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Track Listings
| 1. Let's Make Love Now | |||
| 2. Backstabbers | |||
| 3. Red Clay | |||
| 4. Simply Beautiful | |||
| 5. I Play The Blues For You | |||
| 6. I Can't Say No | |||
| 7. Soul Insurance | |||
| 8. Brotha | |||
| 9. Pissed Off | |||
| 10. More Than A Woman | |||
| 11. Snowflakes | |||
| 12. Wish I Didn't Miss You | |||
| 13. Easier Said Than Done | |||
| 14. Bottles & Cans | |||
| 15. The Ingredients Of Love | |||
| 16. What U Dyin' For | |||
| 17. Makings Of You | |||
| 18. Mad Issues | |||
| 19. If It Wasn't | |||
| 20. 20 Dollars | |||
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Mahogany Soul perfectly describes the rich, deep, and lived-in music Angie Stone makes. This veteran singer/songwriter, who was one-third of rap trio Sequence, led acid-jazz combo Vertical Hold, and had a major hand in creating D'Angelo's Brown Sugar, follows up 1999's critically acclaimed Black Diamond with another collection of grown-up R&B that's sexy, satisfying, and smart. Along with (wo)manning the helm herself, Stone links up with like-minded visionaries. Chief among them are Raphael Saadiq, who produced the single "Brotha" which moves with a purposeful, rugged, old-soul swagger, and Andrea Martin, co-producer with Swizz Beatz on the vibrant and aching "Wish I Didn't Miss You" which features a dope "Backstabbers" loop and Stone's husky vocals. At 17 cuts, there's a bit of drag, but not enough to deter you from Stone's wise and determined ease, and on the gritty "Twenty Dollars" Stone gives all those R&B princesses something to really chew on. --Amy Linden
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By the time Angie Stone released her second album, Mahogany Soul in 2001, she brought some 20 years experience to her work. Stone had been an accomplished session vocalist as well as singing with the Sequence and Vertical Hold. The follow-up to 1999's Black Diamond, Mahogany Soul is a confident musical statement of what it means to be African-American and came to define the neo-soul movement of the early 21st century
Rootsy and real, it sets out its stall with Soul Insurance. Opening with the refrain from Lady Marmalade, the album bathes in the hard-won glory of R&B's past. Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway are all evoked throughout, but it is not merely a hotch-potch of influences.
Working with Raphael Saadiq, Musiq Soulchild, Alicia Keys and Calvin, it is Stone's vocal arrangements and Fender Rhodes, percussion and bass contributions that give the album its slinky unity. Pissed Off is sleek, urban soul. Wish I Didn't Miss You was the standout and the hit-single. Taking its base from the O'Jays Back Stabbers, Stone portrays passion and pain perfectly.
By sounding like it could have been recorded at any point since 1971, it sounds as fresh today as it did in 2001. Mahogany Soul peaked at Number 4 in the US Billboard R&B charts and went on to go Gold. Her subsequent work has been of a similar standard, with her 2007 release, The Art Of Love and War being released on no less than Stax Records. But it is Mahogany Soul that remains her masterpiece. As she says on Soul Insurance, ''Just remember, Stone's got your back''. --Daryl Easlea
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Despite some bad reviews, I would be hard pressed to pick out a bad track on this album. Every song has the power to draw you in, and 'The Heat' only goes further to demonstrate how you can be simple and deep at the same time. This album really means something. You just need to want to hear it!
you could pull each track apart and reveal diamonds of instrumentals, and pearls of wisdom from Angie's lyrics. Spend a quiet moment alone with this album, and when you realise its brilliance share it with a friend.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The 2nd Angie Stone Album is a laid-back deep funky soul trip. Her voice is one of the finest on the planet today, and mixed with the urban soul create one of the most amazingly rich albums of the past few years
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
wonderful album, very mellow and sweet sounding with great harmonies and riffs. Buy it and chill.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not as described
I purchased this album as a gift and searched high and low for the CD which contained all 24 tracks. I was delighted to find it on Amazon. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Linda Ball
I'm going to review .brotha{spen&karizma mix} angie stone.before you...
Mahogany SoulThink of a little.black girl in a infant school and she's the only black child in the school.she has no friends. Read more
Published 11 months ago by these are the new house rules
Mrs.Soul
If you are a soul lover,do yourself a favour and buy this album.
This is one of the albums that never goes out of style. Read more
This is one of the albums that never goes out of style. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2008 by Miranda
'A true Soul Sister'
This album is among the best of true, rich soul. Angie Stone just seems to go from strength to strength in all that she does. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2003 by Aleshia-Marie Francis
Too-slick modern soul effort
Itsa reasonable attempt at a modern classic-soul album, but this album is too slick and over-produced to have any long-lasting resonance with soul purists. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2003
Angie Stone is the best!
This album is the smoothest, and most soulful album I have heard in a long while! Itz really got it goin on! Its full of everything. Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2002 by Liam
Soul at its best
I love this album, it's so much deeper and not as light as other RnB and neo soul about now. it's chilled and not really a party album, part from the remix of brotha which is... Read more
Published on 24 May 2002
Best Soul Album of 2001
Well, it's a hard one to call because India.Arie's 'Acoustic Soul' is pretty much on a par with Angie Stone's 'Mahogany Soul'. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2002 by Mr. Nm Edwards
Class
Ms. Stone has really lain down the gauntlet on her sophomore. Whereas her debut CD was classy this has just a little more oomph and panache. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2001 by acid_win
Simple excellence!
It's gritty, it's sexy, it's soulful, it's mature - it's Music at it's best. There can be no comparison to India or Eryka to me they are not yet in Ms Stone's league. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2001
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