Angie Stone’s ‘Full Circle’ Is Masterful Neo-Soul Nostalgia
Making her grand entrance again to the R&B neo-soul scene that she helped pave over 4 a long time in the past, South Carolina-bred singer-songwriter Angie Stone is encompassing love, lust, heartbreak, reclamation and religion for her eighth studio album, Full Circle.
The 10-track enterprise, together with its title, is a direct reflection of Angie’s timeless affect within the music sphere. Since breaking by means of its glass ceiling first as a member of The Sequence, Angie blossomed right into a gifted penwoman with legendary rap group Mantronix, to a standout voice of R&B trio Vertical Maintain, to a championed and revered solo vocalist in her personal proper.
However even generations of music later, her profession has not obsoletely squared off into some field of outdated keepsakes, however has, certainly, come full circle.
(Courtesy of Angie Stone)
From the album’s first monitor, “Excellent,” Angie cruises in with a soulfully, however peacefully, up-tempo tempo. Her sound nonetheless glows of feel-good vibes and the traditional intimacy of R&B’s yesteryears. Angie doesn’t stray from didactic substance and that means in her reemergence to the business scene amongst a brand new era and sophistication of R&B and soul abilities both, as evidenced by “Dinosaur.” Angie’s admonishment of heartbreak to prying, distrustful companions couldn’t be extra becoming amongst love within the age of social media the place DMs, iPhone threads and Snapchat snooping is at an all-time excessive. The one has already garnered radio waves of City Grownup Up to date Radio nationwide and been matched with raving evaluations.
Full Circle’s lone characteristic, Jaheim, additionally arrives as a peer from the triple-time Grammy winner’s veteran class of R&B-soul. The 2 group up for “Gonna Have To Be You,” the right savor of male-female vocalist duo that ‘90s R&B infants grew to like and cherish from the style’s golden ages.
“NeverBride,” “Time For That,” and the sultry session of “Grits,” (a serving of Angie’s southern-style sexiness) reign because the album’s peak standouts. Graced by her deep soul-driven vocals and pure storytelling expertise, Full Circle embraces the trials and the triumphs within the eternal journey of womanhood.
Dive in to headfirst on Full Circle when Ms. Stone releases the highly-anticipated challenge on Friday, July 12.
(Picture: Courtesy of Angie Stone)
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