All That I Am - Joe

...he is able to fulfuil all the desires of a girl who he knows is taken, but wishes she could have more from it.

**Five Stars**

2. "The Love Scene"

Here you get a very well-composed one where Joe acts in par of a love scene. it is a nice one, where you get him sing very descriptively as to how it should be acted out; leaving you will a very sensual display and lots to go through as he gradually ...
...have already been taken, and all that is left are ones who he knows will do him wrong in the long-term. You have this despiration highlighted with a slow tempo and vocals whihc are close to crying.

**Four Stars**

5. "How Soon"

You get Joe singing in ahighly motive form as he attempts to express the hurt which he feels whislt his girl has gone from him. He talks about how thouht-provoking the ... more

"All That I Am" is the second album from the R&B singer, Joe (Thomas). It came out in 1997, five years after debuting with "Everything" in 1993. The album went Platinum, and launched the artist's career with some of the best R&B from the nineties.

1. "All The Things"

This is an example of Joe at his best, in one of the best showcases throughout the whole of the album. You get Joe singing to his maximum potential as he talks of how he is able to fulfuil all the desires of a girl who he knows is taken, but wishes she could have more from it.

**Five Stars**

2. "The Love Scene"

Here you get a very well-composed one where Joe acts in par of a love scene. it is a nice one, where you get him sing very descriptively as to how it should be acted out; leaving you will a very sensual display and lots to go through as he gradually works his way through each individual act in the scene.

**Four Stars**

3. "Don't Wanna Be A Player"

This is the best track that Joe ever recorded, and has him working extremely well whilst singing with convinction that he is willing to leave a life a being a player, to spend the rest of his life with a girl he truely loves. You amazing Teddy Riley-styled vocodcer techniques working alongside one of the best vocal performances of the late nineties.

**Five Stars**

4. "Good Girls"

Joe sings about the sorry state of things were he isn't able to get what he describes to be "Good Girls", due to the fact that they have already been taken, and all that is left are ones who he knows will do him wrong in the long-term. You have this despiration highlighted with a slow tempo and vocals whihc are close to crying.

**Four Stars**

5. "How Soon"

You get Joe singing in ahighly motive form as he attempts to express the hurt which he feels whislt his girl has gone from him. He talks about how thouht-provoking the process was, and how it influenced his actions following it all. I thought it was a nice one, but not close to the best here.

**Three Stars**

6. "Sanctified Girl"

There wasn't really much to this one, the only reason why I thought it was alright was because it seemed to fit right in with th way that the R&B scene was going as you get an upped pace, but generally its rather plain, and has little to offer to listeners when it comes to originality.

**Three Stars**

7. "All That I Am"

Personally, I thought that the title track from the album was one of the weakest offerings from the artist as he takes the pace down and does a sloppy love song, and to be honest, he only works well on a low tempo when he is going for sensual stuff, and is able to get soulful with it.

**Two Stars**

8. "No One Else Comes Close"

Here you have a nice and slow one from Joe, in which he is given the chance to fully explore his capablities on the vocals. He comes up with great melodies which grab you with their unpredictibilty and strength at extreme pitches. It is a very complete track from him, and amongst the highest standard on "All That I Am".

**Four Stars**

9. "Come Around"

This sounds like a 'part 2' to "All The Things" as pretty much all the same themses creep bak up through this one. However I see notign wrng with it as it takes on a new form with an increased tempo, and lively beats to really get you inot the thing. It is a banger, and should have been released as a single at the time.

**Four Stars**

10. "U Shoulda Told Me"

You get the artist working on soem funky beats which sample James Brown's "Big Payback", and from it, he expresses the annoyance which he facesafter having a seven-week-long relatiosnhip with a girl, before she fialyl decides to tell him that she already has a man, and doesn't wish to take things any further. Its a strong R&B cut which was a little ahead of its time.

**Four Stars**

11. "Love Don't Make No Sense"

All that the concept of 'love' is, is put into question by Joe, as he tries to work a way aroudn its huge complexity. The thought-provoking event which triggered it is having his girl cheat on him, and not understanding why such a thing would happen if the love which she claims to have is true.

**Four Stars**

Here is a very good R&B album, with a lot of variety. The two singles from it, All The Things", and "Don't Wanna Be A Player" are my favourites my him, and with tunes similar to this found dotted about the album, you are bound to enjoy them if you feel the same about those bangers. Much of it is of the soulful type, but he does swicth it up a little to appeal to a wider audience. 

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