El DeBarge: Second Chance

"On his new album, Second Chance (Geffen), his long-awaited return to the music scene after sixteen years, R&B/pop legend El DeBarge has made the journey with his considerable gifts as a singer and songwriter intact. DeBarge's distinctive falsetto, familiar from a trail of hit singles in the 80's and 90's, resurfaces virtually unscathed after a two-decade battle with drug addiction (and just over a year in prison). Second Chance is exactly that — a new opportunity to reconnect with his loyal fans, but also a thrilling possibility to share his talents with a completely new generation of younger record buyers, many of whom have only heard DeBarge's songs sampled by Notorious B.I.G, Mariah Carey and others. The effort to surround the 49-year-old DeBarge with a mix of both established, hit-making songwriters and producers, and younger creative voices, is a rousing success" (Marlynn Snyder, "Second Chance: El DeBarge Has a Winner," Huffington Post, 12/1/10).

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