“Like This” – Jamaal Miller

“Like This”
Jamaal Miller
Enon Music Group
https://www.enonmusic.com/

By Robert M. Marovich

I know Baltimore gospel artist Jamaal Miller has a new single out called “Had He Left Me There,” but I’m still living in last fall with his earlier single, “Like This.”

Miller and a team of sunny background vocalists (possibly his group, Purposely Anointed) riff on the “trouble won’t last always” trope with a breeziness that sounds inspired by Kirk Franklin’s recent output. Put it in God’s hands, they sing, because “it ain’t gonna be like this always.” The melody, arrangement, and musicians are as bright and cheery as the message.

A John Lennon quote comes to mind: “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”