Artist spotlight - Sounding off: for the latest and hottest in black music! - Sound Recording Review

Ebony, Dec, 2003

Saxophonist soothes, mesmerizes, enthralls--and helps listeners to embrace the moment and mood with his new recording, EMBRACE (N-Coded). Supermellow tunes such as "On the Way" and "Eye 2 Eye" take the mind off the stresses of life. Najee, who wrote most of the tunes, steps up the pace with "Vibin' w/Ayers," with vibraphonist extraordinaire Roy Ayers; then there's "Someone Watching Over You," with vocals from BeBe Winans, and the joyful "Mall's Bounce." The multifaceted, forward-thinking Najee produced the recording with Iris brother, Fareed.