Artist: Avant
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Don't Take Your Love Away (Remix)
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Hailed as the "young voice of ghetto soul" and acknowledged as the number one dissemble gestural to NBA majuscule Magic Johnson's Magic Johnson Music, Cleveland native Avant famed the MCA Records dismission of his debut album, My Thoughts, on May 2, 2000. Around the same time, the 22-year-old singer/songwriter was enjoying a Top Five Billboard R&B/Hip Hop hit unmarried, "Disjointed." The picture for the song was acquiring massive work on cablegram channels BET and The Box. Avant's style of innovative soul owes heavily to singer R. Kelly. Originally, Avant's managing director, Eric Payton, released "Isolated" in January 1998 on his Payton Entertainment mark. The single began acquiring airplay on top-rated radio station WGCI in Chicago before finally being included on the 1999 MCA digest Summer Heat. The singer/songwriter wrote "Isolated" based on his feelings following a failed amatory relationship. Avant felt that the Lord had blessed him enough for being allowed to assign his sadness down on paper. Recorded in Chicago, My Thoughts was produced by completed multi-instrumentalist Steve Huff. Huff and Avant's overall superiority musicianship gives My Thoughts a tonic depth. The overcompensate of René & Angela's 1983 R&B lay classical "My First Love" stands out with a terrifically swirling string arrangement by veteran Chicago arranger Tom Tom Washington (aka Tom Tom 84). The slammin' song "Reaction" contains a rhythm guitar sample distribution from Issac Hayes' 1974 hit "Fantastic." In 2002, a young album again featuring production from Steve Huff, Rapture, was released on Johnson's subsidiary. 2003's Private Room and 2006's Director followed; both albums spawned a clutch of Top 20 R&B singles.
