SoulCulture: You also recently released an album of unreleased unheard music, The Lost Files. SoulCulture: Have you signed anyone to your record label?ĭonell Jones: At the moment it’s just me but I am working with a couple of other artists right now I’m just focused on where I am and what I’m doing but in time there will definitely be more artists signed up. I feel like I can handle things the way I want now like the marketing and promotion side of things, so it’s been great to be able step out on my own and get back to making music again. I never stopped recording and working on my music but now I feel like I can truly do what’s right for me without any of the restrictions. I just felt it was time to do own thing and always wanted to start my own record label, so I finally did and that’s how CandyMan Music came about. SoulCulture: It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from you musically and otherwise, why the break?ĭonell Jones: I was signed to Jive and I was ready to leave but I was still bound to a contract for a while until I finally left in June 2007. Donell reveals why he believes people are now missing the R&B music of the ‘90s and how he is vowing to bring some love back to his music. He released The Lost Files EP last year and joins the growing list of artists and bands from the ‘90s era, like Maxwell and Jodeci, who have all returned to try and revive their R&B/Soul successes. In that time the R&B singer-songwriter, who has written and produced for likes of Usher, Silk, Brownstone and Madonna, decided it was time to cut ties with his record label, Jive – and now after four years away is ready for a comeback. After releasing his album Journey of a Gemini in 2006, Donell Jones took a break from the music scene for a minute.

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