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Testimony: Vol.2, Love & Politics

India.Arie
Release Date: 02/10/2009
Original Release:  2009
# of Discs:   1
J&R Item # 1059782_CD
UPC # 602517968059
Label: Universal Republic
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Disc: 1
1. Intro: Grains sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Therapy - (featuring Gramps Morgan) sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Ghetto sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Chocolate High - (featuring Musiq Soulchild) sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. He Heals Me sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Interlude: Grains sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Pearls - (featuring Dobet Gnahore) sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. River Rise sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Yellow - (featuring Terrell Carter) sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Better Way - (featuring Keb' Mo') sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Interlude: Grains sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Long Goodbye sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Psalms 23 - (featuring MC Lyte) sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Cure, The - (featuring Sezen Aksu) sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. Outro: Grains sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. Beautiful Day, A sound samples  real  |  windows media

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Performer: India.Arie
Artist: Gramps Morgan; Musiq Soulchild; Dobet Gnahore; Terrell Carter; Keb' Mo'; MC Lyte; Sezen Aksu
Producer: Reen Nali; India.Arie
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Audio Remasterer: Chris Gheringer. LOVE & POLITICS bears close resemblance, both stylistically and thematically, to its illustrious predecessor. Like TESTIMONY VOL. 1, LOVE & POLITICS impresses with the professionalism of its production, with meticulously interwoven layers of backing vocals that recall the most sumptuous soul productions of the mid `70s. The productions of Stevie Wonder and Gamble & Huff are obvious touchstones for the tasteful strings and subdued Fender Rhodes work of lead single "Chocolate High," which features vocal contributions from Musiq Soulchild. Though LOVE & POLITICS doesn't represent a significant departure from the thoughtful, easygoing soul with which Arie has made her name, it includes a few nods to trends in contemporary R&B, most notably the sprightly "Therapy," which splices Arie's breezy vocals and gentle fingerpicking on to a propulsive, club-ready beat.
Billboard (p.37) - "Although more upbeat than its predecessor, VOL. 2 requires some time spent listening. Those who do so will be richly rewarded."
With the runaway success of her 2001 debut ACOUSTIC SOUL, India Arie became one of the most important figures in contemporary R&B. Though she's often lumped in with the neo-soul movement, she comes more from a '70s singer-songwriter orientation, influenced by James Taylor and Bill Withers as much as she is by Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. Her stripped-down production and straight-ahead songs, built around her own acoustic guitar, eschew cookie-cutter R&B production for a refreshing simplicity.
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