Q&A with R&B crooner Donell Jones
by Samantha Luck

Longing for the sultry, sensual R&B sounds of love, romance, courtship, and love-making? Fifteen years in, Donell Jones still has the remedy. Since his debut album, Heart, where he gave us the hit cover of Stevie Wonder’s ballad “Knocks Me Off My Feet,” to now with Lyrics, Jones shows us that good, honest, sexy music can never fade especially when it’s done on his terms.

I caught up with him after his Park Unplugged performance sponsored by The Park at Fourteenth and Beny Blaq Entertainment and here’s what he had to say.

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Samantha Luck: Now that you aren’t with Jive, you are now with E1?
Donell Jones: E1 is my distributor and I’m on my own label, which is Candyman Music. [Lyrics] is my first album that I’ve put out on my own label. It’s been about four or five years.
How does that feel? Putting out your music on your own label?
It’s beautiful. It’s a hell of a lot more work, ya know, but it’s beautiful. One of the things I wanted to do in my career is have some ownership in what I make. And the other records that I’ve made, I don’t own them. I mean they’re my records, but I don’t have an ownership in those records. Moving forward…when guys write movies, they own those movies; so when I write a record, I want to own it.

What are your favorite songs to perform from this album?
“Love Like This,” and then “Just a Little” is one my favorites as well.


Since you’re Mr. R&B, what’s the most romantic thing you’ve ever done?
You know, the song “Do You Wanna” was actually something that I did. Run bathwater, rose petals, the glass of wine–just have it set up before she gets home. I’m not gonna say that I’m super romantic but, sometimes I like to do things like that, just to throw her off. I’m a Gemini, so it’s hard to figure me out so, you know, I like to do small things just to keep the relationship spicy.
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