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Candy Rain
Soul for Real
Candy Rain
Genres: Dance & Electronic, R&B
 
  •  Track Listings (3) - Disc #1

Long Island's Soul for Real is in the tradition of bubblegum soul groups from the Jackson 5 through New Edition to Immature. The title track of Soul for Real's debut release, Candy Rain, broke through as a top-five pop hit...  more »

     

CD Details

All Artists: Soul for Real
Title: Candy Rain
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Mca
Release Date: 11/15/1994
Album Type: Single
Genres: Dance & Electronic, R&B
Styles: Soul, New Jack
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 008815490528

Synopsis

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Long Island's Soul for Real is in the tradition of bubblegum soul groups from the Jackson 5 through New Edition to Immature. The title track of Soul for Real's debut release, Candy Rain, broke through as a top-five pop hit and is symptomatic of an album full of bouncy, catchy melodies buoyed by sweet, skillful singing. Like the Jacksons, the four members of Soul for Real are actual brothers who also hand over the lead vocals to the youngest brother, in this case 14-year-old Jason Dalrymple. The Dalrymple brothers get an invaluable assist from producer-songwriter Heavy D, one of the most underrated talents of the hip-hop scene. Heavy D, who has a hand in every track on Candy Rain, fashions songs that are more innocent than his usual seduction fare but no less romantic or sumptuous. The puppy-love sentiments of "Every Little Thing I Do" and "I Wanna Be Your Friend" are delivered with such heartfelt sincerity and melodic ingenuity that anyone who remembers his or her first crush (no matter how long ago) should empathize. And Soul for Real display their gift for sophisticated harmonies with their Take 6-like a cappella version of Bill Withers's "Ain't No Sunshine." --Geoffrey Himes

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CD Reviews

10 years old and still sounding good
Shawntaye | PITTSBURGH, Panama | 03/28/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is 10 years old and to me, it STILL sounds good. I remember when I first heard "Candy Rain" on the radio. I was deeply drawn to it. For one thing, I liked the beat a lot, knowing was Tribe Called Quest's "Check The Rhime" beat. The lyrics were real sweet and I loved it. Then "Every Little Thing I Do" was released as their next single. I remembered how nice the video was, with the people on skates, skating around them as they sang. One of my favorite songs off of this album in addition to the two above is "I Don't Know." This song is soooooo pretty. This album will always be a classic to me."
Slept on group
Derrick Dunn | Woodbridge,VA | 01/31/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)

"I remeber back in the spring of 1995, Candy Rain was a huge hit for Soul IV Real. Going to the middle school dances and hearing this song would be the highlight of the night. The follow up song Every Little Thing I Do which sampled The Gap Band was another huge smash, but for some reason their parent label MCA seemed to focus more on Immature.Soul For Real had good production due to Heavy D and Kenny "G-Love" Greene manning the group behind the scenes."
Honest
Dance Dance Dance | 09/15/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)

"what ever happened to this group? They had some good songs. Everyone loved candy rain."