Mishon “Just A Kiss”
Remember when Chris Brown was first starting out? You know, when he was winning over both young’uns and adults left and right with a debut album that birthed a string of infectious tweeny-bop R&B entries and crazy choreographed stage performances that gave older cats Usher and Justin Timberlake pause? Back when you couldn’t get through a single article about him without some writer pulling out the old “new young MJ” tag? Back before you realized what a angry lil’ sucker he was, and then listening to his music made you feel all uncomfortable inside?
That’s the only thing we can think of every time we hear “Just A Kiss”, the slowly chart-climbing single by 16-year-old R&B singer/ actor Mishon, and one that nicely taps into that early Chris Brown “Run It”/ “Yo (Excuse Me Miss)” sensibility with a lil’ Ne-Yo-esque melodicism bite to boot.
As twinkly keyboards and whooshing, backward-routed synths serve a winning R&B-for-the-playground production, Mishon uses his tender, mid-pubesceent tenor to coax some young shawty to “play a little game”; one that, refreshingly, stops just short of “going all the way” by being nothing more than an extended lip-locking session, though that may be just because the girl repeatedly makes it known that she’s not comfortable with doing anything further.
Whatever, we respect it’s realistic portrayal of what it’s like to be a horny teen in 2009, but more importantly, we’re just happy to see another cat give us some satisfying teen romance R&B that doesn’t make us feel like we should donate to some domestic abuse charity because we happened to enjoy it.
We’ll be expecting the obligatory Soulja Boy remix in 5..4..3..2..
I love this song. It’s so raw, and this was my first time hearing Mishon as an artist. Love his music, and his voice is amazing. Talented dude! God Bless w/ the future…I’m gone be out soon…Just watch!