Jon B is looking upon the likes of Rick Ross, Tank and extra for what would be the R&B singer’s first album in over a decade.
With the discharge of his Tank-assisted single “Waiting On You” on Tuesday (January 16), Jon revealed {that a} full LP of the identical identify will arrive on February 23. His final launch was the B-Sides Collection compilation in 2013, together with his final full solo album, Comfortable Swagg, arriving the yr prior.
In an announcement, Jon B mentioned of the tune: “‘Waiting On You’ describes the feeling of anticipating love in your life; the seasons of waiting. No matter the timing, even when it seems like it’s taking forever, you have to be patient for your partner in life. Not giving up makes it all worth the wait.”
Jon and Tank co-wrote the tune, with the previous singing on the hook: “Pressure building up, lady/ All this anticipation/ Got a brother pacing back and forth/ I’m trying to be patient.”
As for Waiting On You the album, the LP can be Jon’s ninth studio effort, and can embrace extra options from Donell Jones and Alex Isley.
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Jon B has been a staple on the planet of R&B for fairly a while, and fellow singer Brent Faiyaz not too long ago named him in his Top 5 R&B singers of all time.
In an interview with DJ Nick TV in August the WASTELAND singer listed Jon first, then went on: “Ginuwine. Lauryn [Hill] — she a rapper, too. I put her up there with the rap conversation. D’Angelo.”
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He was then requested to call his favourite R&B teams, of which he solely named two. “Jodeci. Jodeci, Jodeci, Jodeci, Jodeci. Jodeci was the artist, though,” he mentioned. “From Devante Swing, you get […] the whole Basement Crew. Hell yea. All came from Jodeci. There’s a lineage to that shit.”
He continued: “Boyz II Men. That shit was hard too, but nobody else was fuckin’ with Jodeci. That shit was a little too clean-cut, though.”
As for Rick Ross, the Jon B collab can be one in every of many R&B tracks he’s appeared on through the years. Some of his most memorable embrace Chris Brown‘s “New Flame,” Usher‘s “Lemme See,” PARTYNEXTDOOR‘s “Better Man” and Estelle‘s “Break My Heart.”
Most not too long ago, Rozay appeared on John Legend‘s 2022 album, Legend.
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