Rating: 4/5ġ0 - Let's Rock - This is probably the least interesting and slowest song on the album. This song is just genius all the way around-instrumentally, vocal delivery, lyrically. It sounds like a 2007 version of that song to me. Rating: 3.5/5Ġ9 - Golden - Song draws another comparision to a song I love so much: Lauryn Hill's "Nothing Even Matters" from the "Miseducation" album. While this is a filler track, like her other filler tracks, it's not a bad filler track. She sounds remarkably like Erykah Badu on this track. Radio - Immediately, the song's instrumental takes you back to that mid-90s, slow-TLC's "Diggin'"/"Red Light Special"-kinda-groove. It's akin, lyrically, to Destiny's Child's "Survivor." Rating: 3/5Ġ8 - Mr. This is quite a strong track and I like it. Will.I.Am's rap also resurrects the song. The instrumental is quite bland, but her vocals save it. This is her "splash" onto the music scene. Rating: 3.5/5Ġ7 - Be Okay (featuring Will.I.Am) - I don't know which track they chose as the lead off single (I've yet to hear a single from her or see a video, for that matter) but if they've released anything other than this track, they're wrong. This actually could be a single-video only or radio only. This is a filler track, but it's another solid filler track. I really enjoy her delivery on this song. Rating: 4/5Ġ6 - Good Girl - I'm sorry to keep comparing songs, but this reminds me of Jill Scott's "Hate On Me" but just in the verses the choruses are very dissimilar. Filler track, but an AWESOME filler track. But I think what makes me compare them is the emphasis on the lyrical content (which is AWESOME) and the vocals. That's strange because the songs are two different genres. For some reason, it reminds me of Erykah Badu's "Green Eyes" from the Mama's Gun album. Rating: 3/5Ġ5 - Your Joy - This acoustic only track I quite enjoy. But the bridge really saves this track because she begins to break out of the alternative mode and goes straight into jazz mode which I quite like. It's another one of those instrumentals that I don't like. Rating: 3.5/5Ġ4 - Best Of Me - This is an alternative, soul track-something I'd expect to hear really from someone like Alanis Morisette or Sheryl Crowe. This song would never make it on today's radio, but would be a smash on Quiet Storm radio. Very solid, easy listening, soulful, filler track. At points, she sounds remarkably like Stephanie Mills maybe it's just the her tones, but they definitely share tones. Rating: 3.5/5Ġ3 - If I Have My Way - The entire structure of the song reminds me of D'Angelo's, "How Does It Feel?" In fact, I'll go so far as to say that this is the female version of that song. Instrumentally this is almost the second coming of Alicia Keys' "Fallin'." She really reminds me of a young Aretha on this track. Her lyrical interpretation is quite refreshing, especially in the current musical client when vocals aren't the most important thing. Rating: 3.5/5Ġ2 - Work It Out - The song starts out kind of slow for me, but once the chorus hits, it's no holds barred! I mean, the chorus drives this soul groove. The instrumentation seems to me like it samples something that I can't put my finger on, but lyrically it's been done before-as in, there was nothing really groundbreaking in the way the thoughts were expressed. There are a lot of jazz chords that she employs that very much work for she and her voice. 01 - Like A Dream - If you put Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, and Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child) voices (in that order) in a pot, melted them down, the result you'd pull out of that pot would be Chrisette's voice.
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