![]() ![]() ![]() Picked and marketed for those obvious nu-soul attributes (and with crossover to a rock and pop audience almost certainly in mind) there are more than enough distinctive features about this album to make us sit up and take notice. Yet Arie is, thankfully, much more than a clone. She emerges fully-formed from what is now a familiar mould. The usual influences - explicitly cited for a change, the look - Afrohippy, the spirituality - intense, and the quiet self-confidence. In every way, this 25-year-old from Atlanta out of Denver looks and sounds the part of the new soul songstress - conscious and serious, clever and, perhaps, a little self-righteous. ![]()
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