Don’t let the Charlie Wilson cameo fool you. This is not funk or soul. It is not neo-soul or R and Bibbity R&B or even modern R&B. No this is an arena-sized, Disney-movie power-ballad. I predict you are going to hate on it right up until about 1:20 when Boyz II Men switch into Bobby McFerrin harmonic-beatbox mode and the dude from the Gap Band comes in like “sometimes I watch you sleeping…” and then you’re going to be like, Oh shit. Stream or download below (BIIM’s epic double-LP Twenty is slated to drop October 25th).
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