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It's a sassy section of sultry soul and urban vibratos, yet a snarling demeanor asking for a little respect also peeks through the dozen-song set list.
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Alternative PressIt's ultimately Costa's expressive, bluesy vocals that set her apart from other singers and make Something such a promising debut. [Jul 2001, p.63]
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BlenderWhile Costa is almost too glamorous for her own good, she flaunts that old-school splendor that generates apt comparisons to early Lenny Kravitz. [Jun/Jul 2001, p.107]
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Packed with classic R&B and making clever use of electronic/dance, blues, and rock, Everybody shies far from the bloated vocalizing and obvious production that have marked the genre of late, helping put the soul back into a previously moldering art form.
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The best stuff here eschews tradition for sonic rebellion...
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An intoxicating starburst of self affirming R&B...
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In a just universe, Nikka Costa, with her near-perfect American debut, Everybody Got Their Something, would become the ‘00s answer to Janis Joplin, Teena Marie and Like a Virginal Madonna.
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Costa is a potent force with all the ballsy punch of a power rocker and the brazen belt of a sharp-tongued R&B survivor.
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MixerEverybody Got Their Something has something for almost everybody... [Jul 2001, p.86]
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This album is bollocks. Not the bollocks, mind, just plain old fashioned middle-American bollocks, the sort of 70s, vaguely psychedelic-tinted, vaguely funkdefied bollocks that Lenny Kravitz and old school MTV made their own.
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This effort from Nikka Costa proves that her ability to fuse rock, folk and soul with attitude will be her legacy.
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Q MagazineIt's the tender slow rollers that really clinch this supreme collection. [#180, p.97]
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The funk-by-numbers grooves of Everybody's Got Their Something borrow heavily from the likes of Sly Stone, Chaka Khan and early Prince, but do so with such affection and spirit that it's hard to take offense.
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For all the back story that precedes her, and even with an already overplayed first single, Everybody is a terrific debut.
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MarvinfromPRApr 26, 2005