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A Little Deeper

EMAILPRINTby Ms. Dynamite

Ms. Dynamite reviews
80
8.8 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 19 critic reviews
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Based on 5 votes
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Album Info

Label: Interscope / Polydor

Release Date: 11 March 2003

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Rap, R&B, Urban

Summary

A former member of UK hip-hop outfit So Solid Crew, Ms. Dynamite (aka Niomi McLean-Daley) earned Britain's Mercury Music Prize for this debut effort.

What The Critics Said

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100

E! Online

Ms. Dynamite's debut album is heady stuff, punctuated by groundbreaking beats, seductive vocals and melodies that lodge themselves firmly into your cranium.

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100

Ink 19

A Little Deeper is one of the truly defining albums of its genre, an album that future artists will look to for inspiration as well as be measured up against. An effortlessly stunning masterpiece.

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90

Urb

It's the album many heads wished Lauryn Hill had come back with instead of that weepy acoustic exercise. [Mar 2003, p.94]

90

Planet

A surprisingly mature debut record. [#3, p.87]

90

Blender

For her to pull off something as ambitious, gritty and accomplished as this at age 21 is flat-out amazing. [#15, p.127]

83

Spin

It's Dynamite's choice of subject matter that distinguishes her from other R&B divas-in-waiting. [May 2003, p.110]

83

Entertainment Weekly

Like Craig David, Ms. Dynamite seems happy to pad ''A Little Deeper'' with a few examples of suave, heartsick R&B.

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81

Stylus Magazine

It’s phat, it’s hooky and it’s got tune after tune after tune of stylish, contemporary urban ragga-soul for 60+ minutes, all wrapped round with a voice like socially-aware and really angry honey.

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80

Dot Music

'A Little Deeper' is a lyrical bombshell and its only downfall is that the production has a tendency to sound flat and mundane by comparison.

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80

All Music Guide

The album's a bit more edgy than any of her American contemporaries, but it's still not too far from [Lauryn] Hill and other neo-soul figures.

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80

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Though Dynamite sometimes comes across as a moralistic scold, her slinky delivery and understated sexuality undercut the self-righteousness that sometimes infects Deeper.

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70

Playlouder

It's a lot less dangerous than we've been led to expect.

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70

Launch.com

Occasionally, things are dumbed down by the naive politics you’d expect from any teenager.

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70

New York Magazine

What gives A Little Deeper its heft, though, is Dynamite’s voice: She can hold a word so long it almost floats in the air, and she purposefully embellishes her girlish, almost kewpie-doll-like whine to deliver her most stinging rebukes.

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70

Splendid

It all adds up to a noble, well-produced and strongly-realized debut for a woman who obviously has more on her mind than becoming a pop star and cruising her neighborhood in a Bentley.

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70

Rolling Stone

On A Little Deeper, Dynamite pretty much owns the thin line between love and hate.

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70

Uncut

It's hard to think of a UK R&B album that sounds as formidably ready for the world as A Little Deeper. [Jul 2002, p.114]

60

New Musical Express

It takes a while to work out what an absolute waste of 21-year-old Londoner Naomi McLean-Daley's incredible talents this album is.

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58

Village Voice (Consumer Guide)

When she goes ragga on the way out I wish she hadn't been groomed for something bigger and blander. But she made her choice.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.8 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Sir Jacksolot Moreplease gave it a 10:
this album is superb.i always enjoy it

Billy C gave it a 10:
wow, this CD is amazing so much better than the current music coming out of the US. This is so street and real. Go get it, its a classic!

Uyi O gave it a 7:
Ms Dynamite is the sure contender for the mantle left by Lauyrn Hill as the latter delves deeper from the mainstream. A little Deeper contains good lyrics and powerfull beats, the singer has the urgency of a new musical revolutionary

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