But the gift definitely slowed me down and kinda made me into a man, you know what I’m saying? Kids bring so much joy to your life, so I think without them I wouldn’t be the person that I am now, I might be a loose cannon. YNIGS: On a song you did years ago “ Life Goes On,” you mention “if it wasn’t for my daughters you wouldn’t have a reason to exist.” Were these feelings you were going through at the time?ĭJ: To be honest with you, I feel like that every day. YNIGS: Did you always want to get into music, or was there ever something else you had in mind for a career? DJ: You know what man, to be honest with you, that’s all I really wanted to do my whole life, was to make music and just create new stuff, like new songs, and just be a singer man. Plus I came from Chicago and everybody that I met was in New York, so I came with a different flavor than most of the New York songwriters had. He was on the Untouchables staff at that time, so I kinda learned a lot from those guys and I think that’s why I was successful with my song writing. Like for instance, Kenny Green who wrote a lot of the Mary J. How were you able to be successful in writing and where did you draw your inspiration from?ĭonell Jones: I think I was able to be successful in writing because I came up around a lot of great songwriters. YouKnowIGotSoul: From an early age you began writing songs, and eventually started writing for other artists. In speaking with him, I can definitely see that he “gets it” in terms of understanding the importance of making this type of music.
One thing I will say about Donell is he has always stayed true to his roots and made timeless r&b music. Today I caught up with r&b legend Donell Jones to discuss everything from his TWO upcoming albums, to his collaboration with Big Pun, to the state of R&B music today. If you’d like to contribute a review, post or feature - click the Contribute tab and submit!
Special thanks to Tom for conducting this interview. GFM has been big supporters of Donell, so we’re pleased to share this interview with you. This is a reader contributed guest post from Tom Leo of You Know You Got Soul.
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