Earl ‘Adamant’ Allen’s ‘Not Enough’ is one of the most enjoyable and openly loving releases of recent months. The artist’s fusion of the pop ballad sound and the realness of hip-hop makes for a smooth and even R&B soaked ambiance that comes through as refreshingly genuine. The song strikes as a sort of modern day love song, dedicative in the right kind of way, talking of authenticity and lasting love, touching on the strength of relationships and the sort that is worth fighting for and holding on to in the long term. It’s not something that’s talked about much, if at all, in modern music – relationships seem so brief in lyricism lately.
This song is clearly the sort that needed to be written for a significant other, not for an audience or for widespread attention, but genuinely from the heart and to appease and comfort a certain person who undoubtedly means the world to the songwriter. This kind of realness is beautiful, and as a result, the song does actually come through as widely accessible and the sort that could now be applied and made relevant to any number of listeners and their own experiences within relationships.
The whole thing expresses a valuable set of ideals, it reaches out to loyalty and lasting connection, and furthermore, it takes the best parts of various genres and offers them up in a way that is likely to bring together a number of audiences who find it easy and enjoyable to get lost in the vibes of the music and the words of the artist. The contrast between the spoken word moments and the melodic ones keeps things structurally interesting and also furthers that sense of character and honesty – not following any genre rules, just creating what feels right.
By Rebecca Cullen
Rebecca is a Musician and writer from Manchester, UK, with an MA in Song Writing
