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9.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: Officially an EP, this 10-track effort is actually a full 50 minutes long and contains all new material. Guests include Lenny Kravitz, Zap Mama, Queen Latifah, Angie Stone and Bahamadia.

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Mojo
    90
    An astonishing album... a nu soul master that should ride high on any 21st century 'best of' lists. [Dec 2003, p.109]
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Most of this succeeds. [19 Sep 2003, p.86]
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  3. Blender
    60
    There's rambling, digital fiddling and self-indulgent sprawl here, but a sense of purpose, too, even as her lips move on autopilot. [#20, p.114]
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. mayaNN
    10
    Im freakin lovin this one- I think it has made its way to my desert island top 10- you can feel some of the chaka khan influence in some of the tracks… Expand
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  2. ZoeshaMountain
    10
    I don't care what anyone says. You shouldn't judge a CD by the review. Listen to it for yourself and let your own mind decide! The CD is the bomb… Expand
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  3. MichaelD
    10
    Astonishing
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