Rachelle Ferrell - Individuality (Can I Be Me) [2000]

  
1 	Individuality (Can I Be Me?) 	4:53
2 	Sista 	3:59
3 	Will You Remember Me? 	6:17
4 	I Forgive You 	5:30
5 	I Gotta Go 	5:06
6 	Why You Wanna Mess It All Up? 	5:30
7 	Gaia 	5:44
8 	Run To Me 	4:04
9 	Reflections Of My Heart 	5:10
10 	Satified 	5:32
11 	I Can Explain 	8:02

Jonathan Butler - Guitar, Vocals
Lenny Castro - Percussion
George Duke - Guitar, Keyboard Overdubs, Keyboards
Rachelle Ferrell - Piano, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Jef Lee Johnson - Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards
Kenny Lattimore - Vocals (Background)
Tony Maiden - Guitar
Byron Miller - Bass
Lori Perry - Vocals (Background)
Lil John Roberts - Drums

Ferrell's rich, textured voice strokes these often-formulaic songs along. Dipping into modern pop, R&B, gospel, and jazz, Ferrell paints some splendid portraits here (even if she does tend to over-sing her lines occasionally). Best is the funky "Satisfied," an amalgam of everything Individuality (Can I Be Me?) sets out to be. A breakthrough album from a behind-the-scenes artist deserving more. --- Michael Gallucci, Rovi

The voice! On Individuality Rachelle Ferrell's astonishing instrument (as it certainly deserves to be called) soars and swoops through a six-octave range, which makes her a rarity in the modern R&B of nubile sopranos. Ferrell is as comfortable delivering a deep, velvety growl as a soprano soar. Her work as a jazz singer-songwriter has clearly sharpened her vocal technique and added a perceptive subtlety to the arrangements that accompany it, which dwell in sweet 'n' lowdown, unplugged bass territory. Individuality is a compact, intensely personal album. It covers topics from sisterhood ("Sista") to jilted love ("I Gotta Go"), all through the eyes of a mature woman. With this album's unslick production and sincerity, Ferrell continues to set herself apart from the pack, expanding the parameters of R&B to accommodate her and her voice, not vice versa. --Lizz Mendez Berry, Editorial Reviews, amazon.com

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