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9.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: The debut album from 22-year-old Bilal Oliver features production work from Raphael Saadiq, Dr. Dre, Mike City and James Poyser. The first single is "Soul Sista," which originally appeared on the Love and Basketbal soundtrack.

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  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
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  1. E! Online
    100
    It delivers the ultimate knockout--sticky R&B grooves and a heavenly falsetto that point to greats like Marvin Gaye ("Soul Sista") and Stevie Wonder ("Queen Sanity").
  2. All Music Guide
    90
    A truly passionate and expressive collection of songs that will live long in the memories of all who listen to it.
  3. Sonicnet
    80
    While Bilal's vocal gymnastics -- high-arching notes, off-rhythm choruses and complex harmonies -- add texture to these songs, many of them sound too musically similar to everything else in the neo-soul movement. He's at his best on the tracks that he or his partner, Dahoud Darien, have produced themselves.

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  1. [Anonymous]
    10
    This is one of the best albums of all time. Sometimes, For You, and Love Poems.. are a few of my favorites. I have been listening to this album for years. Each time thatI hear it, I fall in love with it all over again. I cannot wait until his next project is released.… Expand
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  2. hab76rich
    10
    buy this album!
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  3. SuneR
    9
    Really good... he has a fantastic voice.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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