Mutlu: Livin' It

By Keith Hannaleck

Mutlu Onaral known as simply Mutlu has a new album out, his third, titled Livin’ It. Having absolutely no familiarity with this artist gave me the element of surprise right from the start.

Livin’ It is a good album. It has a lot of highlights and tracks that have that rhythm and soul vibe going on, sort of like a Marvin Gaye thing. Nearly every track seems radio ready. He does the Santana guest artist thing and that decision was his most important on this recording because it takes rather generic songs and makes them something else more interesting and provoking.

The title track is killer, I love it, anyone with a sense of rhythm and soul would. The artist is right on the ball with awareness in marketing himself, he is offering the track for a free download, which is a perfect teaser to buy the album. You will get much of the same with the rest of the album but as I said, the extra bonus is the other contributing artists such as Darryl Hall, G. Love, who really spices up “Shaky Ground,” easily the best track on the recording, Amos Lee, and Raheem DeVaughn.

Mutlu has a pleasing and warm vocal style that is hard not to like and he plays some decent acoustic guitar as well.  I listened to this CD a few times and have to admit as much as I think it uses the same formula and sound throughout…I found it all very catchy and I did enjoy it.

Because of its lack of dissimilar musical styles and approach, Livin’ It will not find a home in my CD player but that does not mean there is not a huge audience out there that will love this music, there most certainly is and they will find Mutlu and embrace him.

Reviewed - July 24, 2008

Tracks:

  • Livin' It
  • See What It Brings (featuring Daryl Hall)
  • Hello Morning
  • Upside
  • Marilyn
  • Shaky Ground (featuring G. Love)
  • Make It There (featuring Amos Lee)
  • Mama's Not Coming Home
  • Think It Over
  • In Your Heart (featuring Raheem DeVaughn)

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About the Author:

Keith Hannaleck, known as “MuzikMan” is a Journalist specializing in independent and major music reviews and the promotion of artists via the various media outlets flourishing online. He has worked closely with artists, management, publicity directors, and webmasters to provide some of the best and far-reaching coverage an artist could have. Focusing primarily on the internet as a medium for his work, Keith has been a pioneer in the industry changing the way a reviewer with his various talents are used by many artists, PR folks, and labels. He has provided strong and valuable work to labels, artists, and publicity people, writing reviews, press releases, and biographies and much more over the years, giving the people he works with the maximum amount of exposure through several top-notch websites that post his content on their sites.

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