Review taken from soultracks.com
The Mother of Neo-soul has been many things in a career that has spanned three decades, including a trend setter. But, I’ve never known Angie Stone to be trendy, certainly not as trendy as she is on her sophomore project for Stax Records, Unexpected. If the trend these days is to write hooky songs about flying above all the drama and turning a deaf ear to all the haters and naysayers, then Stone is in the home zone. Her danceable lead single, “I Ain’t Hearin’ You,” and a few other tracks are filled with self-esteem building survival anthems that protest too much over insistent basslines. With catchy choruses galore, the newly trendy Stone solidly transitions to a more urban R&B sound without losing a speck of old school credibility. Yet, what is most unexpected aren’t Stone’s earnestly trendy joints: it’s the emotionally fulfilling cuts from a different era – yes, even different than the Motown and PIR days Stone usually mines — that make Unexpected a most delightful surprise.
Unexpected
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I Ain’t Hearin U
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Free
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Maybe
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Hey Mr. DJ
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Kiss All Over Your Body
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I Don’t care
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Why Is It
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Tell Me
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Think Sometimes
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I Found A Keeper
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Unexpected (reprise)
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