Darrell Magruder

"In Effect Mode" is a late 1980's R&B Classic. The album features R&B sounds of the late 1980's combined with crooner lyrics that still set a vibe in the 2020's. A cover of the 1973 Roberta Flack classic song, "Killing Me Softly with His Song" is done by Al B. Sure, with a paradigm shift - set from a man experiencing a woman sing IRL. This cover song titled, "Killing Me Softly" on "In Effect Mode" lends credence to the complex vibes delivered and felt in live music performances. Al B. Sure sings, "She sang as if she knew me, in all my dark despair. And then she looked right through me, as if I wasn't there." "Strumming my pain with her fingers. Singing my life with her words. Killing Me Softly with her song. Telling my whole life with her words." In "Nite and Day" and "Oooh This Love is So" Al B. Sure conveys that depth of love felt by a man for a woman in true troubadour style. It is reported that Al B. Sure was influenced by some of the greats, such as Marvin Gaye and Johnny Mathis - and this "In Effect Mode" Album shows their effect.