.

this was my favorite performance of his did such a great job!! hes amazing!

I have never listened to tiny desks before, definitely will be now, especially Anderson Paaks and Jacob Colliers by looking at the comments. You have widen my music taste so much.

@MarsLos10

3 жыл бұрын

I can relate to your comment so much :)

Charles I look up to you in music and musical analysis and I started realizing it when I was thinking something and you said it right after... good stuff bro 🔥🔥🙏🏾

Really not a Justin Beiber fan, but I love Tiny Desk! Aurora and Väsen might be my faves. Not one of them, but I think you'd get a kick out of looking at the harmonies of Karen Han and Brian David Gilbert's "We Like Watching Birds"

@user-km9bx3gf3z

3 жыл бұрын

AURORA!!!

@rorygiambalvo2955

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-km9bx3gf3z Admittedly, I don't love her music, except for the acoustic versions. Those I could, and do, listen to on repeat

@evelynmedranolanguagerubio2004

3 ай бұрын

Same

i can´t believe you´ve just upload this video, you´re the best! Huge fan from argentina right here, keep it up!

@user-wb6ty3gb1z

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support i just wanna take this opportunity to appreciate you, I read all your comments here before I messaged you as the luckiest fans, I will like to share something important information with you if you don't mind just contact me personally on my Gmail address, or feel free to add me up on hangouts with this gmail, (Justingbie48b@gmail.com) God bless you!! ♥️

Man, I clicked on the video to hear you talk about the bass part tying the bridge and chorus together! So smooth, and didn't see it coming! Sometimes little walkups like that are so fresh.

Charles your videos are looking so clean. Love your new setup. What camera are you filming with these days?

Congrats on 1 mil for real your videos are amazing and you really deserve it 💯🥳

Enjoyed this!

The piano solo part reminds me of when my choir teacher in high school made us perform a vocal jazz piece solo for our course final...and insisted we put a scatting/improve section in it somewhere but didn't teach us anything about techniques/music theory/where to start... Needless to say, mine was awful and looking back she easily could've just mentioned to build off the chords in the song? I wish I had your videos back then!

Dang. Congrats on the 1 Million subs. What a mark to hit!! See you at 2 million.

Gratz on 1 mil

One of my favorite tiny desk concerts is Mitski’s, since she is primarily a pianist but she had recently learned guitar specifically for her recent album _Bury Me at Makeout Creek_ so she plays guitar the entire time and to me it’s just really emotionally raw and captivating to watch.

I love this channel so much

I love your channel!!!! I’ve been following you for awhile now. Great content!!! Keep it up

More Tiny Desk analyses, please, MOOOOOOORE !!!

@EspeonVI

3 жыл бұрын

I second that!

Would love to see you breakdown more of these

Let me just say that Masego's Tiny Desk is sublime Everytime I listen to it I must listen to it more than once, back to back Goosebumps every second

Thank you for helping me to understand a perspective about the music industry, that gets pop songs to such popularity. Didn’t get why songs like these made it so far up before this video really.

Congrats on 1m subscribers! Love your content

You rock, and we've been following you since we found you a couple years ago while out on the road with the national tour of Aladdin. My buddy (also a performer and pianist) intro'd us to you and between your comedic timing, musical talent, and seemingly genuine nature I am SO stoked for the growth. Just wanted to share some love and thank you for the entertainment and info. -Colt ps. Just signed up for the academy and in the intro it says "I know you're doing to do great." I assume that's a typo so wanted to bring it to your att.

I love literally everything you said in this video 😭😭

oi you should check out some of Cory Wong's stuff, reckon you'd like it or Vulfpeck rather. Those cats got some funky beats and phenomenal arrangements

@Window4503

3 жыл бұрын

Speaking of funky cats, Thundercat’s pretty fly too

@joelsweet2302

3 жыл бұрын

Golden with Cody Fry is insane

@juliaalexandre5568

3 жыл бұрын

@@joelsweet2302 I was personally thinking about Lee, but yeah golden is phenomenal

@JeromeSkorzec

3 жыл бұрын

@@joelsweet2302 Golden is actually by Marti Fischer, it's called "Bernstein Gold" and an instrumental track. Cory used it as a base for Golden.

I love Justin his new album is amazing can't wait to see him live in April

It was a great performance in my opinion , some new chord to add a new perception of what those songs mean, i love it, thanks for reacting man!!

Man, the Lake Street Dive tiny desk is the JAM! :) (also, really digging JB's new stuff, he's singing great!)

I’ve been self teaching my self piano for about 3 years now but I just started jazz lessons, so thank you for being an inspiration!🔥

@michaelhackman3195

3 жыл бұрын

Self teaching yourself is a tautology

The tiny desk of Tedeschi trucks band is just incredible

Never got hooked by Justin's lyrics but the vibe got me a few times !

I totally agree with you. I think the strong suit of this performance isn't so much the song writing or harmonic complexity, but the level of skill at which the basic writing is performed. The band is so tight.

that thing you mentioned at the end about live versus recorded to me that exhibited to me when I saw snarky puppy live it became this funk techno fusion thing when I was used to this progressive jazz sound. but for a setting that was in a small personal club it was really cool

THIS is the kind of content that should be all over KZread.

You should really check out Cody Fry. He incorporates so much classical and jazz influences to a pop sound. And he arranges and orchestrates all his stuff and a lot of others.

@user-wb6ty3gb1z

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support i just wanna take this opportunity to appreciate you, I read all your comments here before I messaged you as the luckiest fans, I will like to share something important information with you if you don't mind just contact me personally on my Gmail address, or feel free to add me up on hangouts with this gmail, (Justingbie48b@gmail.com) God bless you!! ♥️

@Window4503

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-wb6ty3gb1z oh please. You ain’t the Biebs.

@Lyth

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-wb6ty3gb1z lmaoooo

@mannybarnes2053

3 жыл бұрын

Cody Fry is flippen amazing!

The Tom Mish Tiny Desk and Bill Frisell are on par for the best ones of all time in my opinion

@LadyEmism

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Tom Misch Tiny Desk is one of my top favourite as well along with Mac Miller and Kirk Franklin's.

@morkmon

3 жыл бұрын

The there is a transition between songs in the Tom Misch tiny desk that literally gives me goosebumps every time. So good

@alexisvorstman125

3 жыл бұрын

@@morkmon indeed very very cool. I recommend the Bill Frisell tiny desk (the one he does solo). It's some of the best live music I have ever heard!

@morkmon

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexisvorstman125 I will take a look!

I love your desktop background and the use of color 😳

I feel like this concert really stretches the definition of "tiny desk"

I hadn’t realized the tension he’s building in Holy like that, good catch! Would love to hear more thoughts on the different nuggets like that from you! 🙏🏼

If you need a good tiny desk recommendation: Hadestown (folky, jazzy, indie-pop-ish musical retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice)

@potato.pancake

3 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY YES YES YES THATS MY FAVORITE TINY DESK CONCERT :DDDD

@morkmon

3 жыл бұрын

YES

My favorite Tiny Desk was from Tank And The Bangas. Their live performances almost always sound different.

@TheMmvukici

3 жыл бұрын

I second this

I feel like a lot of the big pop sensations from the late Naughts and early '10s are branching out into genres that feel more authentic to their styles/passions/personalities, whether it's Miley Cyrus going rock, Taylor Swift embracing folk, or Justin Bieber leaning more into R&B. I love it, and it's gotten me way more engaged with pop music lately. Great analysis btw, as always ^_^

Wowwwww 1 millllllll congratzzz

some casual piano shredding here

I enjoyed this video a lot.

LIANNE LA HAVAS!!! Please watch Lianne La Havas' Tiny Desks, she is PHENOMENAL! Her sultry voice, finger-picking abilities, lyricism....she's the whole package.

@8teenOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

+1

@morkmon

3 жыл бұрын

She is amazing, literal goddess, I love her guitar playing

@herdjan

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, yes please!

you’ve got to listen to and review ALICIA KEYS and H.E.R.’s tiny desks. they’re two of the best tiny desks ever. so much musicality and piano-gasm from both performances, you would love it.

@koukleum

3 жыл бұрын

100% agreed. Alicia Keys Tiny Desk is mind blowing

You articulated this perfectly. The band setting things up is such a good way of saying. Almost like music directors are the new front men (or women). I feel like between all the keyboard sounds and UAD live auto tune they could cover most areas live. It’s cool they came up with this vibe!!

There is always something here or there with any artist ....I think he’s great 👍

I LOVE YOU CHARLES

Thank you for that segment about pop music and why it's so, well, popular. I think what some people miss when they complain about it being too "simple", too lacking in "complexity" like you said, is that that's not really what a lot of pop music is going for - if that's what *you're* looking for in music personally, that's absolutely fine! And pop music can absolutely include more complex chord progressions and things like that, but that's usually not what the focus is on. Usually, it's more about the production, the layering, the vocal colour and techniques, the lyrics. Rap is extremely popular, but I'm not really gonna focus on what chords are used in the beat because, well, the focus is on the flow and the lyrics. The rhythm and poetry. But of course, everyone looks for different things in music, which is why so many different amazing genres exist!

Hey Mr Cornell, I was wondering what microphone you use, especially when your doing your song covers or other full(ish) songs?

This incredible band is WeTheBand! They are monster players.

thanks for this. I can be too big of a hipster sometimes and think pop music = talentless. You're the one who really got me to look at Billie Eillish through a different lense and now she's one of my favorites ♥

@bermar229

3 жыл бұрын

*Eilish, but I'm glad you love her! She's my favorite too.

@UncleCatfish

3 жыл бұрын

@@bermar229 It was a gamble 😂 I knew it wasn't three Ls for sure!

@bermar229

3 жыл бұрын

@@UncleCatfish Haha! It's totally fine! What matters is that you appreciate her talent!

@PaulMab9

3 жыл бұрын

I've always said it's absolutely FINE if you don't enjoy a particular artist or genre, but you gotta keep you ears and heart open. As cliche as that may sound. I had a similar experience with Billie.

@bermar229

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulMab9 Very true. I mean, I love her, but I did not like bad guy at all(I do now) and I only started liking her when I saw her other work, where she showed her vocal skills.

Hobo Johnson's Tiny Desk is so beautiful, raw, rough and perfect.

Charles couldn't agree more about bands shaking it up for a live show and giving custom intros/outros and improvised solos. Jamiroquai had some really awesome concerts in the 90s that incorporates musicians getting to flex a bit for the live show. Look up "Jamiroquai - Live in Tokyo, Ebisu 1995" if you wanna hear some funk. They have a ton of other good live bootlegs too.

Khruangbin's tiny desk show was phenomenal. Plenty for you to analyze, music theory wise. Mark Speer, their guitarist, is a wizard. Super unique player.

I don’t know why but I was thinking of the phrase “story of the tune”. I feel like that is something that I find interest in!!😀

I've never been this early. My body is ready!

@kinan2934

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure whatchu mean man but I have also never been this early.

@user-wb6ty3gb1z

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support i just wanna take this opportunity to appreciate you, I read all your comments here before I messaged you as the luckiest fans, I will like to share something important information with you if you don't mind just contact me personally on my Gmail address, or feel free to add me up on hangouts with this gmail, (Justingbie48b@gmail.com) God bless you!! ♥️

@Christopher_Wheeler

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-wb6ty3gb1z go away

The Christian Scott Tiny desk concert is one of my favorites

You absolutely have to catch Earth Wind and Fire's Tiny Desk set. They play soooo tight.

I don't think he gets enough recognition for his vocal improvisation.

You should check out the 8-Bit Big Band!

@cooldebt

3 жыл бұрын

👍🏼Or The Consouls - both are so deserving of more attention.

The Tiny Desk Concert? Oh yes, we do that. On the desk. *chuckles slowly then more quickly in Gogol Bordello*

C. tanganas tiny desk is amazing - you should check that one out!

5:30 was waiting for two more chords to start the Mr Rogers' "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood" theme 😂

more tiny desk!

I love @wetheband ! They are sooo good and need more recognition!!!

You mentioned a couple times adding tracks "after the fact". I think that the extra tracks are playing along in real time from the laptop in the middle.

I listened to "Changes" a few months ago because he said it's an R&B album, and I do like R&B. I felt like it made strides towards that, but still relied heavily on a lot of poppy motifs. Overall, there is a lot more groove and interesting musical choices on "Changes". It definitely changed (pun intended) my opinion on him. I'm sure a lot of other people hated him growing up, since that's just what we did back then. I'll have to check out his new album.