The showcase ballad, "God Is Able," is an unforgettable anthem and affirmation of faith, eliciting a soul-stirring performance from Smokie that renders it a worthy successor to-and even extension of-"I Need You Now." "Worthy" puts a contemporary, melodic spin on rocking, Sunday-morning traditional Gospel, while "I Know the Lord Will Make A Way" delivers the Good News. "Can't Nobody" and "Power" are hooky, high-octane, horn-driven proclamations of encouragement drawn from trust in the pervasive power of the Almighty in every facet of His creation. I try to bring a very universal approach to what I do." I want to try to give something good and of God that crosses lines of race, and age, churched and un-churched, that lots of people can relate to, as well as be empowered and inspired by. I don't want to be limited to any one market or niche. At the same time, it's important to me to reach out beyond those walls. "The church has been and always will be my home base," Smokie says, "not just in terms of supporters, but in where I draw my own strength and spiritual renewal. But whatever the song, format or genre, his one-of-a-kind vocal prowess-from sweet and silky to edgy and urban-remains pure and unmistakably Smokie. Still at home musically in what he describes as an "urban/inspirational" pocket, Smokie stretches into some serious, good-time funk and r&b, stirring songs of praise and worship, pop balladry, and down-home blues. Writing or co-writing the majority of the album's 11 songs, and enlisting the production assistance of some of Gospel and R&B's biggest hit-makers-including jazz great, George Duke, Percy Bady, Tommy Sims, and Victor & Cedric Caldwell-Smokie fully delivers on the promise portended by I Need You Now, even surpassing that already landmark work. I believe that the same God that did all this on the first go-round can do it on the second go-round as well." It has been a pretty amazing couple of years, but I feel very much at peace. My goal has always just been to see people blessed by the music God gives me, and that's happened beyond anything I ever imagined. "You can chase after success and recognition all you want," says Smokie, "but the truth is that unless God ordains it, it really doesn't matter. And while Nothing Without You promises to only extend and expand his recognition even further, the ever-gracious, good-natured Smokie sees his meteoric rise to fame from a very humble and down-to-earth perspective. I Need You Now spent an impressive two years on the magazine's Gospel Top 40 chart, and the single of the same name is still perched in the Top 10 of the recurrent mainstream R&B chart. With I Need You Now, currently on top of the Billboard Gospel catalog chart and its follow-up EP, the No.1 Limited Edition, still on the Gospel Top 40 chart, Smokie is more than a success.
And the tidal wave of critical and popular acclaim he has generated with his gold-selling debut album, I Need You Now, and its title song-which has become an almost instant classic-for-the-ages-continues unabated, even as EMI Gospel Music proudly announces the release of Smokie's highly anticipated new release, Nothing Without You. Smokie Norful has been one of popular music's great success stories of 2002. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).Smokie Norful Bibliography: (click on each album cover to view tracks and Smokie Norful lyrics)
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Get the embed code Smokie Norful - I Need You Now Album Lyrics1.All About You2.I Need You Now3.It's All About You4.Just Can't Stop5.Life's Not Promised6.Psalm 647.Same Sad Song8.Same Sad Song (remix)9.Same Sad Song (Urban Remix)10.Somethin', Somethin'11.The Least I Can DoSmokie Norful Lyrics provided by (Somethin about that man, there's somethin about that man I can't understand (Understand, understand)Ĭan't nobody do it like, do it like, do it like Jesus Somethin' about that man, somethin about that man Most of them Immortalize Mohammed, even confess Confuciousīut Jesus is still the name, and there's somethin about that man Jesus when you come around men can't act the same Wonderful, marvelous, and awesome is your name Sometimes, there's somethin' about that man Tryin' to understand, there's somethin about that man'Īnd how he holds the world all up in his hands When I call your name, you come through just the same Somethin' that makes me do that little dance I do Somethin' that makes me move whenever I'm next to you
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