Angie Stone — Love Language

[Ty]

Album out Nov 6th.

Available for pre-order on iTunes, with a new song called "Magnet".

Track list:
1. Dollar Bill
2. Begin Again ft. Dave Hollister
3. Clothes Don't Make a Man
4. Magnet
5. Dream
6. 2 Bad Habits
7. Quits
8. Think it Over
9. Forget About Me
10. Didn't Break Me

[SHOOTER]

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Someone needs to have an intervention about album covers with her. There is no reason someone as pretty as Angie needs to be looking like Annalise Keating's older sister post-overdose on her album cover.

Excited though. 2 Bad Habits is in constant rotation for me.

[Nick]

LOL at Annalise! #Viola

[Caviar]

Can't wait for this.

[Ty]

Oct 3, 2015 16:50:23 GMT -5 @soblu said:

Someone needs to have an intervention about album covers with her. There is no reason someone as pretty as Angie needs to be looking like Annalise Keating's older sister post-overdose on her album cover.

Excited though. 2 Bad Habits is in constant rotation for me.

True. I LOVE the album covers of "Black Diamond" and "Mahogany Soul". Yet from "Stone Love", all the covers seems like something photographed by her nephew.

[Ty]

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They should definitely take one of these three beautiful shots as album cover!!!

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I know she's on Shanachie or whatever, but couldn't they at least do an eOne quality cover?

[SHOOTER]

Angie explained the meaning of the album's title:

I am single. I have never done an album where I was single. I do not have a love interest. I don't have anything to pull from anyone who makes me cry, makes me unhappy and makes me laugh. This is the dream album...someone had to speak my language for me. Walter (Millsap III) is the ultimate producer and he had to speak a language that I was able to speak with....someone who could speak when I was speechless. I am coming back stronger than ever.

[Ty]

I'm more curious about why she suddenly changed all her SNS accounts including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram before her new album comes out, since no one would actually notice all the promotions on her new pages. Seeing a true soul diva who has been in the game for over 30 yrs just have 700+ likes and 100 followers is killing me.

[SHOOTER]

Oct 5, 2015 23:12:32 GMT -5 Ty said:

I'm more curious about why she suddenly changed all her SNS accounts including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram before her new album comes out, since no one would actually notice all the promotions on her new pages. Seeing a true soul diva who has been in the game for over 30 yrs just have 700+ likes and 100 followers is killing me.

Considering she broke up with her boyfriend, who was her manager, I assume she suddenly no longer has access to those old accounts.

[Ty]

SoulTrain.com: Are there any artists you have not worked with that you would like to collaborate with?

Angie Stone: I always say this every time this question is asked that I love me some Lauryn Hill. She embodies the spirit that I had circa 1979—many, many years ago when I first started, and she’s grown massively. She has what we call “mother wit,” a wisdom that’s far beyond her years, and I would just love to be around her and collaborate. I’m eager to see what happens. Well, you already know that I’ve worked with D’Angelo, and I would like to see that collaboration come back to the forefront.

Yes! Angie X Lauryn, bring it on mamas!


soultrain.com/2015/10/05/qa-angie-stone/

[Ty]

rollingout.com/2015/09/30/angie-stone-gets-real-better-call-empire/

“It’s almost like I’m in a well and somebody threw me a rope rather than let me drown,” she explains. “And that’s because somebody did that for them. Walter Millsap, the brainchild behind Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rihanna. He doesn’t need an Angie Stone. But it does his soul good to have an Angie Stone, because she’s the one that everybody screwed over and forgot about.

“They better call me for ‘Empire’!” she says with a laugh. “They better call me! If they don’t, I’m going to get it myself.

I LOVE the TRUTHS she been spitting. I just LOVE.

[Caviar]

Nice!

[SHOOTER]

Queen Angie will not be denied!

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Judging from the album clips on iTunes, the album definitely picks up after Magnet.

[Wave.]

Oct 3, 2015 16:21:56 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

Shit hella plain.

[SHOOTER]

Dream
Begin Again feat. Dave Hollister
Clothes Don't Make a Man
Dream
2 Bad Habits
Quits
Didn't Break Me

Easily her best album to me since The Art of Love & War. Bounces well between that vintage soul and more contemporary Urban AC sound; her and Walter Millsap work well together.

[Ty]

Just heard the full album on Pandora. A masterpiece for sure. Can't get enough of "Quits" & "Didn't Break Me"!!

Mahogany Soul
The Art of Love & War
Dream
Black Diamond
Stone Love
Rich Girl
Unexpected

[SHOOTER]

Stone Love
Mahogany Soul
The Art of Love & War
Dream
Black Diamond
Rich Girl
Unexpected

She's been incredibly consistent as Unexpected is the only "bad" album she's made to me.

[Ty]

Nov 1, 2015 2:04:51 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

Stone Love
Mahogany Soul
The Art of Love & War
Dream
Black Diamond
Rich Girl
Unexpected

She's been incredibly consistent as Unexpected is the only "bad" album she's made to me.

Yes, and I might need to give "Stone Love" another chance. "U-Haul" is the only song I LOVE from that era.

[SHOOTER]

Nov 1, 2015 18:18:20 GMT -5 Ty said:

Nov 1, 2015 2:04:51 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

Stone Love
Mahogany Soul
The Art of Love & War
Dream
Black Diamond
Rich Girl
Unexpected

She's been incredibly consistent as Unexpected is the only "bad" album she's made to me.

Yes, and I might need to give "Stone Love" another chance. "U-Haul" is the only song I LOVE from that era.

I've always thought SL was her best moment of blending contemporary R&B, Hip-Hop and Soul elements together. The handling of the album was horrible though; U-Haul should've easily been one of her biggest hits ever and J completely dropped the ball with promo. I totally understand why she left the label after it.

[Ty]

Album finally out! BUY it and enjoy LIFE!

Currently #10 on iTunes R&B/Soul album chart.

[SHOOTER]

Shout out to Candice and Balewa for being all over this album! *moment of silence for The Clutch*

[newpower]

Enjoying this on my first listen. Second half is better than first half.

[Ty]

Her team is collecting fans' comments of their favorite song off the album. Looks like a second single is on the way.

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This is stronger than her last couple of albums.

Oooh... "Dollar Bill" though..

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All Music Guide gave the album 3.5/5.

From her solo R&B debut in 1999 through the release of her sixth album in 2012, Angie Stone issued a new studio set every two or three years. Despite being as occupied as ever on-stage and on the big and small screens, the singer kept her recording routine intact with her seventh album. Not even a bumpy reality TV experience and a domestic aggravated assault charge -- the result of an altercation with her daughter -- threw her off her routine, though she did consider ending her three-decade music career. Following short stints with the Stax and Saguaro Road labels, she fell in with Shanachie, a stable haven for R&B artists of her caliber, through an alliance with supporter and Stone Love collaborator Walter Millsap III. Millsap and Stone co-wrote the majority of these ten songs with a core group that included Candice Nelson, Balewa Muhammad, and Teak Underdue, among others. While it doesn't sound as big-budgeted as her earlier releases, Dream is very much in line with Stone's discography, neither straight retro-soul nor pop-oriented contemporary R&B, though it does lean closer to the former. Flirty opener "Dollar Bill" coasts on a boogie groove reminiscent of Slave's "Watching You" (and therefore Odyssey's "Inside Out"), and it sets the tone for a concise album where the singer covers a lot of ground, batting her eyelashes, declaring devotion, seeking affirmation, repairing a relationship, and scolding an immature lover. The songs on which she and Nelson make like a mid-'60s soul-pop duo help the album stand out, while the contemporary "Begin Again," featuring Dave Hollister, is one of the year's finest duets.

[tae04]

I'll have to give this a lesson.

[Caviar]

This album is absolutely amazing. She's an incredible songwriter and I swear has the best duets in the business. "Begin Again" is amazing beautiful and well done.