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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.
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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!
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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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