Rahsaan Patterson - Love In Stereo (1999)

Love In Stereo is the second studio album by American R&B/soul singer Rahsaan Patterson, released in 1999, under MCA. The album peaked at #51 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.Album executively produced by Rahsaan Patterson & Randy Jackson.Tracks produced by Jamey Jaz,Van Hunt,Soulshock and Karlin,Steve "Silk" Hurley,Les Pierce.The lead single "Treat You Like A Queen" was a modest hit and reached #61 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.The follow-up to his self-titled debut album, Love in Stereo shows that Rahsaan Patterson not only overcame the sophomore slump but triumphed with a very well-crafted album that far surpasses his completely adequate first release. Slick production and strong songwriting help support Patterson's smooth, laid-back style and Stevie Wonder-like vocals. Peterson actually resembles Wonder in more ways than one -- "Friend of Mine," for instance, possesses so much early-'70s instrumentation and tone and phrasing reminiscent of his style that it sounds like a lost track from an early Stevie Wonder album. The record as a whole offers the kind of songs concerning love and faith that seem to have been lost since the Wonder era. Patterson is not only paying homage to Wonder in approach, but also in spirit. "Sure Boy" and "The Day" are only two of several other songs on the collection that are extremely well-written with an inspirational edge. Never preachy and always stylish, on Love in Stereo Patterson has managed to make an album that should appeal to a broad range of R&B fans.