First entry of the new blog yay!!!!!! Okay, so this album is over a year old but that's not a problem for me. When I decide to review an album, I don't do it chronologically. I've only recently gotten back into blogging so I thought about creating an additional blog to my other blog where I would discuss music, musicians, singers, songwriters, music events and music players. With that being said, I thought to myself...hmm why not introduce this blog with an entry on a great singer and great comeback album?
Kelly Price is a dynamic singer growing up with two pastors as parents in the Pentecostal church where I can only assume that she sang as well. She began her career singing back up for several artists such as Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey before launching off on her own. She released three secular albums before releasing a gospel album, then years later, when nobody expected it, she came back with another R&B album. The album opens up with an anthem called "Tired" which anybody who has just had enough can relate to. Anybody who is at a breaking point will feel this song as the pressure rises to her shouts at the end. "And You Don't Stop" is the dance track of the album, kind of a disco feel if you ask me. "C'mon keep moving and you don't stop". She joins Stokley of Mint Condition on the next track "Not My Daddy" acknowledging that in order for a relationship to be successful, trust has to be involved w/o the "ask a million" questions game that parents do w/ children. After this track, she reflects on a man whom she was addicted to on "Himaholic". "I'm Sorry" finds Kelly apologizing to herself for a relationship that went wrong. "The Rain" is another ballad essentially saying that smiling through pain does not always fix thing. Sometimes you have to feel sorry for yourself for a bit in order to heal from the pain. The album then picks up again with "Vexed" with Kelly discussing her feelings of love and lust for a man despite the fact that he treats her like dirt. The song then switches over to "Speechless" which has a rather generic message, but the song itself is rather catchy. The song is basically about a lack of words women get when they are around a man they are fond of. "Feels So Good" is the self-help song of the album where we hear the perspective of a woman who has gained some self esteem after dealing with trust issues for song. She let the bitterness go and has taken control of her life. "You Don't Have To Worry" is the next track. What can I say? There comes a point when enough is enough and when you've reached that point, there is no turning back on leaving the relationship. Even if you have to leave yourself and leave a few things behind, you still have your dignity. We are then taken into the situation of having a back up plan when our partner is either abusing us or neglecting us (as in not giving us something that we need) with the track "Lil Sumn-Sumn". After being faithful so long only to get it thrown back in your face, you be a smart-ass and play their game. Translation: Don't get mad get even. In the final track "Get Right or Get Left" where Kelly is telling her man to get his act together or he will wake up one day alone.
I was actually not aware of iTunes having an deluxe edition until long after I ordered this album, the iTunes deluxe version has two bonus tracks "Intervention", which is about catching domestic violence before it results in the death of one or the other. On "Good For You" Mrs. Price finds herself telling her partner to stop being so afraid to face the relationship.
Overall I say Kelly did a good job telling her life story in this album, and I'm glad to see that she has not entirely given up on R&B music. Hope to hear more from her in the future.
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