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| Artist : Trina Broussard |
| Album : Inside My Love |
| Bitrate : 190 kbps avg |
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| Source : CD |
| Label : Trina |
| Year : 2008 |
| Genre : Soul |
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| Rip date : 2008-07-18 |
| Store date : 2008-00-00 |
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| Encoder : LAME |
| Size : 71 megs |
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| 1. Losing My Mind 5:02 |
| 2. Why Do I Feel So Sad 4:35 |
| 3. All I Need Is You 4:26 |
| 4. Say You Really Love 4:32 |
| 5. Sailing 4:22 |
| 6. Not Around 5:04 |
| 7. Inside My Love 4:14 |
| 8. All Night Long 5:09 |
| 9. Remember Me 3:55 |
| 10. Love You So Much 3:29 |
| 11. It's Not Really Christmas 4:55 |
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| 49:43 |
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| Soul music fans have heard Trina Broussard's voice even if they aren't |
| all that familiar with the performer behind that voice. Got a copy of |
| the excellent soundtrack to the movie Love Jones? Throw it on the CD |
| player (or play it on your iPod), and listen to Broussard blowing her |
| pipes out on a wonderful cover of Minnie Ripperton's "Inside My Love." |
| Broussard also provided backing vocals for some of the R&B's biggest |
| stars in the 1990s, including Bobby Brown, Toni Braxton and BeBe and |
| CeCe Winans. And she figuratively lent her "voice" to Aretha Franklin |
| when she co-wrote "Love You So Much," for the Queen of Soul. Surely, |
| someone with that much talent had to have the inside track to stardom. |
| However, Broussard's fate was to become the female Anthony Hamilton. |
| Broussard signs a record deal, and actually releases two singles from |
| the album Inside My Love in the late 90s, but the album gets shelved. |
| She releases the album Same Girl in 2004 to critical acclaim but |
| lackluster sales. She then stays busy while waiting for times to change |
| and musical tastes to be more open to the kind of music she performs. |
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| Sometimes, though, an artist moves ahead by looking back, and hopefully |
| what worked for Hamilton - mainly releasing a long sat on album - will |
| also pay dividends for Broussard. Inside My Love - Broussard's debut |
| album - has been around for the better part of a decade. Promotional |
| copies of the record have been much sought after by hard-core soul music |
| fans, and I hear it takes a lot of money to get one of the promos still |
| floating around. |
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| The temptation - especially for fans of the movie Love Jones or lovers |
| of the music of Minnie Ripperton - will be to put single "Inside My |
| Love" on repeat. However, I suggest that you give the entire album a |
| spin. |
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| Inside My Love opens with a slow, pensive pace. That's not a bad thing |
| because it's clear that Broussard is building to something. "Losing My |
| Mind" has the feel of Denise Williams' "Silly." Both songs tread in the |
| same territory thematically. Like "Silly," "Losing My Mind" tells the |
| story of a woman who is painfully self-aware of the fact that the power |
| of love, infatuation or lust has put her in a situation where she is not |
| fully in control of her emotions or actions. The mid-tempo song has a |
| pop-influenced beat and an easily remembered hook. Broussard remains in |
| that self-aware mode on the next tune, the slower and more mournful |
| sounding "Why Do I Feel So Sad." |
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| However, Inside My Love really finds its groove around the mid-point |
| with the dreamy ballad "Sailing." Broussard follows that up with a |
| funky, mid-tempo torch song called "Not Around" and then there's "Inside |
| My Love." Listeners might still want to marinate on that song for a |
| while, but Broussard follows the Minnie Ripperton classic with three |
| very strong songs - the bluesy "All Night Long," the head-bopper |
| "Remember Me," and the hip-hop influenced "Love You So Much" before |
| closing with the bluesy holiday song "It's Not Really Christmas." |
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| Inside My Love showcases Broussard as a singer who is not easy to put |
| into a box. The album features pop tunes, classic soul joints, slow, |
| burning torch songs and funky mid-tempo numbers. Like many soul singers, |
| Broussard's focus is on the affairs of the heart. However, her strong |
| voice, intelligent lyrics and use of a variety of tempos ensure that |
| listeners won't lose interest. Highly recommended. |
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