"Brooks knocks out his audience with heart and raw emotion, while the Uptown Sound's post-punk attack updates the MG's and JB's groove model, resulting in pure and unrelenting soul music that ranges from sweaty on-the-one workouts, dance-punk booty shakers, garage-rock thump humps and aching R&B ballads without a missed step in between. JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound are not just another throwback group, they came to be during an era of war, manifesting their style of urgent dance music with lyrics that address more than the standard "baby, baby" fare."