She graces the cover of Thicke’s 2003 debut album, “A Beautiful World,” naked. Patton’s been a part of Thicke’s musical career way before he decided to dedicate his upcoming seventh studio album to her. Five years later, Patton gave birth to their baby boy, Julian Fuego Thicke, on April 6, 2010. They dated all throughout high-school and college, breaking up once. At the time, Thicke was 14-years-old and she was 15-years-old. Thicke sang Steve Wonder’s “Jungle Fever” to Patton as they danced. under 21-and-over hip-hop club, Balistyx. In hopes for both to be happy – whether it be together or not – here’s a look at Paula Patton and Robin Thicke’s relationship seen and heard through his music. Perhaps this is one more, and not the final one? But, seeing that they’ve been together for over two decades, it’s safe to say that the once-couple has weathered a few storms. No one else in modern music can do what Thicke does, and this album is a much-needed return to form.Neither of them have publicly spoken on what exactly contributed to the separation, whether it be one recent thing or if it’s been brewing. Forget about ‘Blurred Lines’, this is the real Thicke right here, laying his heart bare and serenading us with his incomparable voice. ‘On Earth, and in Heaven’ is a bid to get Thicke’s music career back on track and it’s a stunning collection of songs that ought to do just that. In the last section of the record, Thicke celebrates frontline workers, mothers, daughters and grandmothers on ‘Look Easy’, revisits a song he started with Pharrell years ago on the stunning ‘Take Me Higher’, and delivers one hell of an emotional punch on closing track ‘That’s What Love Can Do’, the first track he wrote after his father passed away. On the stand-out ‘Beautiful’ you get to hear Thicke at his most commanding as he flits between his husky lower register and his angelic falsetto. ‘Lola Mia’, a tribute to Thicke’s daughter, is a loving promise from a father to his child, ‘Things You Do To Me’ is a classic slice of soul that’s so authentic you’ll feel like you must have heard it before, and ‘Out Of My Mind’ is a personal song about dealing with depression and anxiety. The groove lifts a little on second song ‘Hola’, with a gentle beat and flamenco guitar, and it’s a classy slice of adult pop that leans into Thicke’s romantic side. Without all the bells and whistles, Thicke shines the brightest and honestly, when you have a voice like silk, you don’t need it to be overwhelmed with production. Opening track has that slight bossanova groove that Thicke has incorporated into his music so successfully over the years. Thankfully the rest of the album follows suit. Paired with real instrumentation, Thicke’s beautiful falsetto allows you lose yourself in the music and it’s stunning. It’s the kind of music Thicke was born to make and it’s a million miles away from his biggest hit, which is a good thing.
Lead single ‘Forever Mine’ wipes the slate clean and mixes gentle jazz rhythms with blue-eyed soul. The mainstream pop of the ‘Blurred Lines’ era is nowhere to be found and these 11 songs are a real return to the music Thicke was making when he on his way up. Long-time fans of Thicke will be pleased to know that ‘On Earth, and in Heaven’ is a reset of sorts for the singer-songwriter. With his eye back on his music, Thicke is also ready to get back to his roots on eighth studio album ‘On Earth, and in Heaven’. A handful of singles have followed over the past few years and Thicke has proven popular as a panellist on ‘The Masked Singer’ in the US. By that time the tabloids had taken their pound of flesh and Thicke took a step back from the limelight. The critics mauled the record and Thicke ended up divorcing Patton in 2015. Things got worse when Thicke separated from his wife, actress Paula Patton, in 2014 and that same year he released new album ‘Paula’, which was a very public attempt to win her back. Controversy around the song’s meaning, a lawsuit from the Marvin Gaye estate, and an ill-judged MTV performance with Miley Cyrus turned Thicke from the hottest star on the planet to one of the most derided. In 2013 he released the Pharrell Williams-produced ‘Blurred Lines’ (and the album of the same name), which catapulted him to the top of the charts across the world but ultimately took a wrecking ball to the career he’d so carefully built. For the next six years, Thicke proved to be a consistent artist dropping high quality albums that showcased his abilities as a writer, a musician and a vocalist. Robin Thicke built a solid reputation as the face of modern R&B thanks to the success of 2007 single ‘Lost Without U’ and its parent album ‘The Evolution of Robin Thicke’.
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