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- Summary: Pianist Robert Glasper guests on the Philadelphia singer's jazz, soul, and funk-infused third full-length studio album.
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- Record Label: eOne
- Genre(s): R&B, Contemporary R&B, Alternative R&B
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West Side Girl | |
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Hey, how you doing I’ve been watching you, getting down From the way you’re moving You look like you’re from the west side part of town,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Mar 1, 2013By co-opting the title of John Coltrane’s 1965 classic, A Love Supreme, Bilal is at least hinting at lofty expectations. For the most part he exceeds them.
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Feb 26, 2013As a producer and songwriter, Bilal has stepped up. As a vocalist, he remains supernaturally skilled and creative--swooping, diving, wailing, and sighing, all with complete command.
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Feb 26, 2013This sensual song suite about the ephemeral nature of love and what it takes to sustain happiness should end up among this year’s finest efforts.
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Feb 26, 2013With lush, glimmering keyboards and electronics, lean indie-rock guitars or Robert Glasper’s limpid jazz piano the songs tease and insinuate. Their meanderings lead somewhere.
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Mar 20, 2013A Love Surreal probably doesn’t have what 1st Born Second fanatics want out of the guy, but it’s plenty beautiful on its own terms.
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Feb 26, 2013Pleasingly, A Love Surreal eschews the idea of calling in favors, instead laying bare Bilal's own songwriting and production prowess.
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Q MagazineApr 10, 2013This is cosmic R&B. [May 2013, p.95]
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