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- Summary: This is the follow-up to the singer's acclaimed 1999 debut. Rick Rubin produces, with guest appearances from Slick Rick, Mos Def, and Erykah Badu.
- Record Label: Sony/Epic
- Genre(s): Pop, R&B
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Sweet Baby | |
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Many times I've been told that I should go but they don't know What we have baby they may not see the Love in you but Love I do and I'll stay right... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 10 out of 15
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Mixed: 5 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Even though one can hear echoes of everything from "The Threepenny Opera" to Bitches Brew here, the funk is in her DNA.
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Musically, the album bounces from a full-on urban polka ("Oblivion") to tracks with plenty of Apollo Showtime-style organs, horns and disco and funk elements that keep the wacky tales from sounding wack.
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BlenderA conceptual bacchanal of sweat-drenched lust. [Oct/Nov 2001, p.104]
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The music itself doesn't quite have the simple accessibility and easy soul of her debut, but it's loads of fun and bursting with ideas.
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With this eclectic, eccentric approach comes a lack of cohesion and quality control.
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Amazingly, the disc still feels cohesive in spite of its unpredictability, aided by can't-miss crowd-pleasers like the irrepressible disco-pop blowout "Sexual Revolution."
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But while Gray's voice is still beguiling and unique, The Id is basically Brit-award winning, corporate soul with little identity, too cosy and calculated to have any genuine depth.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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tomaOct 18, 2006
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JoseAntonioAOct 8, 2002Clear & deep songs of life looking for a soul.
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