December 01, 2003 @ 8:43 am
Meshell Ndegeocello - Comfort Woman (Maverick)
With her fifth effort, a relaxed and very-much-in-love Meshell Ndegeocello picks up where the libidinous ballads of her last album, Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape, left off. Perhaps having extinguished the inner demons that permeate previous works, Ndegeocello sounds fulfilled throughout the latest stage of her evolution—from angst-ridden rocker to woman at peace.
With her fifth effort, a relaxed and very-much-in-love Meshell Ndegeocello picks up where the libidinous ballads of her last album, Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape, left off. Perhaps having extinguished the inner demons that permeate previous works, Ndegeocello sounds fulfilled throughout the latest stage of her evolution—from angst-ridden rocker to woman at peace.
The atmospheric bliss that runs throughout Comfort Woman ranges from bouncy dub (“Fellowship”) to acoustic tranquility (“Liliquoi Moon”). “Love Song #1,” “Love Song #2,” and “Love Song #3” make for a solid trifecta of Sade-like bedroom grooves, with lyrics like “Come lay down beside me / …Take me to paradise” sung in Ndegeocello’s smooth baritone.
The album picks up steam on the sticky funk of “Body,” which revolves around Ndegeocello’s rich bass lines and the phrase “I like when you move it all around,” but falls flat on the unnecessary strings of the moody “Thankful.” Though Comfort Woman does not match the rebellion of past effortys, its overall joy is infectious, and still gives off enough heat for candlelit nights with your mate.
Article tags: Meshell, Ndegeocello, Comfort, Woman, Maverick
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