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Cherub // XOXO (don winsley remix)

Perennial funksters (not hipsters) duo Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber bka Cherub are funky! Imagine if Rick James’ sweat was crystallized into pill form, dusted with the liquored breath of the best dance music available, then served piping hot between the sweaty thighs of R&B and Soul music personified in the form of Pam Grier in her heyday. Yes, it’s an image you won’t soon forget, and like the Don Winsley remix of “XOXO” it’s a track your ears aren’t likely to soon forget either.  So go ahead, douse yourself in this vat of clarified soul essence, and they’ll be mopping up your puddled form off the dance floor as soon as the track ends. Peace. Continue reading “Cherub // XOXO (don winsley remix)”

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Cherub // MoM & DaD

An open letter to Cherub –

Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber don’t stop! When I listen to your music I get it. Yes, it is on the surface party music. It is the pimped-out-wanderlust-fantasy-come-true of two young men from Tennessee. Two guys, who at some point met, became homies, and somewhere along the way gelled into what we know of today as Cherub. But behind, or beneath the party music there lives the heart and soul of your humanity, of what is near and dear to both of your hearts: family and friends and having a damn good time. With your debut album I partied with you, and I shared your music with as many people I thought were cool enough to appreciate it. There were many. Yes, Man of the Hour was indeed some blunt smoking funky sex music. I lit candles to it, and poured drinks aplenty, and as I seduced them one and all, you guys were serenading their feminine libidos (by the way, a Cherub song can be KY Jelly too), and for that I thank the both of you.

But this new joint, this album MoM & DaD, well it’s different. If Man of the Hour was putting down your pimp hand and poppin’ ya colla’ then MoM & DaD is by various degrees different. Different in a good way. This one is mature, while still playful. It’s the good stuff in the locked liquor cabinet.

The first song, “What I Want” is reflective, and has a maturity which sets the tone, it says in quiet whispers, “Yeah, we’re having fun, but we still know where the fuck we come from?” And whether or not we’re sky high on some good dro or chasing ass, when the smoke clears and the crowd is long gone we’re still grounded, blessed and thankful. Up next is “Dear Body” and “You, Me, and Jodeci” I get the feeling these two songs had a ménage à trois with Prince’s Dirty Mind album before they wrote themselves into existence. The next three tracks “La Casa Del Obispo”,  “XOXO” and “Monogamy” sound like a return of the salaciousness I admired on MOTH. Up next, the song “Roxxy” is bathed in the Dirty South vibes that spawned Goodie Mob and Outkast, although they don’t do rap music it has that trunk thumping attitude and swag. And then we stumble upon one of my favorite tracks, “Doses and Mimosas” and this one is a crass finger-fuck to all the haters and naysayers you’ve met along your climb to fame and big $$$’s. There is nothing like a good kiss-my-ass song to get the adrenaline going. Then we have “Hold Me” Ft. Dominic Lolli, which is the last fast dance before the album falls into chill mode, where the next song, “Lyndenberries”creeps into nostalgia and holds a lighter up. It is here that we know you guys are so appreciative of what has come your way. Or rather this dream is what you have both chased down doggedly and manhandled into reality. The song, “All” (Ft. Natalie Prass) is all seduction, this song is a dab of Chanel No. 5 behind her ear or it’s powerful hands pulling off her panties. It’s the kind of song you want to call up in the middle of the night just to hear it breathe against your love muscle (heart).

And finally we arrive at the last song, “Don’t Forget Me” it may be the final song on MoM & DaD, LP, but I suspect it’s only the beginning. Peace. Continue reading “Cherub // MoM & DaD”

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Cherub // Doses And Mimosas

Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber, bka as the too-sexy-not-to-be-cool duo Cherub, are back and laying down their erotic brand of Pop music like an experienced plumber laying pipe. Yeah, you know damn well it’s THAT kind of party! And rest assured their track “Doses And Mimosas” is only a primer for what awaits fans when their forthcoming LP MoM & DaD drops. But, if there debut Man Of The Hour was the fan-frenzy concert, then MoM & DaD is the party after  after party the after party. It’s when J.K. and J. H. have returned to their respective hotel suites with an exquisite femme fatale in tow, and what happens next is experienced in slow motion and through a swirling haze of that King Cannabis. But more on that later. With Doses and Mimosas you’re treated to more of what makes Cherub such a fun band to listen to, the music is horizontal-dance worthy, and it is a whole lot of party, and you better take pictures. Because a Cherub party, although a wickedly good time, is a motherfucka’ to recall the next day. Yes, the bad boys below the Mason–Dixon Line are back and they got the music that’s still so damn good your ears are gonna want to have its baby. Peace.

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Cherub – Monogamy

Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber are at it again and as promiscuous as ever, musically speaking that is. A good tune gets around, and it just can’t help making a reputation for itself, traveling from one ear to another.  J.K. and J.H. have a knack for taking a song and transforming each note into pure seduction. Collectively known as Cherub these guys “do” music like porn stars have sex. And like their namesake implies they are spreading, if not love, then a whole lot of pheromone laden passion around your ear-space. With their latest release “Monogamy,” the first single from their forthcoming Mom & Dad LP they are setting a tone. And the tone is both risqué and stylishly ribald; and when you’re talking about bump-n-grind music those are good attributes to have. Cherub is making a name for themselves as the music to soundtrack booty chasing nights and covert rendezvous to meet up with your favorite friend-with-benefits. So, pimps and pimpettes listen up. Cherub is playing your song. Peace. Continue reading “Cherub – Monogamy”

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cherub // man of the hour lp

Cherub - Man Of The Hour EP

 
These guys weren’t even on my radar until my cuz Quinci tapped my shoulder. Just goes to show your ears can’t be everywhere all the time. But really that is the spirit of Mitten Mouth Music. Sharing. ‘Cause sharing is caring. But on the real, the best suggestions in my opinion are from the people who know you best. Ok, let’s talk about Cherub. This is the last sound you’d expect to hear coming out of Nashville, TN home of the Grand Old Opry.
 

 
But Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber have built quite the hipster Frankenstein of sound below the Mason-Dixon Line. This is 100% pure future hi-octane soul music. The Man of the Hour EP will bathe your brain in a purple haze and give you the munchies for a warm body next to yours. Regardless of the inevitable  Passion Pit and MGMT references these guys are on some next level shit.  Cherub is mining the  Electro-Funkadelic-Prince Roger Nelson-Neo-Soul vibe.

And boy have hit the mother-lode. With songs like “Love You Right”, “Disco Inferno”, “Goodbye Winter“ and the seductive closing title track “Man of the Hour” Cherub is clearly on the some lover boy thematics. The duo known as Cherub are beyond cool. They’ve transcended way up into the stratosphere where tarnished angels wear wicked grins and smoke blunts of unadulterated rainbows. So, take off your cool and cozy up to Cherub. Listen and download the EP below. Peace. Continue reading “cherub // man of the hour lp”