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Dwele: Greater Than One, Better Than Most
You may remember Dwele from his McDonald’s McCafe (their version of Starbucks deluxecoffee) commercial back in 2008, as a featured male vocalist. Or you may remember him from the interestingly written song about infidelity, “I’m Cheatin”. This song, lifted from his Sketches of A Man CD, speaks about him cheating on his girlfriend….with his girlfriend. Then there’s his feature on Kanye West’s hit song, “Flashing Lights” and work with Slum Village (remember their song “Tainted”?). But McDonald’s jingles and memorable hook lines aside, I really never heard much of his CD releases in their entirety. That is until now. In search of some new music, I ran across his CD on iTunes and liked the first 5 songs I previewed. So I decided to buy his most recent release, titled Greater Than One.
“Going Leaving” is a thumping slow groove, complete with trumpets and a swing out dance feel. Dwele is transparent here in a tale about being confused on whether or not he wants to be in a committed relationship and eventually losing the woman he loves. On “Takes22Tango”, he cleverly sings about doing the tango on the dance floor….and then in the bedroom (“working horizontal dance moves”). The song is part calypso, part Erykah Badu.
