- Record Label: The Foreign Exchange Music
- Release Date: Oct 12, 2010
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Dec 15, 2010What I realized listening to this studio masterpiece is that Phonte, Dwele, and Aloe Blacc are all former MC's with new grown and sexy albums out this year worth purchasing.
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Dec 15, 2010It's a work of hushed intimacy and unabashed romanticism that uses synthesizers to create incongruously organic, natural-sounding grown-folks R&B.
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Dec 15, 2010More moody, modern R&B that sounds like nothing else and reveals remarkable depth (there's even a little well-placed twang and some violin), Authenticity is neither an everyday nor an every-day album, unless playing it is necessary for the sake of convalescence.
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Dec 15, 2010Authenticity is a concise, cohesive effort that finds The Foreign Exchange again successfully pushing the boundaries of R&B, soul, electronic music, and hip-hop.
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Dec 15, 2010The music on Authenticity may initially sound remedial and elemental, even saccharine, but further listens reveal new intricacies.