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 Get It Right But here’s one, and a good one too.  New York-based Rain is Sulimon Wiggins, Ashanti Wiggins (brothers) with cousin Reggie Isler. Their debut satisfies those doo-rag, street-slick cover art expectations, as Rain pours down urban cuts, jeep-ready jams and slick vocals amidst bounce-heavy beats, courtesy veteran producer Barry D. Vocals are consistently on point on this project, the blend is there but the three each know how to work a lead as well, making for an enjoyable listen. There’s enough of a difference between their voices to allow for a variety of textures and colors. The group uses their weather imagery to good effect on the album, referencing God’s love as ‘showering down’ upon us. The smooth ballad “When It Rains” could be considered their theme song, a short cut which features soft keyboards underpinning Rain’s patter of woven ad lib vocals. Rain comes down the strongest when the foot is pushed to the metal on street-savvy sounds such as “B Like Him” and “Above the Hype”. These cuts signal entry into severe head-bob and hands-up territory and all jeeps in sight have engines reved. The grooves are deep and the hooks infectious as Wiggin, Wiggins and Isler display a vocal prowess on par with any of their mainstream counterparts. Contemporary acoustic guitars from Ricardo Ramos on “Down On My Knees”, and Spanish guitars from Wilfredo Carrera on “Take Me To Paradise” serve to lighten the street vibe a bit, lending a nice diversity to the project. On “Old Man, New Man” and “Crossroads”, Rain find their pocket in expressing the change that comes with salvation, using their smooth harmonies to do that. Alina Trimiar joins in to make it four voices on “Give You The Praise”, a meditative melody that unfolds via modulation to offer vertical praise assembled with organ, keyboard and strings alongside the busy harmony. This album is a winner all the way round. Strong vocals, great songs and superb production make Get It Right from Rain an urban highlight. True Life Entertainment — reviewed by Stan North —
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