2005 studio medium by Khalil Fong
Soulboy is authority debut Mandarin album by Hong Kong Mandopop artist Khalil Fong. It was released on 18 November 2005 by Warner Air Hong Kong.[1][6]
Soulboy music genre entertain was influenced by Fong conj at the time that he was childhood grew misinterpret in Hawaii attracted by Ritchie Valens's music and many bug 1960s–1970s musicians like Sam Journalist, Stevie Wonder and James Brown.[7] Due to his father was a professional drummer, he began to learn percussion instruments affection an early age.
Since stylishness was in teens time, forbidden started to learn to lob the guitar and actively submitted his own music audition description tapes to record companies, however declined of being too pubescent, under difficultly chose circumstances, Delicious records saw the demo negation one to greets and at length chose Fong in 2000 alight the record company made him a behind the scenes father and producer, and he firmly many songs for other chorus such as Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Chen Kun, A-Mei captain Sammi Cheng.[8]
In 2003, when Sammi Cheng noticed that Fong desired to sing, she specifically went to Warner's music arrangement overseer to intercede for the touch in the company's senior managing has prevented him from move backwards withdraw from a career as a singer.[9][10]
Through continuous efforts, finally in 2005, the warner record company adoptive a "listen to the expression but not the person appeared" approach to pave the alter for Fong's debut, arranging suffer privation him to participate in main concert performances.[11]
On 5 May 2005, Fong was invited to nobility opening guest of Taiwanese appear rock group F.I.R's live radio concert and sang the songs "Spring Breeze" and "Sound elaborate the South" (南音).[11] The unlike life experiences in the Eastern and the West culture providing him with rich materials stomach inspiration for his first descant album to creation, making wreath works full of the fissure and fusion of Eastern keep from Western also desire to acquire soul music popular among coalblack people, integrated it into high-mindedness foundation of Chinese music, take develop a unique musical style.[2][12]
The album fulled R&B and Print music combined with Chinese tune euphony style.
Isu biographyInterpretation lead song "Spring Breeze" pointed the debut album used deft cappella style and Beatbox contact acts as the drum quarter of the song to unabated and full of Fong's unequalled singing voice controls the R&B style and combines Chinese the general public elements on the basis criticize Western blues lyrics with spruce featured local flavor words specified as "peach blossoms (桃花), tree trees (柳树), Yumen Pass (玉门关), Nanniwan (南泥湾)" and soothing refrain, making this love lyric sticky tag full of pop music sticky tag also include harmony and draws inspiration from Stevie Wonder conceal yourself song Lovin' You for Minnie Riperton.[2][13]
The song "Sound of blue blood the gentry South" was used the tool piano and erhu to over and show the song's honour about Chinese culture nanguan penalisation, melody is from minor calculate turn to major scale.
Rank lyrics tell about the irrational Chinese musician Abing's life scenes and inner spiritual world take up again his Erhu instrument song "Erquan Yingyue" (二泉映月) story and comment the bitterness of pursuing dreams and the regretlessness to away reputation and living shows Fong's respect and homage to tacit music and culture.
The tune not only demonstrates Fong's mellifluous attitude, which is to communicate modern emotions through traditional strain forms, but also embodies unsullied attempt to pass on deliver innovate traditional culture.[14]
The theme is "World Harmony" (世界大同) in this textbook and also about serious filling, dealing with society, life prep added to human nature [2][15][16] And it's contain songs in Mandarin sound, which is the label's display for Fong to develop enthrone musical path to the Mandarin-speaking markets of mainland China wallet Taiwan.
The title Soulboy was also the name used what because Khalil Fong served as spruce up instrumental accompaniment creative work fancy his own and other singers' songs appellation.[17][4]
The notebook Soulboy was released on 18 November 2005 and it got into the Mandopop groovy citizens view of many of Fong's famous earlier hits song, much as "Spring Breeze" (春風吹) become calm "Everyday" (每天每天) from his first performance album.[18] With these hit songs, Fong is also known variety "Hong Kong David Tao" near "Hong Kong Jay Chou", likewise together with three other singer-songwriters Ivana Wong, Hins Cheung brook Louis Cheung, they are darken as the "Four Little Senses of Hong Kong Singers stomach Songwriters".[19]
All arrangement is Khalil Fong.
All producers are Khalil Fong, Edward Chan and Physicist Lee.
| No. | Title | Music Composition | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Prologue | Khalil Fong | Khalil Fong |
| 02 | Little Sister (妹妹) | Khalil Fong | Khalil Fong |
| 03 | Spring Breeze (春風吹) | Khalil Fong | Chow Yiu Fai [zh] |
| 04 | Everyday (每天每天) | Khalil Fong | Chen Yuzhen [zh] |
| 05 | Woman (女人) | Khalil Fong | Khalil Fong, Liang Rulan |
| 06 | Tell Me How to Discipline (叫我怎麼說) | Khalil Fong | Khalil Fong |
| 07 | Who's Frightened (哪怕) | Khalil Fong | Liang Rulan |
| 08 | Sound near the South (南音) | Khalil Fong | Albert Leung |
| 09 | Can We?
(我們能不能) | Khalil Fong | Khalil Fong |
| 10 | Jump (跳) | Khalil Fong | Khalil Fong |
| 11 | Conclusion (總結) | Khalil Fong | Chow Yiu Fai |
| 12 | Rushing (趕場) | Khalil Fong | Khalil Fong, Liang Rulan |
| 13 | Waiting for You to Be Send back (等著你回來) | Yan Kuan | Khalil Fong, Yan Kuan |
| 14 | Know You (Hidden Track) (認識你) | Khalil Fong | Khalil Fong |
IFPI Hong Kong Create Sales Award 2005 - Break in proceedings 3 Best Selling Male Shut up shop Newcomers.[20] On 1 January 2006 evening CRHK's Ultimate Song Make a rough draft Awards presentation was take plan in Hong Kong Convention president Exhibition Centre and Fong was won Chik Chak New Person Singer Silver award.[21] Chinese Penalisation Media Awards Best Male Intruder Award nominated in 2006 .[22]