She puts the "neo" in neo soul, without being R&B, finally a real contemporary approach to soul music, not only relying on technical aspects that only aims to sophisticate philly sounds, which is the case of way too many neo soul songs, that end up nostalgic, nearly reactionnary. She's looking for the topicality of what could culturally be soul music, not only tearing out the exact and sacred (👀) sound that's associated to the soul of the 70's and its cultural ... read more
So at the time we finally got to paradise ? 😪 I guess I'll just have this in loop for the following weeks
Trying to decide if the kitsch of this record is absolute genius or a pitfall. It might depend on the songs (saying this especially for Rose that is extremely beautiful, candide, but in a mièvre way to word it in french, so not especially sophisticated)
So many classics on this, the impact is undeniable but some tracks really do hold bad influences of the late 2000's trends. Some gorgeous moments laced with quirky production choices