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Mahogany Soul

Mahogany Soul is the second studio album by American singer Angie Stone. It was first released in the United States on October 16, 2001, by J Records. In the US, the album sold 71,000 copies in its first week of release. The album spawned five singles: "Brotha", "Brotha Part II", "Wish I Didn't Miss You", "More Than a Woman", and "Bottles & Cans".

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis called the album "one of the best R&B albums of 2001". He found that Mahogany Soul "delivers more of the organic, gritty, rootsy yet sophisticated soul which put her on the map as a solo artist. The production is great and the songs are funky, mature, and intelligent, but when she truly shines is when she actually spreads her wings and glides away from her neo-soul trappings, which she manages effortlessly."[7] Similarly, the Los Angeles Times wrote: "There is a sense throughout of real stories, real people, real emotions – and that's as good a definition as any for true soul music. One of the year's most commanding works."[9] Billboard remarked: "Stronger musically and lyrically, Mahogany Soul oozes with heart-warming energy that's simultaneously contemporary and old-school. Stone once again rolls her gospel-honed vocals around real-life issues and emotion-filled lyrics."[14]

Reviewing for PopMatters in October 2001, Mark Anthony Neal hailed Mahogany Soul as "an accomplished piece of R&B music" in a year with other impressive debut albums by singers in the genre, including Alicia Keys' Songs in A Minor, Bilal's 1st Born Second, and Res's How I Do. He highlighted Stone's detailed lyrics, casually sassy "down-home" persona, and use of sophisticated samples in the context of authentic soul music. In response to the popular reception for the lead single "Brotha", Neal said he regards it as a "passionate and thoughtful defense" of African-American men, while pointing out "brutally trenchant" perspectives of men elsewhere in the album's relationship songs.[2] Rolling Stone's Barry Walters found that "like its title suggests, Mahogany Soul isn't flashy [or] even all that catchy [...] Like D'Angelo, Stone specializes in dramatic moods expressed with mellow methods. Give her understated passion time to marinate, and Stone's soul picnic will satisfy."[13]

Entertainment Weekly journalist Tom Sinclair felt that "too often Mahogany falls into the same artistic cul-de-sac that made D'Angelo's Voodoo more admirable than enjoyable; the preponderance of tastefully atmospheric filler topped with melismatic vocal athletics makes Mahogany more so-so than soulful."[8] The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic, singling out "Brotha" and "Bottles and Cans" as highlights while finding the album in general to be "longer on groove than song" and "longer on song than the brothas".[15] Stephen Dalton from NME called the album "well-made, but very boring nu-soul stuff." He found that "Stone is stranded in prematurely middle-aged MOR."[11] Writing in 2009 for BBC Online, Daryl Easlea said Mahogany Soul "remains her masterpiece" and called it "a confident musical statement of what it means to be African-American [that] came to define the neo-soul movement of the early 21st century".[1]

Year-end lists

Chart performance

Mahogany Soul debuted and peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard 200 in the week of November 24, 2001,[19] selling 71,000 copies in its first week of release.[20] It also entered the top five of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, reaching number four.[21] On February 12, 2002, it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of more than 500,000 units.[22] By September 2003,Mahogany Soul had sold 758,000 copies domestically.[23]

Track listing

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Mahogany Soul.[25]

Musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

Release history

Notes

  1. ^ Tracks 1, 3, 5, 11, 13 and 15
  2. ^ Tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 12, 14–16 and 18
  3. ^ Tracks 1, 3, 12, 15 and 16
  4. ^ Tracks 2 and 10
  5. ^ Track 2
  6. ^ Additional recording on track 2
  7. ^ Tracks 3 and 4
  8. ^ Track 4
  9. ^ Track 7
  10. ^ Tracks 8, 14 and 18
  11. ^ Track 9
  12. ^ Track 10
  13. ^ Track 13
  14. ^ a b Track 17

References

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