OMAR
The Anthology
Label: Freestyle Records
31 Jan 2020
Omar Lyefook MBE es, sin duda, uno de los mayores talentos de música soul que el Reino Unido ha producido en los últimos 40 años. Si alguien tiene dudas al respecto, puede considerar la lista de artistas legendarios que felizmente se alinean para colaborar con él musicalmente, o simplemente cantar sus alabanzas, desde Stevie Wonder, el difunto Leon Ware, Erykah Badu, Common, hasta Carleen Anderson, D'Angelo y Soul II Soul's Caron Wheeler, Angie Stone y los artistas británicos Courtney Pine, Rodney P, Kele LeRoc, Natasha Watts y Estelle, aprecian su voz verdaderamente original y única, su talento musical y su composición.
Esta colección presenta muchas de sus colaboraciones clásicas, desde There's Nothing Like This, It's So, a Notting Hill Carnaval. También se incluyen menos conocidos de su larga carrera, y los tnuevos temas, Pass It On ft Terri Walker y Long Time Coming.
Omar Lyefook MBE is without doubt, one of the greatest soul music talents the United Kingdom has produced in the last 40 years. If anyone has doubts about that, then they might want to consider the list of legendary artists who happily line up to collaborate with him musically, or simply sing his praises - from Stevie Wonder, the late Leon Ware, Erykah Badu, Common, through to Carleen Anderson, D'Angelo, and Soul II Soul's Caron Wheeler, Angie Stone and U.K. artists Courtney Pine, Rodney P, Kele LeRoc, Natasha Watts and Estelle, all appreciate his truly original and unique voice, musicianship and songwriting talent.
This collection features many of his classic collaborations, from his evergreen worldwide anthem There's Nothing Like This, It's So, the dancefloor destroying banger inspired by the amalgam of sounds Omar heard at The Notting Hill Carnival. Also included are lesser known, slept on tracks from across his long career - and the exclusive, previously unheard tracks Pass It On ft Terri Walker and Long Time Coming.
Tracklisting
1 Pass It On (feat. Terri Walker)
2 There's Nothing Like This
3 I Don't Mind the Waiting
4 Last Request
5 Music
6 Who Chooses the Seasons (feat. Carleen Anderson)
7 Best by Far
8 Winner
9 Outside
10 Little Boy
11 This Is Not a Love Song
12 Long Time Coming
13 I Guess
14 Be Thankful (feat. Erykah Badu)
15 Tell Me
16 Syleste (Lounge Lizzard Mix)
17 Feeling You (feat. Stevie Wonder)
18 It's So
19 Kiss It Right
20 Come On (feat. Kele LeRoc)
21 The Man
22 Treat You (feat. Caron Wheeler)
23 Fuck War, Make Love
24 Bully (feat. The Scratch Professer)
25 I Love Being with You
26 Simplify
27 Vicky's Tune (feat. Robert Glasper & Ty)
28 Gave My Heart (feat. Leon Ware)
29 Doobie Doobie Doo
30 Feeds My Mind (feat. The Floacist)
31 Insatiable (feat. Natasha Watts)
32 De Ja Vu (feat. Mayra Andrade)
33 I Want It to Be
