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ARTiST.....: Erika Rose
ALBUM......: Rosegarden
LABEL......: Infinity Le Monde Recorded Music
GENRE......: R&B
SOURCE.....: CDDA
TRACKS.....: 13
PLAYTiME...: 47:52
SiZE.......: 64,1 MB
ENCODER....: Lame 3.97 V2
BiTRATE....: VBRkbps
SCENE DATE.: 09/09/2007
STORE DATE.: 07/24/2007
Tracklist:
01. Introduction 02:21
02. The Darkness 03:40
03. Spell On You 03:17
04. I Can Not Save You 04:42
05. Rosegarden 03:36
06. Why 04:13
07. Tune In Earthlings Interlude 01:51
08. Be The Change 03:48
09. Backstabbaz Bounce 03:34
10. Time 2 Play 03:15
11. Fairy Tales 03:45
12. Days To Nite 04:03
13. Black Gold 05:47
Release Notes:
As Erika Rose asserts early on in this debut,
Rosegarden is a "longtime coming, dreams deferred are
now realized," as she put off her pursuit of a music
career acting as childhood friend Alicia Keys' road
manager for the early part of Keys' career. She did
find time to co-write "A Woman's Worth," and a few
other tunes sporadically spread throughout the
Grammy-winner's two albums; but, for the most part,
Rose tabled her artistic aspirations and through on a
business suit. But after a career-epiphany in Spain
and a chance encounter with Sa-Ra's Om'Mas Keith,
Rosegarden finds this singer-songwriter focused on
self. This could be fertile soil for an overly
self-indulgent album, making up for lost time spent
aiding someone else's endeavors; or it could be the
type of path that leads to self-doubt and unsure,
trepid music. Instead, Rosegarden is a solid,
well-directed album from a promising artist and a
talented musician-producer (Keith). Keith's production
is less probing and risky than the work he does with
his Sa-Ra partners. But, though devoid of Sa-Ra's
peculiar and entertaining eccentricities, Keith mixes
rock and 70s R&B, which Rose -- a talented singer --
uses as a canvass for her diary-like lyrics. Whether
it's dark paranoia ("The Darkness"), coy sexual boasts
("Spell On You") or quit-hatin' anthems ("Backstabbaz
Bounce"), with all her attention focused on building
her own career, Rosegarden is a conspicuously personal
work. The title track submits imageries of what seems
to be her own fantasy-world. And while Rose and Keith
tend to aim for more edgy themes and sounds, songs
like "Black Gold" and "Fairy Tales" lead one to think
that Minnie Rippertonesque R&B might be her best
match. Rosegarden is worth the wait for the artist and
listener.