“Not just through the music, but by the kinetic energy in which music and energy transfers.” Here Omarion talks through each song on the project. “I think what's probably the most important thing as an artist and in sharing is always getting a perspective of your personal experience and how we're all so very tied together,” the singer says. By and large, though, it's Omarion's voice, the details of his life, and his sensibilities that inform the bulk of the songs here for a vibe that goes down easy. Hints of the day's popular styles-from trap to dancehall-inflected R&B-form some of the album's most appealing moments, as well as features from former labelmate Wale, T-Pain, and Busy Signal and an unexpected collaboration with Ghostface Killah. Despite its nostalgic inspirations, The Kinection sounds very much of its time. “It was the first time that we got together in 15 years, and I kind of showed the behind-the-scenes of how everything is interwoven as it pertains to creative art and how it's presented,” he says.
The group's 2019 reunion and its companion documentary planted the seeds for the project. In 2001, via the single “Uh Huh,” the world was introduced to B2K, a then-burgeoning R&B quartet composed of J-Boog, Raz-B, Lil Fizz, and Omarion, whose wealth of charisma made him an early fan favorite. “ The Kinection is another thread to the long-standing history of my music career,” Omarion tells Apple Music of his fifth solo album, inspired, in equal measure, by the present and the past.
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