New Chico DeBarge Album “Addiction”

Chico DeBarge’s new album Addiction becomes available today.  In case the name sounds familiar, he is a younger brother of the members of the group DeBarge (who you might remember sang mostly in falsetto and had some hits in the 80s).  Chico released a self-titled album back in 1986 but, unfortunately, his life since then has been rough.  He went to jail on drug charges in the 1990s and then was stabbed outside of a nightclub in Philadelphia in 2003.

It’s good to see that he’s trying to get his life back on track with this new album.  After listening to the preview, I can see that it truly is about addiction.  In the opening track, Chico is heard attending a self-help addiction meeting where he says that he’s a “recovering addict.”  

I was pleasantly surprised by the tracks.  At times, it kind of reminded me of the sound D’Angelo had on his Brown Sugar album.  It’s a little rough around the edges but I think it’s a great comeback effort by DeBarge.

Here’s the track listing:

1. Addiction Meeting
2. Nefertiti/Center Of The Universe
3. Oh No
4. Tell Ur Man
5. Math Featuring Talib Kweli
6. Do My Bad Alone
7. Slick(Addiction)
8. I’m Okay
9. Medication
10. She Loves Me
11. I Want You
12. I Forgot Ur Name
13. Hey U
14. Chico’s Prayer
15. Change by Lylit

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