Donell Jones "Where I Wanna Be" 18th anniversary

[the artist known az]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee doooooooo lillllllllllllllll deeeeeeeeeeeee duuuuuuuuu deeeeeeeeeeeeeee dddeeeeeeeeeeee
IIIIIIIIIIIIII don't meeeeean toooo hurt youuuuuuuuuu baaaaaaaaayybaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy

When you looooveee someone you just don't treat them baaaaaaaaddd
Ohhhhh I how I feeel sooo saaaaaaaaaaadddddddd
Now that I want to leeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaveeee
Sheeee's crrrryying her heart to meeeeeeeeeee
How could you lettt thissss beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?
I just neeeeeed time to seeeeeeeeeeeee
WHERE I WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNAAAA BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Threnody]

This song reminds me of the last vestiges of that 90s optimism blissfully ignorant of the fukkery coming right around the corner RIP Left Eye

 

[Boujee Bonita Braxton]

one of the best r&b albums of the 90s
Where I Wanna Be is the second studio album by R&B singer Donell Jones, released by LaFace Records on October 12, 1999 in North America. Where I Wanna Be is his most successful album to date, having gone platinum. The album is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut album, My Heart (1996).

18 years tho

i feel mad

I LOVE that album.

I LOVE him too.

That's my birthday twin!

 

[BruhMayne]

Dude could've been so much bigger if he stayed off the sauce.

Album will forever be in rotation :wowsideburnz:

Donell had drinking issues?

 

[Mazino]

Donell had drinking issues?

Was an alcoholic for years breh, his voice ain't the same no mo

 

[Blessings]

Does anyone know where I can find the vinyl version of the album?

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

I love this song. It still comes on my Pandora. :Lawdhavemercy: Love the whole album.

 

[Ol’Otis]

Does anyone know where I can find the vinyl version of the album?

If you on the west coast probably Amoeba music store

 

[Ol’Otis]

I LOVE that album.

I LOVE him too.

That's my birthday twin!

You're a Gemini?

 

[NigerianDonDada]

love this album classic

 

[Champ_KW]

One of the last classic R&B albums.....argue with my boys all the time that this is better than Confessions

 

[Boujee Bonita Braxton]

You're a Gemini?

Every day All day!

 

[Cel 510 kid ados forever]

One of the greatest songs ever never gets old

 

[YeahN1ggaImmaLurker!]

Can't believe it's been 18years...definitely one of my favorite albums of all time. I had it on tape and cd

 

[UserNameless]

Classic song. Classic album.

Coulda been one of best to do it.



Also one of the few singers who actually did real justice to an old soul remake...