I recently had a Juicy One-on-One with Mr. Donell Jones and I must say he definitely has been on the grind. Although, we haven’t heard from Jones in a minute he has definitely been keeping some secrets up his sleeve and is definitely coming back with a big bang. Even though I am a very big Donell Jones fan, I really wanted to know what he has been too and also find out the 411 for his curious fans that still has love for him. Check out the interview and let me know what you think. 
Juicy Highlights: What is the definition of a true R&B artist and do you feel that you represent that?
Donell Jones: Umm, I definitely feel like I represent that, I think the definition of a true R&B artist is someone who perfects their crafts and who is really serious about their music. Someone who won’t change just because there is a different style of music that’s out and they will stay true to themselves and just represent R&B to the fullest and I definitely feel like I am one of those type of artists.
JH: I asked some of your fans on Facebook some questions and they want to know what inspired “A Portrait Of A Woman” and “Knocks Me Off My Feet”?
DJ: A portrait of a woman was inspired by, umm this young lady, that I was in a relationship with and I wasn’t doing the right thing and at that particular time, I just felt like, we had broken up and I had thought about all the things and the reason why we had broken up and I wanted to write a song and I kind of wrote the song to apologize and kind of letting all the other women in the world know how special they are even if they are with men who aren’t showing them respect, even at the end of the record I did say “or you’ll end up like me,” so I mean, it definitely was something that I just kinda of wanted to send that message out there to her and to let her know that I was sorry and basically that is where that song came from.
JH: Are still friends with her today?
DJ: Oh! Definitely, were still friends.
JH: Do you feel that you are given enough credit as an artist, because I feel that you are underrated and so do you feel the same way?
DJ: I do, I do, but I don’t let it bother me, I think the reason why I’ve gone so much under the radar is because, the record companies that I was under never took me as priority to them and so they had other artist that they wanted to push more than me, even though I continued to make good music and you know, I just wanted to keep my fans happy but I don’t think that they felt that my music was important to them as it is the people that listen to me.
JH: Are you an independent artist now or are you still with jive?
DJ: Oh no, I am definitely not with Jive. I am definitely independent, I have started my own music company called “CandyMan Music Inc” and you know I just feel like there is nobody out there who can push me more that I can push myself.
JH: Are you in the process right now of starting your label?
DJ: Yes, were in the process right now, I have a great team of people behind me and we are going full fledge this year and umm, I am really happy about this new label and I am also really happy about this new album to come with it and one of them being that my fans don’t have to wait 3 or 4 years between albums any more. Now I can release albums as I see fit because, back in the day I had to wait because the other artist were coming out around the same time as me or something like that so now I just feel real good about the opportunity that’s coming around. Read more »
