Soul in Love

The album showcases his vocal quality and range, singing classical R&B and jazz songs that he grew up listening to, like "After the Love Has Gone", "Always and Forever" and "Ain't No Sunshine".

It received highly positive reviews from OPM critics, and won numerous awards for his outstanding vocal performance.

He also did numerous TV guestings, including one on MYX Live!, where he performed the album's tracks—which include Anita Baker's classic hit "Sweet Love", Quincy Jones' "One Hundred Ways", Heatwave's classic ballad "Always and Forever", and Joe's pop hit "No One Else Comes Close".

It features D'Sound, the band who originally recorded and released the song, becoming their most popular and biggest single.

"No One Else Comes Close", originally recorded by American R&B singer Joe, was released in the summer of 2008 as a radio-only single.

Early in 2009, the album reached Platinum status by the PARI, selling over 30,000 units in the country.

Lorelie Dino of Titik Pilipino gave the album a perfect rating of five out of five stars, saying "As everybody should be well aware of by now, Jay R is a very talented artist".

On the first ever Wave 89.1 Urban Music Awards in 2009, he was nominated on four categories including Best Male Soul/R&B Artist and Best Remake for "Tattooed on My Mind" with D'Sound.