Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
Critic Score
Based on 10 reviews
Year End Rank: #10
User Score
2021 Ratings: #351
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
The Young Folks

From its tongue-in-cheek title to its eye-opening spoken-word testimonies, Heaux Tales is a daring while simultaneously entertaining record that stakes a claim to its own pasture with Jazmine’s perfectionist streak balanced against occasionally raw, intimate use of sonics.

86
Pitchfork
On her fourth album, Jazmine Sullivan contends with all that can be lost and gained through sex and love. She is in full command of her spectacular voice and totally delivers on an ambitious concept.
80
Beats Per Minute

Heaux Tales is a provocative return for Sullivan that showcases her incredible knack for storytelling.

80
HipHopDX
Every tale might not apply to every listener, but Sullivan guarantees no experience is left unrepresented.
80
Exclaim!

Sullivan is often overlooked as the R&B master she is, but her latest project displays the vocal range of legends before her, demonstrating her ability to capture the qualms of life and love relevant to the realities of dating in the age of the internet.

80
Rolling Stone

Though brief, with a runtime of just over 30-minutes, the EP shows Sullivan crafting a complete constellation of love and loss.

80
Clash

Ending such a lengthy wait for new material was never going to be easy, but Jazmine Sullivan makes her Everest-like task look deceptively simple. A woman speaking her truth in poetic, soulful fashion, ‘Heaux Tales’ could be her defining chapter.

80
The Needle Drop

The conceptual EP Heaux Tales seems to be a point of personal and artistic metamorphosis for Jazmine Sullivan.

80
Albumism

For a lesser artist, doing songs this explicit would seem like a thin gimmick for attention, but Jazmine Sullivan is far above that weight class. What has to be reckoned with is that, heaux or no, Sullivan is a preeminent standard bearer in modern R&B.

70
AllMusic

Given the brevity and makeup -- just over half an hour, with only 27 minutes of music -- Heaux Tales doesn't have the heft of Fearless, Love Me Back, or Reality Show, but few contemporary R&B LPs twice its length are as substantive.

Valeyard
75

"Dick spoke life to me" - quote of the year

marvelgaryen
75

The harmonies and rhythms were too great for me to have anything bad to say about this album. Jazmine's voice is the sword cutting all the right edges, putting perspective into our minds. The interludes were setting the tone beautifully, I just love hearing women talking about reality. As far as the production, I still got nothing to complain, there's a little bit of R&B luxury for everyone.

Scre4meh
60

PRE-REVIRW NOTE: special is incoming. :p 💜

Jazmine Sullivan is a new name to me, and i was really surprised to see that she makes music since 2008, my original thoughts being that she might be another new R&B / neo-soul artist that started popping off recently.

In contrast with the overall background surprise, the project is definetly not offering much of a surprise to me. I like it, but not to an extent of listening to it that much.

The seemingly long EP features female empowerment ... read more

AnotherWhiteMan
80

White man approved.

85

Vocal masterclass, lyrically dull at times, however.

TomaskOwO
90

This was the R&B album of the year tied with John legend I think? So that means it must be great right?

It is great, awesome even. It took me time to realise its Hoe Tales and not Hoax Tales but thats beside the point.

I love the idea of the interludes being real stories.

Since the first time I listened to it in 2021 my thoughts on this album changed somewhat.

And when I tell you that I am sad that I forgot about one of the greatest albums ive ever heard i mean it

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Track List

1Bodies (Intro)
2:01
75
2Antoinette's Tale
0:37
67
3Pick Up Your Feelings
3:49
86
4Ari's Tale
0:49
66
5Put It Down
3:21
76
6On It
3:24
77
7Donna's Tale
1:10
65
8Price Tags
4:23
75
9Rashida's Tale
1:00
64
10Lost One
2:58
75
11Precious' Tale
0:43
65
12The Other Side
3:37
78
13Amanda's Tale
0:37
66
14Girl Like Me
3:44
feat. H.E.R.
74
Total Length: 32 minutes

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Added on: January 5, 2021