- Can't Get Enough
- I Am
- Alright
- Why Can't We Be Friends?
- Call Me Your Own
- Anything for Love
- I'm Not Alone
- That's What You Said
- Our Journey
- Don't Walk Away
- First Love
- Rising Son
California-based Jontez is a rarity in Christian music. It's not often that you see labels taking a chance on male Latino artists, especially now that the Latin pop craze of the late '90s is long gone. Urban pop, however, continues to be on the up-and-up, and it's high time someone decided to sign someone who can compete with the sultry gazes and shirtless antics of the Justin Timberlakes and Ushers of the world. With his impressive debut
The former God's Property member fills an ever-widening gap for well-produced urban music within CCM, which is overcrowded with ho-hum pop-rock hopefuls, yet not enough brothers who can just flip their hair back, smile, and dance while crooning their favorite R&B jam. From the opening strains of "Can't Get Enough"—with its layered harmonies, fake guitars, and a rhythmic salsa undercurrent—Jontez means business: "I can't get enough of your love … I'm addicted to you." Who is he talking to? If he didn't confess later that all he knows is because the Bible tells him so, we wouldn't know.
But after that he asserts his motives quite clearly, proffering God-to-man ("I Am," "Our Journey"), man-to-God ("Call Me Your Own"), and man-to-man declarations ("Why Can't We Be Friends?"). All of these songs come from a clear faith-based angle, but like most R&B, rhythm often overpowers rhyme.