“This Time” is the second single from K’Jon’s major-label debut, “I Get Around” (Universal Republic), one of this year’s most promising R&B albums and also one of its least expected. For the first time in recent memory the most vital new soul music addresses particularly adult concerns, with a particularly adult sound.
Nowhere is this style more clear than on “On the Ocean,” K’Jon’s debut single, which has been on Billboard’s Hot Adult R&B Airplay chart for nearly six months. A dramatic exhale of a song, it’s a palpable craving for something that, especially in a recession, is more erotic than love: financial stability.
