(7/21/17) Maybe I'm missing out on what makes an "essential" R&B album due to the variety of interpretations this genre has faced over the decades (Wikipedia is nearly god). On this album though, a good portion of this album's instrumentals didn't really feel as "soulful" as they could've been. Many of the preludes (track beginnings) lasted too long and a fair portion of tracks didn't have those laid-back funk sessions that synced w/ the vocalist. Lyrics though in a lot of the tracks were certainly more elaborate than expected (ex: 1, 3, 5, 7, and 8). In short, not the greatest album but still fairly great every once in a while to hear.
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