Angie Stone

The unstoppable Angie Stone returns with her best solo album yet. Mahogany Soul is a homespun classic, brimming with the best beats that Neo-Soul has to offer and a healthy helping of Stone's positive social messages. Tracks like "Brotha" seem simple and straightforward, but they hit deep truths in their simplicity.

As a member of what was probably the first female hip-hop group (Sequence), a singer in
the overlooked neo-soul trio Vertical Hold, co-author of several D'Angelo songs and the
voice of more African-American hair-product jingles than she cares to remember, Angie
Stone has a right to be suspicious of R&B's new naturalism: This seen-it-all sister was real
before some so-called soul saviors of today learned to say "mama." Like its title s... More >

Longer on groove than song, longer on song than the brothas ("Brotha," "Bottles and Cans") (Grade - *)