Necie B. – Runaway Love

Necie B.

Power Move Management (2012)

By Bob Marovich for The BlackGospel Blog.

Shreveport, Louisiana songstress Necie B. teams with The Good Guys Production Team (Jor’Dan Armstrong, Jeshua “TedyP” Williams and Franchise Tief) on her debut CD, Runaway Love.

Love is in the title and love is in the air for Necie B.  Love is the dominant theme of the CD.  One might say, in fact, that the album is a collection of (mostly) love songs not sung to a human man but to the Lord.  “I’m in love with this man and I don’t want to let him go,” Necie B. declares on “My God.”  On “Over and Over,” she acknowledges that her Lord treats her like a lady, even when she breaks her promises to Him.  She admits her mistakes and seeks divine help not to repeat them.

Club-ready Christian dance tracks such as “Girls Around the World” and “Get It From My Daddy” (both up for En Sound Music Awards) are likely to generate the most buzz from the young adult demographic. Inspirational slow jams such as “Your Love” and “Over and Over” will appeal to urban AC enthusiasts.  “Necessary,” which falls in the later category, stands out as the album’s finest track musically.  A jazz piano-dominated love ballad to the Lord, “Necessary” enables Necie B. to flex her vocal muscles and let the quality of her candy-covered soprano shine through. 

Runaway Love is a well-produced and delightfully-sung debut that captures Necie B’s free spirit.  In addition to making urban contemporary gospel music (she refers to it simply as “life music”), the singer is a recent graduate of Northwestern University and owns a company that makes customized bow-ties for men, women and children.

Picks: “Necessary,” “Love Locked Me Down.”