Faith Evans Brings Some Sultry Soul To Her Song "Mesmerized"

"Mesmerized" is my favorite track by R&B singer/songwriter Faith Evans. The song has a great old-school 1970s flavor to it. It sounds like a track that soul/funk divas like Marva Whitney or Lynn Collins might have recorded back in the day. The track has a bad funk groove and a sick chorus. And Evans tears it up with her sultry, soulful voice. She is extremely underrated in my view. She's a talented singer who doesn't have to rely on Auto-Tune or other studio tricks to sound good. Evans is the real deal.

The track is from Evans' fourth studio album The First Lady, released in 2005. This was the singer's first album on Capitol Records after her departure from Bad Boy Records in 2003. She wrote the song with hip hop/R&B producer Chucky Thompson, and the track samples a part of George Benson's song "Footin' It." "Mesmerized" performed well on the charts, reaching #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs. It also charted at #19 in both Australia and the Netherlands.



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