Reviews (page 7 of 8)
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From the cover I was expecting it to have been from the 90’s which, of course, it is taking inspiration from while throwing a modern twist on things. It wasn’t for me, but outside of its negatives I found a couple of songs entertaining at least.
Too cliche
Decent and short-lived R&B
Nonsense. An album of a lady speaking about the empowerment of the black vagina. How this is deemed to be essential listening is beyond me.
I was surprised by this album. I went into it without realizing it was a concept album revolving around the stories of women and their differing views and experiences regarding their sexual agency. The views expressed here are diverse and provide a unique window into experiences I will never have. Musically, this album spans hip hop, nu soul, and classic R&B. It was concise and short with no wasted space and very well done. No wonder it ended up on a bunch of year’s best lists.
Probably somebody put money to put this into the list. Not interested
"Cool, an album from 2021!" is what my first reaction was. Unfortunately this quickly turned to sadness since there is so much good music these days, and they chose this out of all the good music they could've picked. I also read that she was inspired by Cardi B, which is not a good thing. I think conceptually the album feels quite cohesive. Unfortunately, the theme is not really something that excites me that much. Some of the songs are ok, but it's just not really my jam honestly, so it's hard to give it proper credit. It's not something I really enjoyed though, and I won't go back to it, so a 2 feels right for me.
Surprised to find this on here, not the typical style of music that makes it to this list. I had only heard "Pick Up Your Feelings" before which is a good track so was interested in this. Not a big fan of the talks in between tracks but the tracks themselves were groovy. Not groundbreaking beats or rapping but still a good listen. I think this gets a weak 4 from me since it is something different in this list which always feels nice and I enjoyed many of the tracks. Would it be on my lest of best albums? Probably not but I could understand someone putting it there.
cool
Editors of 2021 edition: Look, we have a tough decision to make, we need to pick an album that's gonna be timeless, people who will be listening to this in 2060 gonna be losing their minds how remarkable it is. Also editors of 2021 edition:
19/100
Some of the other reviews here made me think I was really gonna hate this but this was better than I expected. I'm definitely not a big fan of current mainstream hip hop which I think was what I was expecting and there's some of that here but there's enough of a neo soul influence that makes up for it. It did occur to me that one fault of this list is that it seems to be quick to embrace some modern artists to I guess stay or become relevant to a younger generation when there is a clear lack of some forerunner artists on the list. I think you can draw a line from Betty Davis in the 70s to Miss Sullivan (with a few notable detours in the 80s) and yet nothing by Betty Davis on the list. That's disappointing. Anyway, like I said better than I expected, the music is fine to really good and honestly I thought the interludes were the best part of the album. I guess there's a first time for everything.
Smooth, silky and a little sultry Sullivan is certainly sure of what she wants and who she is. As she slithers through track by track we’re in a trance and wanna dance. Giving in to her as she tells us like it is and how it is inevitably going to be. Heartbreak, triumph…emotions are certainly there.
On my first listen, she sounded like a SZA-wannabe, but it very quickly grew on me as soon as I started paying attention. First of all, the themes of this album are honest and personal. The intro "Bodies" has her repeating the same lines, emphasizing her confusion and sense of hopelessness. These themes of loneliness, falling apart emotionally, and longing for the past are maintained through the whole EP. She has her pop hooks, but her song structures do sometimes trail off unconventionally to evoke feelings of incompleteness, putting greater emphasis on the following tracks and skits. Super impressed by the production value. Her voice is the highlight, but she doesn't flash it off as excessively as other R&B artists. But of course that's my preference, cause I'm sure her expressive vocals are the primary audience appeal of the single "Lost One." The double tracking and vocal effects are used appropriately to add variety but are neither used as random nor repetitive gimmicks. The groove is nostalgic and calming. I did find most of it is a bit boring, repetitive, and standard of the genre, clearly influenced by contemporary chillwave, but some tracks like "Price Tags" show innovation, and of course it all vibes with the lyrics and vocals. Can't say I can complain too much, but it doesn't attract me. Most of the skits could be cut. Some work well, while the ones later in the EP feel out-of-place and are a bit distracting, but they do serve the purpose of giving audiences a small break to make the next track payoff more rewarding. I also prefer her R&B skills over her rapping skills. Not a fan of the trap elements found in most tracks, most prominently with "Put It Down." She incorporates her rapping well in some tracks when her mood becomes fiercer in a more forward manner, but other times I feel like she's just trying to mimic Cardi B. The only songs I didn't like at all are "Put It Down", "On It", and "Lost One." The others have my complaints, outlined above, but they're all pretty good. And of course we have the whole coherent concept record experience.
meh
Honestly, it’s gunna be another no from me dawg. I guess Ho Tales is the vibe they were going for with this title, but making fancy or somehow less crass? Girlfriend looks cute in her outfit on the cover, but this music does nothing for me. Not the worst, but a far far cry from the best, that’s for sure.
i enjoyed most of the songs! I feel that the interludes took away from the vibe of the record.
Solid album with a lot of honesty and great vocals.
Really sweet little album. The concept is really interesting with the anecdotal interludes and most of the songs are really good. 8/10
I hated it and the messing around with the production made it even worse. Sorry this is not good. no no no
Het mag empowering zijn, maar dit vind ik precies wat te veel 'in the face'
The songs were pretty good and easy to listen to. Rating 2.5
honestly not sure how this even made the list. every song is about weiners.
I liked all of the R&B sound and am always a sucker for Paak. The topic of feminine sexuality and all that is obviously not something I can directly relate to but it’s nice to see somebody calling out the double standard of men and women in art and how they can sexually express themselves. That said, it’s a bit too heavy of a concept for me to just casually revisit in the future I think, especially with all the skits. There were maybe too many of those. All in all though Jazmine Sullivan is extremely talented and certainly a unique and strong approach to this R&B concept album.
Ari and Paak were great features because they compliment Jazmines voice/sound so well. Great Tales
Heaux Tales is by no means a casual listen, but Jazmine Sullivan puts on a masterclass in destigmatizing sex through music here. Some of the tracks, like “Put It Down” and “On It,” push the boundary on taboo topics artists (and particularly women) can get away with singing about. It’s no Silk Sonic, but Anderson Paak is a great feature on “Price Tags.” “Lost One” is a welcome emotional interlude amongst the album’s physical focus, yet the six “Tales” add a personal touch to the album that conventional tracks simply can’t add. This is a fascinating idea for a concept album, and Jazmine nails it. I can’t say I’d go out of my way to listen to it again, but I can at least appreciate the artistic value.
Really average, honestly. Not sure why it’s on the list!
Music is alright lyrics arent
Interesting concept
I am blown away. I love this concept and the execution.
It’s ok.
Very enjoyable. Didn't previously know,
I enjoyed parts of this and found a lot of the spoken word pieces thought provoking, but overall I think I have a bit too much ex-catholic guilt left in me to enjoy music so sexually explicit to the full. I have similar problems with Prince and some gangsta rap groups.
Great album - never heard of her before
I don't hate it
Pretty fun all round. The interludes weren't as cringey and jarring as interludes often are on these albums
Not usually my thing, but good sound and songwriting.
It reminds me of a girl-Frank Ocean (in particular channel ORANGE). I've never heard of Jazmine Sullivan before, but it's an instant liking. I can see myself listen to this album again and again.
This is just hoe music. Explains a lot of our problems with young people today when you learn how popular this garbage is. The music isn't anything notable either
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would! not a big R&B fan but the production was tight af - 8/10
This was actually quite nice. Reminiscent of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, I enjoyed the conversational narrative of the albums presentation.
Music-wise it's not really audible for me. I don't like this type of modern american rnb. Couldn't get through the full album. Lyrics are much more relevant and social conscious, apparently, but with this type of music I just couldn't focus at all. Big miss for me.
Oh god no, went in with a completely open mind as had never heard of her. Everything that's terrible about modern music; sexuality over content, basic basic beats and everything run through a thousand autotune filters. 1
It doesn’t appeal very much to me. All of my favorite rap and R&B albums have less repetitive or more complex instrumentation. And vocally, it sounds very on trend…like not very unique in a sea of similar artists.
I really enjoyed a lot of the music and grooves from this album. Wasn't a fan of the little stories between songs and a couple of the lyrics, but I would consider this a solid R&B album. I'm not going to touch the message she's throwing out there, but I know that i grooved in my seat while working and that's enough for me. Thought her voice was very good. Best songs to me were Bodies, Pick Up Your Feelings, Lost One and The Other Side. Have to give her props in that this album was a conversation piece at the house the last few days. Not too many albums get discussed a week after hitting the list. Could have gone higher but I'm going with a 3.5. Will score a 3. 3.5
Hell yeah sister, fight the patriarchy! Anyway I’ll probably never listen to this again. 2
3 Classic 90s R&B sound with a feminist twist to it - I can definitely see this one pissing off the Ben Shapiro types of the world. Call it graphic if you want, but it isn’t without purpose, one I feel the first interlude, Antoinette’s Tale, sums up best: In a world in which sexual conquest is both expected of and enabled in men, why shouldn’t women have the same agency over their own body and desires? Whether it be for romantic, lustful, empowering, or ulterior reasons, women are at liberty to do with their body as they wish, just as men can and choose to do. This album takes a unique approach in tackling that concept as a sort of anthology, featuring a series of women’s “tales” that explore this range of sexual motivation and help tee up the next song, related in topic. That was an aspect I really enjoyed - it added a layer of personal depth that helped me connect with the music and view each track in a certain light. Of all these, the most insightful and profound for me was probably the finale, Amanda’s Tale and Girl Like Me, which describes the insecurity of someone who loses her man to the type of woman she finds herself constantly comparing herself to on social media, ultimately resulting in her embracing her sexuality as a form of value. In an album focused on tales of sexual agency, this last tale is probably the most tragic one, reminding us that there’s more to sexuality than just lust. Anyway, while I clearly appreciated the topical nature of the album, musically… I found this kind of meh. Nothing I disliked, but at the same time, I can’t help but wonder if recency bias was a major factor for this album’s inclusion on the list. Of course the messaging is important, but I’m not sure it has quite the level of songwriting to hold up as an all-time great years from now. There was no song in particular that made me want to go back and give another listen - If I were to revisit this album, it would likely be for its narrative. Feel like this had the potential to be something absolutely great, but it didn’t quite get there for me. Still, glad to have been exposed to it.
Enjoyed for the most part, the skits seemed pointless
I hate skits but this album was pretty alright overall
Really liked this one
The best thing about this album is how short it is. Skip all the chatting filler and you can rattle right through it. Ho Tails
A poor man’s Miseducation.
3.8 - A straightforward concept album about the intersection of money and sex. Some impressive R&B vocal performances and spoken word interludes. Standouts: “Price Tags”, “On It.”
That album title is just awful. The music was actually not too bad and it went by pretty quickly. It's probably like a 2.5 to 3 BUT this album seriously has no business being on this list. It's far too new and it doesn't exactly feel like an instant classic. I have no idea why this is here.
Skits aside, decent.
This was fine, but I kind of feel like this list should function like the NFL Hall of Fame when comes to adding new releases. To get into the Hall of Fame, you have to be retired for at least 5 years before being considered for eligibility. I think that’s fair, right? 5 years after its release, an album becomes eligible? Otherwise, this list becomes a product of its moment. I’m not trying to single out this record or any newly added releases in the most recent edition of the book. There’s plenty of records on the list from 2000-2005 in the first edition of the book that shouldn’t be included. I’m just saying there needs to be a cool down period where records can be evaluated outside of their moment before dubbing them essential.
Sin pena ni gloria. No sé qué pinta en este listado. Canta bien.
Very entertaining R&B album. Great guest vocalists, interesting talk tracks between songs, overall pretty good! I'm just not the biggest fan of R&B.
Kinda overrated. While I support the cause, the production sucks and the delivery boring. This is not even close to Miseducation.
I'm not really sure how I feel about this, as I think lyrically I understand the album in concept, but a lot of it comes off as artificial more than anything, and it is hard to tell what I'm supposed to be like "oh, good point" and what is a played-too-serious joke. As far as it goes musically, I think the backing tracks are okay, but they all sound like something I heard somewhere else before, and not really their own thing. This just doesn't feel like anything all that notable, and considering I'd never heard of this album before the generator, despite trying to relatively keep up with modern music tells me it'll be probably removed to make room for another album on the next version of the list.
Tales of feminism, empowerment, and sex. Good stuff.
Good for what it is. But what it is isn't a genre I can get that excited about.
Really compelling concept album/EP - some of it can seem light-hearted and silly ("Put it down"), but great production and writing throughout. It seems like a more complete and thoughtful piece of art than a lot of other albums on this list, and considering ititss technically an EP it doesn't overstay its welcome or stretch out unnecessarily. I really loved some of the production, notable cuts like "Lost One" and "The Other Side".
Not really my cup of tea but ok in parts.
Hip-Hop, a.k.a. the bane of popular music. 1/5
I hadn't heard of her before. A lot of the music reminds me of Lauryn Hill with more modern production (low end way out of proportion etc.) Not bad, but I'm not sure many people will remember this in 20 years. Favorite song: the other side.
smooth
3.5
inte lyssnat klart men lite ointressant album
After getting a few too many live classic rock albums I was wondering if this project would hold my attention- glad it did! This album was a delight
R&B doesn't do anything for me. Subject matter of the songs doesn't do anything for me--in fact, many of the topics are treated like a thread on Twitter, which shockingly translates quite poorly to music. Arrangements don't do anything for me. I understand that it's tough to gauge recent albums for how much they belong in this list, but this feels like a pretty avoidable miss.
Had Beyonce vibes for sure
3 - too much talking, too much auto tune. underneath some tunes though.
A really good voice, with a really strong and cohesive sentiment, and some great production interspersed across the album.
minge music.
A darkness descends across the land. A young girl cries out in the street, but nobody hears her. The prickly bustle of the wind catches her off guard and she loses balance. A pregnant cancer grips her stomach and churns away at her. She drops to her knees in pain. An old man sees her anguish and walks away in the opposite direction, hoping she hasn't seen him. She has. She sees all of us. She forgives us.
Minge music
Unimpressive. 2/5
Pop suave, tranquilo y relajado. Algún atisbo de algo más bailable. Buena voz. Escuchable, pero sin dejar huella
Perfection
Never heard of this but I look into my crystal ball and it's going to be about black female empowerment, mental health, body positivity and do u wanna lick dis pussy ni**a. No point wondering whether it'll be r&b or not, because of course it is. I have no interest in any of what's about to come. Whaddaya know, I was right lol. 2/5, only because it was mercifully short.
Sin pena ni gloria. No sé qué pinta en este listado. Canta bien.
I admire the premise behind this, the tenet of sexual empowerment for women and a level playing field for all. I also respect the subversion of “ooh, ooh baby “ music. But it still remains that I find “ooh, ooh baby “ music eminently dull. It’s sad and ironic that this just bored me and I’m not sure it will have a lasting legacy. I quite liked the little stories acting as punctuation. It kinda annoys me though that people believe that feelings and these female experiences have only been invented in the past 25 years. There are hundreds of years of history of struggle and fighting for empowerment and some women just did it lot better! Sorry Jazmine - I am not feeling you.
I usually just listen to the album of the day without doing any research but today I had some extra time and did not know who the artist was so I looked at the Wikipedia entry on her. I immediately thought back to an album that we listened to in November by SAULT, which I did not enjoy. The Wikipedia description sounded similar, and so I was predisposed to dislike this album. But I was wrong and I liked this album. I especially liked the tracks with Anderson Paak and H.E.R.
Hmmm... North Philly, so Jazmine's got that going for her. I appreciated the approach to the album, the interstitial conversations, the vibe that we were sitting around hanging, that was cool. But just as I get a headache watching video with too many quick jump cuts, I was getting that feeling with this — a little too disjointed when taken as a whole. And, as a general rule, I wasn't enamored by the lyrical content. I could go into detail about her sexual exploits, but she's gone and done it already. TMI.
I dug this, and I had never heard of Jazmine Sullivan before today. Didn't care for the spoken word passages. I get that they are kind of the point of the album, but at the same time, they don't make for a good listening experience. I mean, they're cool once, but I don't need to hear them again. I have the same complaint with so many Hip-hip albums and their skits (Wu-Tang, Fugees, Lauryn Hill, etc.) Other than that, this was cool, though I can't say any song really stood out. But I dug the vibe and the performances.
Really enjoyed this new find. Philly gal who also released an album called "Fearless" in 2008. What's not to like?
Buen disco, nuevo. Me hizo acordar mucho a Dua Lipa, es esa onda, pero mas chill. Me gustó mucho.
a totally fine wistful heartfelt ponderous r&b take on female sexuality. but will it stand the test of time??
I have nothing against this album. It's just mediocre R&B. It's my personal opinion that nothing that is under 5 years old should be considered for this list. But that being said I still think there are many albums from 2021 that deserve a spot on the list over this. Not bad, just not great. My favorite song was "Price Tags" anything Anderson .Paak touches turns to gold and it just took what would have been a decent song and turned it great.
I've never heard of Jazmine Sullivan and all of the music on Heaux Tales was new to me. Maybe there was one track that was "okay, I guess." Most of my responses were "Please, no more of this". Are two stars too much? Probably.
I felt like this started stronger than it played out. Great singing, good but not that memorable music. Conceptually kind of a mess.
We have an LP that explores feminism, sexuality, classism, and body-shaming. As I read all the boxes this album was ticking I was hoping it might also tick the “albums I like” box. I’ll rate it politely
This week we've received quite a few "recent" releases, and it hasn't been too much fun. Oh boy, what a Lauryn Hill rip-off this is, and its not a very good one at that. I'm all for female empowerment but her hyper-sexual ranting left me cold. Sorry this is just not my jam.
Modernish US 'rap'? Not me
Garbage af
Great achievement, just not my thing.
Soulful, smart, adult conversation on sex and love and the things we do to each other in the quest for fulfilling relationships. Really enjoyed this.
Some of the tracks were ok, but not my thing
J'ai vraiment aimé le genre. C'est meilleir que solange knowles mais je regrette un peu mon score. Celui ci est cote tres bien q Car j'ai passe un bon momne t . 4.5
Szwag
Good r&b album. Do you have to hear it before you die? Probably not. It’s only a little longer than 30 minutes though. Might as well :)
Bra, stripped down beatz och kool musik i allmänhet... modernt tight litet koncept album
Lots of wet pussys displayed lyrically, here. Well…apart from the annoying tales there are a few more than mediocre songs 2.4
BL: never heard of Jazmine Sullivan, but having a look at the track listing I know .Paak and H.E.R - both very talented artists, so if she’s akin to them I’m looking forward to it. AL: in some ways this album worked for me and other ways it didn’t. I loved the structure of the album, and the spoken word interludes where women would share their struggles, it was very insightful and it really made me think about a lot of things as a man. I thought the first track was quite garish and over the top but then I reflect on what was said in the track immediately after that “Antoinette’s Tale”. Listening to a lot of male rap which a lot of the time utilises very misogynistic languages and treats women as hoes and sluts it’s quite refreshing to see someone who reverses the roles and embraces their sexuality. In an industry that profits off of the mistreatment of women for an album to have tracks that empower women and give them that voice to express the same rhetoric those men often do is powerful and because of that the album is a cultural landmark. However on the same note. I felt a lot of the album wasn’t massively interesting. I loved the interludes and a few tracks stood out but generally the instrumentals felt quite samey and all bled into one. They were all nice to listen to and the album flowed well but only a couple tracks really stood out to me and remain in my memory now it’s over. I’ll listen to the Deluxe version too and see how that goes down. FT: “Price Tags”, “Girl Like Me” (original), “Hurt me so good”, “Roster” (Deluxe) AL (Deluxe ED): I liked these additional tracks a lot more. The tales were just as gripping and also one of them had a male story, I guess it just goes to show that love is hard for all. 3/5 (Original) 4/5 (Deluxe)
It's probably my least favourite genre of music but this has an astonishing lack of merit. Musically tedious and there are better examples of the genre from that year alone. I don’t believe this will stand any test of time.
Just didn't hold my attention.
3.5
I am noticing a theme here - music that can be PERFORMED for an audience wins me over far more than stuff you might have mixed in your bedroom for YOURSELF. first impression is hthis is a private musical diary and scrapbook of their "TRUTH" great for them.... (first track, fully of "Get it together Bitch..." and yeah yeah acapella whaling). I am saying to myself "on no, more American urban attitude and shared trauma, violence and struggle... there isnt going to be a single song on here". I have nothing against social commentary / perosnal dioary turned into an album.... but in this case, nup. this is an urban petry project, an interesting cultural document, but not for me, enjoyable. I am not the audience, I know. Do I really need to deal with the attitude and statements-as-music .... I don't disagree with the social messages and aspirations, necessarily or owning your own script in urban life. but the MUSIC IS LACKING . zero enjoyment... but a good and mabe significant social historical document/project 1 star.
Dreadful, like a z grade Beyonce. Speaking of which where is the greatest artists of the last 20 years in this process? Back to Jazmine, is her voice autotuned? Or is it just the sound they use these days in terms of how they are producing voices? Lazy, boring arrangements which just don't pass muster, truly soporific and uninspired. This 21st century flatlining pop music is an absolute blight, I think we've lost the plot. And those spoken word sections, truly an ill thought through idea that no decent producer would have allowed to go through, really,really annoying. Is this here for other reasons that have nothing to do with great records?
Look, I liked this. Could take or leave the spoken bits, but musically I thought it was good. Her voice is great. The tunes are good. Highlight for me was the one featuring Ari Lennox, “On It”.
Look, the 1001 albums list has a clear problem with being incredibly white-boy, rock centric. The list is heavily weighted towards male, 60s and 70s white rock. Like, a lot. It is sweet blessed relief to hear a black woman singing it out. And she's pretty good. Great voice, great feminist point of view, good production. I dig it. My position on skits is well established; don't like them. Also, I wonder if this album (or EP?) is just too recent to really award it a must-hear classic status? Surely there are a few more albums from the past that would fill out the massive blind spots on this list (especially with regards to female artists). Like I said, I dig it. And, as I am sure Jazmine Sullivan herself would agree, the 1001 list needs to put in some effort to properly representing the whole history of female artistry in the list.
Not my thing. Too mainstream and simple. But maybe I should give it another try
Interesting. She has a broad variety of musical styles. R&B poetry about dicks.
r&b nice
R&B is not my go-to style of music. I can enjoy it, but not in every case. This album is confusing. I hate the chatty bitchy interludes. Stick with music, forget all that crap. The music itself is ok. Lost One almost makes me want to hear more from her, but too many runs. For me, new albums should not be on a list like this. Period. 2/5
It's not much to appreciate now, so I have no idea how anyone can possibly believe it's going to hold up. Even so, it's too recent to even be considered for the list.
Wow, an album from 2021. Very cool. It's not my favorite genre by a longshot, but I actually can appreciate this. I like the concept behind it and the songs aren't bad. 3 stars.
Excellent concept with solid execution. Not exactly in line with my tastes, but mad respect to it.
Fantastic concept and performance, definitely derived from Lauryn Hill, but unique to the current time. A low 5, but a 5 nonetheless.
Not my type of music but think it’s an interesting concept for an album. It’s not too long and does not demand a lot from the listener. The songs deal with multiple topics and put women as the center of the narrative. I loved the interludes; all with great storytelling. I don’t think I’ll revisit most of these songs but I’m taking a couple of tracks for my R&B playlist.
At the time I’m writing this review, “Heaux Tales” is the newest of 1001 albums to hear before we die. It was released six years after I first read through the list, and is certainly a welcome change from the constant stream of white male 70’s rock dominating the canon. Showing how far hip-hop has come since the days of Dre and N.W.A, “Heaux Tales” is a feminist semi-concept record about women reclaiming their identities: essentially eight tracks padded out with six spoken interludes (Antoinette, Ari, Donna, Rashida, Precious, Amanda). Each of them has their own story to tell, with their own perspective on sex, empowerment, relationships and social pressure which come across very loosely in the songs. The material is of varying strength, and the more lush and mellow the sound, the more I enjoyed it. While “Bodies” is an underwhelming start and “Put It Down” is a fairly generic R&B jam, “Lost One” is fantastic. Paired with just a bass guitar, Sullivan’s vocal perches on the precipice of heartbreak, pushing itself to the limit and cracking just slightly on the edges: sublime.“On It” is the most sensual, soulful and mellow delivery of the words “I want to sit on it / I’m gonna spit on it”: worlds away from what I might have imagined. And “The Other Side” is the best of all: yearning, wistful and anthemic. Sullivan’s vocals are excellent throughout, with strong features from the likes of Ari Lennox and H.E.R. If there’s a criticism, the album feels a tad underbaked at 32 minutes, being described as more of an EP on release. As strong as the concept is, it doesn’t quite pull together in a satisfying way at the end: the “tales” feel more like retro-fitted springboards for the rest of the songs. It would have been great to tie it up in a stronger conclusion, but strangely, “Girl Like Me” is a mournful break-up ballad which is hung up on being rejected by a man and lamenting the “hoes” he’s gone for instead. It’s a great performance, but it’s not the thematic closure I expected. Maybe Sullivan wanted to show womens’ relationships with sex, their bodies and each other as a messy, grey and contradictory area, perpetually divided by the whims of men? It’s not my place to mansplain any more of this to you: just do yourself a favour and have a listen. It’s a good one.
Hätte ich fast aufgegeben. Ab dem Song mit Anderson .Paak wird es immer besser.
No se que rayos hace este álbum aquí. Está bien equis. Suena como algo que escucharía si busco "hip hop moderno relajante mujer" en youtube e incluso así encontraría mejores canciones que en este álbum. Me costó tanto trabajo escucharlo completo solo para confirmar lo simplón que era desde la primer canción. No tengo la más mínima intención de darle una segunda oportunidad
It was quite timeless, but that didn’t make it good.
It’s just an album full of mediocre R&B songs. I don’t really love her voice and a lot of the beats and lyrics sound generic to me. Very palatable radio songs though.
really loved actually!
Nice modern R&B. Interesting to listen to an album of character studies, humorous in places. However, wasn't really pushing any boundaries musically.
Another album for sex. Not bad.
Not my favorite but enjoyable enough.
Fuck this bangs (pun intended)
Parfait pour une pm tranquille et de qualité
It had a good message. All the ‘Tales’ tell of things that you can really learn from. ‘Lost One’ is the best, since it has a clear message and good music.
Æsj
It was ok
Ehh it was alright.
I know the theme of sex is basically the point of this album, but it’s really not my favorite thing to listen to, so that’s going to lower my score. The music itself, however, is really great!
Liked this album! The Other Side was my favorite track, added it to a couple playlists
Perfectly serviceable contemporary r&b for the new decade. Doesn't feel like it's doing anything particularly new or innovative so I don't feel too strongly about it. The Other Side is easily the best part of the album, with beautiful and memorable production. I appreciate the spoken word interludes too, as they bring a new dimension to the album's message and theme.
Really really good! Loved it!!!
Great album
No thanks
Nice Jazzy feel but didn't think much of the sentiment
Interesting choice for an album from 2021. It sucks. It sounds like a ton of other generic hiphop/RnB albums that exist. Even the message of the album is amateurish and many more skilled artists have handled the subject matter a lot better. Plus how the beats are just so fucking bad. Seriously? It's just so bland and uninspired.
Not fully my bag. Enjoyed parts of it
Good r&b album, not too long
It’s fine - the modern trend towards more spoken word sections and less emphasis on the beats isn’t my favorite, but some tracks here are enjoyable. More so annoyed that this crowded out other selections from what was a massive year in indie music for LPs much stronger than this one.
Buen Album, me hizo acordar a Amy, pero no tan solido.
Some decent songs, but some parts are pretty cringey, imp
Favourite song: The Other Side
Nope
Really interesting to hear strong women's voices in this genre. Loved it
A stunning voice and a powerful and dynamic album. 4.5/5
Possibly a little early to be putting this album on a list like this, but as far as I’m concerned it fully deserves to be up here. Great concept album, a more modern take on traditional R&B ideas. Some places could be improved, such as production, but it’s overall a pretty fun album to listen to (not the interludes though, never like interludes). 3/5
I think I listened to this album back in 2021 when it came out, and if I remember correctly, I enjoyed it. Listening to it today, I really liked it. I thought it was well made, and lyrically, I don't think I've ever heard a female artist sing about things like that before. I found it subversive in the best way, and I would be open to listening to Jazmine Sullivan's next album.
So apparently this is as "vital" an album as Abbey Road, Exile on Main Street and Dark Side of The Moon... ... It isn't.
Not horrendous. Just boring. My idea of hell is a road trip where the DJ plays non-stop R'n'B. It's such an insipid genre.
Call it lowered expectations because of the ratings, but I believe this album is very underrated over here. I found it to be pretty tight concept album that doesn't overstay its welcome, a very nice find.
Music for vapid self-centered "bad bitches" who derive all their life's meaning from sex (see Amanda's Tale lmfao that one was funny). The music was usually irritating and the words were worse. The album is only here because it's empowering n sheeit Sure, she's got a good voice. But often it's the people with the "best" voices that make the most cringey music of all
Good chill vibes
Pretty solid but nothing massively noteworthy imo. This was my first time hearing the deluxe edition which was good, it definitely feels like a continuation of the album rather than a set of b-sides. Looking forward to the super deluxe edition Heaux Tales Mo' Tales Heauxliday Inn
🤢
Not for me
It wasn't that good. From a hip-hop perspective the beats are basically nonexistent. There is a mix of R&B in it rather than just hip-hop. Nothing is memorable. I understand the purpose of the vignettes but I don't care for them on albums and that is not exclusive to this album. It is a short album which helps. I don't think I am going to revisit it.
The grooves are Thicc. The spoken word interludes are a cool play on the form of the "concept" album work. The album is a deep dive on relationship dynamics and goes to some genuinely thought provoking and interesting places.
Best Song: Pick Up Your Feelings. Classic bouncing R&B rhythm with a great vocal performance. Worst Song: Price Tags. This song loses the subtlety and nuance of the other tracks and just beats you over the head without innuendo. Anderson .Paak was good on it though. Overall: Pretty solid R&B that is excellently produced. The "tales" which set up each track are actually really well done in communicating the general vibe of the upcoming song in a concise way. Not a big fan of the materialist thread that runs through sections of the album, but thankfully that thread doesn't touch all tracks.
Love this. Voice is extraordinary. Lyrics great feminist views.
Some great tunes! But also a few duds. Frank ocean meets deangelo
I need more time to take this in.
This is a super-interesting and bold album that has some truly funky tunes exploring important topics. That said, I'm a white male prude who listens to music that doesn't challenge or intimidate me too much so I still have a way to go to feel this might be for me.
Någon med analklåda tyckte den här skulle tillhöra listan. Det är så man blir både ledsen och förbannad på en gång. Mest ledsen........... och förbannad.
Not for me
1 Okay maybe a 2
Pleasant enough rnb. Not sure specifically why on list?
3.5/5. This was alright. Not bad, but nothing amazing.
1.5
I listened to this on a weekend, and didn't have a great opportunity to really focus on this album. This was okay overall. Nothing I really didn't like, but nothing that particularly stood out. I'd like to listen again while better being able to focus on it.
Too many skits. Good music
cool?
Not bad, but certainly nothing exceptional.
Jazmine Sullivan has a wonderful voice and chooses her collaborators well. But this is an EP where the idea of it(women taking control of their sexuality and grappling with their places in a man’s world) is more intriguing than the execution.
I'm not really a fan of them adding albums from 2021 in the book. To me it's impossible to decide on must listen albums after such little time has passed. I can definitely see why someone would have it as a must listen for 2021 though. Although I listened to a lot of new music last year I never heard this. I'm not that well traveled in the world of rnb, so it's pretty natural. I am glad that I was introduced to the album though. So even if I don't agree on it being here, I still found a lot to like about the album. It's a simple but effective concept with small spoken word stories fleshing out the songs following them. I really like her voice, the songs are mostly great and she has some really good collabs on here. A solid album experience. But will it stand the test of time enough to be kept in the next installment of this book? We'll see!
It's ok. Nice vocals and all but not really my thing. 4/10.
Eeesh. What was cut from the list to make room for this...
Didn't particularly love the lyrics of most of the songs but the melodies, composition and production were really top notch
Not mine gender bs
I'm 20 years too old for this
Sommige nummers okee, maar meeste zeikerige R&B
I guess I grasp the accolades here. Giving voice to women and using true stories and feelings drive the expression in each song. It’s a novel approach. I think my favorite song was the last one, Girl Like Me, but many were good. Some parts of these stories, like where people express materialistic goals as some form of liberation, just makes me sad that they aren’t looking at their own self worth first. But I guess part of the point is just to listen to how they feel. So this gets that across.
Eeeeeh, I don't know
Probably being harsh because this album is so recent, and I think this is a good album, not no idea why it makes the list over so many other great albums the last couple of years
3.5. Decent overall album, fun listen. Lost One is very poignant. Standouts: Price Tags, Lost One, The Other Side.
Some good jams here. Wish I could give it 3.5.
Good stuff! Particularly enjoy the Anderson Paak feature
3.5/5
Good melodies and lyrics.
70/100: Never heard of this artist before, but this was a really good album. In general, though, I wasn’t vibing a bunch with how much this album harps on sex. It’s unfair because male artists, especially rappers, do the same thing and no one bats an eye, but it still bothers me then too. If your entire album is just rapping about tits and ass, I’m not gonna listen to it. I felt a similar way hearing Jazmine Sullivan talk about how “that dick spoke to her.” It just doesn’t feel very substantial to me. With that being said, I still enjoyed this album musically. The highlight was definitely Anderson .Paak’s verse on “Price Tags.”
That was alright. Felt like I was in an episode of This is Us quite a lot.
Yeah, ok.
Never heard of her but really enjoyed it
Feeling myself with this one. I liked it.
Excellent album
This is a funny one. I think the vibe and themes on the album are great, I love it's honesty to a fault, I think the skits are great and the features are great too. There's a lot to love. Unfortunately, what let's it dow is the fact that the tunes just aren't that memorable!
:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) 8.5/10
Este lo escuche cuando p4k lo puso como mejor álbum del 2021 y aunque no me parece malo creo que estoy muy desacuerdo en esto de que sea el mejor disco del año, en mi opinión hubo mucho mejores pero bueno tampoco soy muy fan del género.
Emily The Album. Production is ok, rapping is meh, the whole album is not very interesting musically and the lyrics are hideous. Half of it is not even music, just talking over very basic beats. Vocals are great in a few songs where she actually sings, but it is the only redeeming quality this album has.
That album sucked and I really try to be open minded..terrible….not one of the better picks
Good R&B, but the only weird parts were when the singer talked between songs about her personal experiences.
Great storytelling album. Very entertaining. Not kid appropriate
A beautiful experience. It's almost TOO good
I like the empowerment thing. As a 50 something male this is kinda not my thing....I also have an issue that something so recent has to be bloody special. Not sure this is. Its funky, souly and sweary...and quite short. Sorry. 2.
If this album is on this list then Cats should have won an Oscar and Vladimir Putin awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Dull. Mercifully short. She has a great voice, and some of the multitracking is inspired. But as a complete project…yawn.
That scratched an itch that I didn’t know I needed scratched.
This is vile, so of course many of you degenerates will laud this.
If it was just the songs then fine, great voice but the chit chat? There is no doubt, some gurl power relevance to slamming useless blokes which may be very handy info to pass on to her younger listeners but I find it all a bit off putting.
The entire enterprise justs comes off shallow...
I like the structure of this and how themes are explored and wrestled with throughout. Catchy stuff too.
Begs the question whether this is an album or an EP. Without the spoken word pieces I don't think you could call this an album. Despite it's relatively short length I was growing impatient with its pacing. The deluxe edition might be more of a proper album but I'm not gonna to be listening to it. The things that Spotify auto-played after this was over; Solange, Lauryn Hill, I love, 5 star level. This, not so much.
Interesting to hear something so new on the list, seems like pretty progressive hip-hop but overall not my thing, sounds pretty typical for R&B these days.
Tuneful and R&B-driven, with every track offering considerable merit. One digs the musical mood, as well as the candid talk about sex, bodies and money from the women’s perspective (e.g., "Honest honest .... I'ma take all I can get / that money keeps that pussy wet.") A work of authenticity, feeling and (one thinks) considerable social currency. Maybe coulda been longer.
I found it more interesting than expected, though I feel it could be a bit generic at points. As part of the series it seems kind of early to put this as a must-listen, but if you're gonna put anything by Jazmine Sullivan this ain't a bad place to start. I've heard stronger and more memorable R&B though, so I don't know how often I would return to this.
Very Few moments I could relate too when there’s a touch of 60s soul
I knew this one was on the list, and frankly, I dreaded the day it would pop up on this app. Not because it is a bad album by any means. As a matter of fact, the music in it can be pretty good at times, especially on its last half, with the groovy, A-Tribe-Called-Quest-flavored "Price Tags" (featuring Anderson Paak), or the minimalistic-yet-moving, acoustic-guitar-driven "Lost Ones" and "The Other Side". But the problem is, can this record be seriously considered as 2021's album of the year, just as Pitchfork, Entertaiment Weekly or NPR said? I mean, really? If you take a look at all the other records released that year, I can at least see twenty other that could win that trophy instead of Heaux Tales, and this in a wide variety of genres. So what did those critics see in this record that I couldn't see? Or, should I rather say, what did they *fail to see* that makes this album quite *corny* sometimes (and even problematic on some of its songs)? First let me elaborate on that issue of critics conveniently NOT drawing attention to the obvious flaws of this record. Seems to me they singled out this loose concept album about African American women's agency because they couldn't agree on a less "topical" record, where music would be at least as important as the lyrics. So they chose a record that looked like it made a strong overall topical statement instead. I'm not too bothered by this, but that default consensus also implies they didn't know where to look to find good stuff. To be honest, I fear that retrospective looks on the year 2021 will be harsh on such critics' choice. But maybe I'm wrong, who knows? Now about the flaws themselves, at least as I see them: First the music. As I said before I quite like the songs on the second side. I also admit that Sullivan's strand of modern r'n'b / nu soul has a wide stylistic range, just as her very nice voice has. The thing is, as wide as that stylistic range is, it seems to me that tracks such as "Put It Down" or "On It" of the first side are way too generic musically speaking. There are probably dozens of other female r'n'b singers out there doing that sort of stuff better than those borderline-clunky tunes here. And since the album is *very* short, that couple of clunky tunes takes its toll on the whole thing. Now comes the moment I truly dreaded, which is explaining why I think the "message" of this album is terribly awkward at times. What starts as a record defending women (especially African American ones)'s right to own their sexualities and bodies against patriarchal prejudice too often ends up being muddled by the *other* important theme of this record, clearly emerging in tracks such as "Price Tags" and "The Other Side": and that theme, just as in many other hip hop / r'n'b records of the last twenty years, is good old Capitalism. Sullivan here naïvely rehashes tired and worn-out clichés about "success" in America, suggesting that true emancipation from mysogynistic prejudice against the liberation of women can't be accomplished without having access to money and material goods. True, you can also interpret all of this as a realistic commentary about said capitalism and its sway on us all. But frankly, if there is self-irony in Jazmine's takes on the issue, it needs to be more clearly stated. Before anyone tells me that *as a male*, I'm not well positioned to address such criticisms about how ambitious women can navigate through the challenges of the world of success and money, let me just point out that I would express the exact same reproach about a whole chunk of Jay-Z's songs, that is to say songs expressing a similar idea from a male point of view. OK, I'm also *white*, so I understand if someone takes my skepticism with a huge grain of salt. But I won't pretend that skepticism of mine isn't there. If the "message" here is that individuals should just get rich to be "free" (obviously at the expense of those who *can't* get rich), I can't possibly *fully* condone it. It doesn't matter what my gender or my skin color are. It's a matter of principle, as far as I'm concerned. On a more positive note, and to go back to Sullivan, I readily admit that she does pepper her *Heaux Tales* with very funny one-liners once in a while. But even there, I find there's something lacking in the execution and overall presentation of that humorous side of things. One striking example is when she mentions her "pussy is wetter than water" in one song to then say it is "wetter than Chesapeake Bay" on the NEXT one. Objectively, the second joke is funnier. But by the time you get there, having heard the first one takes off the edge of the second one-liner. Repetition here makes the whole idea sound tired and lazy instead. Just as some of the music, actually. As a conclusion, I can see many missed opportunities in this record. The whole thing is not so bad, but it's not brilliant either. Admittedly, I've only properly listened to it three times by now. Maybe there are intents and subtleties I didn't properly perceive during those few spins, so I'm ready to give Jazmine Sullivan the benefit of the doubt here. But not much more than this. There are things that all the money in the world *can't* buy. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 845 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory: 83 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 39 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 32
Surely pressing social commentary, but it was a bit too schmoozy R&B for my tastes.
You know, she has a nice voice but I just like music that makes me think of more uplifting things than poor girl who doesn't understand how she keeps waking up in strange people's beds. Glorifying being a heaux? Ayyyayyyayyy!
Yeah I liked it Price tag Other side
i love this concept for the album!! it's so daring even in the year 2021. the stories in spoken word format in between the songs is a brilliant choice. the stories are varied but still are women's stories. i loved hearing the different perspectives! sullivan touched on so many topics that are important to women and in such a well done way. the album's actual music was good but it didn't really grab me. an enjoyable listen and i was able to really listen to the lyrics.
I will say upfront that this album wasn't really my thing from a musical perspective. Most of the music didn't really resonate with me, but I found it listenable. The closing track, Girl Like Me, hit the hardest for me musically, and I wish there had been more like that on the album. What I really appreciated was Jazmine Sullivan's entire concept on this album. She crafted the album around various named female "characters", with spoken word interludes introducing each one, followed by a song that tells each woman's story more in depth. The stories are socially relevant and will continue to be, talking about all manner of feminist and social justice issues. The format had me so interested and while I didn't necessarily overly enjoy the music, I was very engaged in the stories being told.
7th July 2022 Listened while walking in to work from Douggie’s. Drove back home and painted the ceiling in the evening. Really liked this, down to earth with a strong feminist message and some tight beats and lines.
Embarrassing
I didn't like it. I wanna ride dick too but not like that...
Fantastic to see/hear an album on this list that was created and released so recently! It's great stuff. I was drawn in right away, nice hooks, outstanding voice, and solid songwriting. I'll come back to this one and listen to more of her music.
Heaux Tales is a very poignant album, released in 2021, with themes of feminism, sexuality, classism, body-shaming and all other struggles that women face, and seems to have become even more relevant in mid 2022. Having never heard of Jazmine Sullivan she is not my general go to listen or even something to have in rotation on a playlist, however I can see the importance of this album in the overall worldview. Best: Pick Up Your Feelings Worst: The Other Side
Huh. Can't really say this was my thing but I appreciated it just the same. A very honest, soulfully sung album. I wasn't in love with any of these tracks but they were all solidly good. "Lost One" was by far my fave.
meh. This really didn't interest me at all. Great voice, interesting ideas - really average execution if you ask me. Price Tags was almost great... but none of this was stand out good to me.
Not really the type of music I listen to. I gave it a go, but it was quite painful. On par with Taylor Swift for me so. Also literally all the lyrics are about sex it's not very inspiring...
Перед нами продукт, сделанный целой группой продюсеров. У каждого трека толпа авторов. Но количество продюсеров не делает материал гениальным. А следовательно достойным списка. Не самый выразительный и примечательный вокал, минимум запоминающегося материала, ноль новаторства и оригинальности на момент выручка (все это мы уже слышали, так или иначе). Однако, стоит отметить местами приятный инструментал. Все же альбомы в топе лучших не из-за своей эпохи или жанра, а исключительно из-за гениального и/или новаторского материала. 3 из 10.
oke maar niet wauw. Goed voor achtergrond maar niet iets dat ik snel nog eens zou opzetten
Goed album en toffe listen maar nu niet iets dat (al) in deze lijst thuis hoort imo
Soul. R&B
Nothing special
I really liked this. Surprised I haven’t heard about her until this.
Good R&B album, her voice is great, album premise is good, not an album I would listen to all the time
Þyrfti kannski að hlusta aftur og hlusta betur á textann, en ég veit ekki hvort ég nenni því. Fín tónlist en ekki mjög eftirminnileg.
She's very talented, although the numerous interlude "tales" prevent it from being an album to just toss on and listen to.
I liked this album and it seems like one that will get even better on repeated listens. It reminds me of Dirty Computer in that the themes of the songs are just as striking as the music, and the more I listen the more I pick out.
Liked this, and wanna return to it and understand the concepts better.
Fine RnB, the production really saves this for me. I think some of the over the top phrasings on the singing can get really exhausting over time.
I was just thinking that these have been too rock/metal heavy lately. Granted, I’m cool with the metal- hell yes, keep this shit separated from Rolling Stone- but we haven’t had much R&B, rap, jazz in a while. Glad we got this welcome change of pace today. Jasmine Sullivan is a name I knew, but I don’t think that I ever heard her stuff before. This was pretty nice! You can tell that she’s hella talented and has a strong sense of collaboration, and the production is tight here. I don’t love the introductions, but I can see myself warm up to them on further listens. C+ for now, can see this rise after some more listens (Side note, but this is technically an EP, although a deluxe edition was released that should push this to an LP. Even before that, it’s 33 minutes which is a perfectly acceptable album length.)
Just got a cursory listen in. Not too shabby, super tight, good production. 2.5
Look, I'm one of the last people who's gonna dump on anything that purports to be about female empowerment. I'm all for that. But just because it's got its heart in the right place doesn't make it good. And let's be clear, "Heaux Tales" is not very good. The production values are damn near non-existent and the backing beats are minimalist homages to authentic R&B tracks at best and amateur-hour ripoffs at worst. But where it really falls apart is the lyricism. While the intent is clearly there, the execution is... immature. Juvenile, even. Everything comes off as the rantings and ravings of someone who hasn't seen enough life to understand the depth of what they're talking about. There's no pathos here. No perspective. It has the form of protest without the substance. This is serious stuff and all Jazmine is doing is skimming the surface. I can't help but feel that "Heaux Tales" was added to this list too hastily. I don't imagine it will stand the test of time. I expect it will disappear into the noise of the dozens of similar hiphop/R&B albums that have come out in the last few years.
Surprised this is on the list. I just found it bland.
allt i lagi bara eins og meirihlutinn af plötunum herna...
now THIS is a girl task album. i like it
Great album
It starts smooth butter but soon becomes R&B wailing. And enough with the narration!
4/5. Good modern current trendy? nice lil album right here 👍
Smooth
I have a lot of questions about this album. Why is this considered an EP when other albums were of the same length? Heck, the first four Van Halen albums were about 30 minutes long. How old is the 1001 albums list? I ask this because this album came out in early 2021. I would think that albums would have to be at least in the world for at least a little bit of time before it's a "must-listen". Listening to the album I thought that Jazmine Sullivan was... adequate. The autotune was a bit overwhelming at times and I wonder what she sounds like without it. The songs were decent, many of them felt like they were cursing and using the "n"-word for the sake of it. And as I have said before, I am not a fan of spoken-word interludes. But if you're going to have them don't have as many as there are songs. I just don't why this is in the list. It just doesn't seem to be anything special.
Really nice melodies and arrangements. With a few more listens my rating might go higher. I liked the concept for the album, though it was a little too sex-focused. I thought it would have a bit more complexity or depth. Still, some good connections between the lead-in tales and the songs to follow. I really liked Lost One and its tale. Girl Like Me was also quite good and had more complexity to it. Put it Down has a great groove even though I don't have much respect for anyone the story applies to.
Not my thing, sorry
I'm really not a modern R&B guy, I have never heard of this album or artist before. Even though this is not a genre that I like, generally I can't deny the quality and uniqueness of this album. The spoken word intros are interesting and generally delivered with a sincerity and conversational style that lends an authenticity that I found provocative. The songs are strong and intelligent. I appreciate the brevity of this album as well. 3.5 🌟
She sings with a pleasant voice and somehow doesn't trip up with her full speed lyrics. ultra feminist content, but sensible with it. Very polished modern r&b. Probably prefer this to Beyonce although it is missing Bey's hooks. Having spent the day listening to Roxy Music's 1973 \"For Your Pleasure\" I have to say this very recent 2021 entry (surely new inclusions have to be absolutely knockout?) was not a particularly welcome return to the modern world, but could have been worse with horrible hip hop!
It’s fine. I tried.
Alright. Wanna be Beyonce, just not as good.
4/08/2022 Today's Album: "Heaux Tales" by Jazmine Sullivan - This album is really great and knows how to keep it's ideas short and concise. This album should essentially be called hoe tales, as almost every track is split up from the next by a short interlude of a woman talking about some aspect of being a woman. Antoinette's Tale talks about how men are taught to objectify women, Ari's Tale is about submitting to a man because of his sexual game, and Donna's Tale is about fucking men for the sole purpose of getting something out of it, even if that man is your husband. Although these interludes seem ammeter and comical, the combined message of the interlude and following track can have a huge impact. Like in Rashida's Tale, which talks about cheating on someone and how awful it feels on both ends being followed by Lost One, which is a chillingly somber track about a heartbreak. The tracks in between the interludes are all pretty fantastic. They all feature a really cool musical idea with Jazmine's vocals taking center stage and the R&B backtrack always backing her up perfectly. I think every song has a lot of impactful lines that help them all feel unique, necessary, and apt given the context provided by each "Heaux"'s tale. The whole album feels like it tackles many of the crucial modern issues of being a woman in America and it feels like all the ideas are integrated in a way that doesn't take away from the entire musical presentation of each track. I think if you like female pop like Ariana Grande or Doja Cat, you will like the aesthetic of this album and if you have ever felt the world is just a little fucked up towards women, and especially black women, this album is a great one to dig into the lyrics with. Give it a listen if that sounds like you. I think a lot of it isn't totally my thing and the whole thing feels really short (especially with about 8 minutes of interludes), but some of the hits on here made my playlist for sure and I think it's a fairly good example of R&B/Pop today. Score: 7.5/10 Some great female R&B/Pop Highlights: Bodies, Pick Up Your Feelings, Put It Down, Price Tags, Lost One, The Other Side, Girl Like Me
Pop agradable. Va, un 4.
Sin pena ni gloria. No sé qué pinta en este listado. Canta bien.
I was completely unaware of this, but really rather liked it.
Unusual to hear a concept R&B album. It was pretty good, but probably not something I’ll come back to.
contemporary r&b, bit slick for a scruffy manc
New albums shouldn’t be on this list. It takes time to determine if an album is worthy or just a fad. Never heard of her, never heard the album. I hate spoken interludes… The music was nice. I have no issues with any of the songs. 2/5.
Now this is a surprise . Wouldn’t normally listen to female-sung modern r&b, but might be a good background album while schmoozing. Not enough oestrogen in me to thoroughly enjoy .
Not for me I think, although I might enjoy it more after a few listen throughs. Not gonna happen though.
Weird one. Liked the music but first thought the content was a bit cringe. Then it grew on me. Heartbreaking at times, especially with the spoken interludes. Lost one and the other side stood out.
This album is yet another example of the reason they need to let these records breathe before adding them to a list like this. While the messages are timeless, the music is going to age like unpasteurized milk. Three of the songs use that terrible mumble trap triplet flow, which is three too many. Best track: Lost One
3/5 I liked it, her voice was quite distinct to the average hip hop colored woman's voice. But in terms of the album itself, it's just nothing new or different to it. Still liked it tho
Some funky rhythms just not my thing. 7.1/10
really enjoyed very good
I'm very split on what to say about this one. It's from last year, so it's still up in the air if this one can become a classic or if it will never be listened to by anyone again a few years from now. I find the concept and themes applause-worthy for the strong stances they take on relevant social issues. Women deserve to take their sexuality into their own hands and perhaps this album will give some women the courage they need and deserve. But on the other hand, I absolutely hate the music. It's really not for me and I had to stop the album after a couple of tracks.
The production was quite nice and the theme of the album was different than what I am used to hearing (in a good way). The music itself is a bit derivative, but she sings well and has a nice voice.
Feels very much like a modern day Lauryn Hill insofar as it's concept. Really good, but not perfect. And as I discovered, NSFW.
Buen disco
Not a massive fan of this kind of music not for me
8/10 the production, concept, and vocals were all fantastic, but sometimes the lyrics fell flat
7/10. I really like the Canterbury Tales-esque concept album framework, but don't really enjoy the actual music that much.
Covered a surprising range of emotion compared to what I originally expected, and my main critique is that I would like to hear more. 9/10
Interesting, but not really my thing.
Dozed lightly through it... Perhaps I should have attempted to pay attention to the actual lyrics, but I was too busy wondering if I was listening to 1995. Intrigued by the reviews, I listened again and paid attention to the lyrics. I have learnt that women being turned on, sexually, by money is apparently a legitimate expression of desire. Well, yeah, I guess. Seems a little cynical, but who am I to judge? The second listening reinforced my nusoul impression. It's not a genre I liked in the 90s, and while I have more time for it now, this album is still musically meh.
Dear God no.
My eating my change with time, but I loved this album. Or should I say open, honest and profound look at sexuality from a female (black female) lens. The frank discussions and highlighting of double standards between men and women as well as the expectations that we each put on one another (as well as within our own gender) was direct and needed. These discussions (and time for men to shut up and actually listen and process) should really be happening at an earlier age. For all of the comments about “We’ll, I don’t know if this is for me because I’m old/male/white/other excuse” really proves how much it actually is for you and how easy (lazy) it is to pass something off as “not for me” when it makes you uncomfortable or calls out your privilege in a less direct way.
Holy crap. Wow. Speechless. What did I just listen to. My god. This hit me so hard. This is incredible.
I had never heard of this artist. Ok, it's not my usual style, but someone from Philly making waves should have at least been on my radar. Enjoyed the music and the vocals, some of the narration felt like I was eavesdropping a conversation I wasn't meant to be. But nevertheless, really interesting album.
This was a pretty interesting RnB album, I appreciate the narrative elements woven into it.
Rating: 9/10 Best songs: Bodies, Pick up your feelings, Put it down, Price tags, The other side, Girl like me
Jazzzzzzmine is mij veel te smerig met haar glanzende gospel R&B!
Ik hoor wel ergens dat het goed is ofzo, maar het is gewoon niet mijn ding. Na een paar ad libs heb ik het wel gehoord.