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Afrodisiac is Brandy's fourth consecutive durable showing, fluffed out with a few innocuous if still very listenable filler moments, but it is stocked with a number of spectacular -- and emotionally resonant -- singles that wind up making for her most accomplished set yet.
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Paint-by-number grooves, coupled with nonexistent hooks and forgettable melodies, do not result in an album that requires repeated plays; that is unfortunate, since a few Timbaland-produced tracks demand just that.
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BlenderFeels like an episode of her growing-pains TV show Moesha. [Aug 2004, p.130]
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"Afrodisiac" is Brandys most personally revealing album to date and her least lyrically fluffy, but its intimacy is hamstrung by the MTV-flavoured, formulaic gloop with which most contemporary, American R&B now seems to be contaminated.
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Afrodisiac teases more than tantalizes.
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Entertainment WeeklyBrandy's meatiest album to date. [9 Jul 2004, p.85]
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What gives Afrodisiac its allure are the confident club jams that mask B-Rockas vocal limitations without overpowering her.
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Brandy has always tended toward blandness and is either unequipped or too restrained to unleash the soulful vocal flights that give R&B its distinctive stamp. [11 Jul 2004]
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New Musical Express (NME)A superbly impertinent set. [10 Jul 2004, p.48]
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It's beat-filled melancholy, an affirmation wrapped in a lament, it's the Coldplay record that the R&B set have never had.
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Recalls Janet Jackson at her best.
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Ultimately we cant get a bead on Brandy precisely because she hasnt yet figured it out herself.... Which is exactly what makes Afrodisiac such a fascinating exercise.
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Analbum that flirts with the mundane just enough to tease out moments of brilliance.
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VibeA far cry from the pleasing pubescent fluff of her formative years. [Aug 2004, p.139]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 52 out of 100
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Mixed: 18 out of 100
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Negative: 30 out of 100
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