Kyle Jason – Revolution
Of The Cool (DVD/CD set)
Picture: C
Sound: C Extras: C Main Program: C
CD Sound: B-
Music: B-
Kyle Jason is a Soul singer who is stuck in the James
Brown/Prince mode and has talent, but is at a crossroads. He will either stay satisfied with
archetypes and do the same thing the rest of his life or try to do something
with his talents that could make him the next big voice in R&B. Revolution Of The Cool is designed to
introduced him to a new audience and the DVD is extremely determined to show he
has street credibility. It overdoes it
badly and the interviews with others do not make a difference one way or
another.
Though he seems sincere for the most part, he should let
the music speak for itself instead of this awkward program. He talks about acting in some film, but it
is an urban Gangster genre hardly anyone has heard of and may be too soon for
him to reflect on a second career. We’ll
have to see the film at a later date.
But what about the music? The
two Music Videos here are weak and the medley of his singing cuts in every time
it is about to get interesting. The
image quality is poor throughout all of it.
Fortunately, there is the CD, which offers a dozen songs
that better show off what he has going for him. Unfortunately, though not as bad as the location audio from the
DVD in Dolby Digital 2.0 that is sometimes stereo, the PCM 2.0 Stereo is too
harsh to be enjoyed as much as it could be.
With that aside, Jason is a diamond in the rough and it is hard to tell
how much he realizes this. Just being
an R&B singer at this time in itself is an achievement in the midst of Rap
and bad Pop records, but he is going to need to do more if he is going to reach
his full capacity and potential. We’ll
have to see what he does next.
- Nicholas Sheffo
