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India.Arie cited creative pressures as one factor in the gap between Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship, her last album for Motown, and Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics, her debut for Universal Republic. Motown possibly was not content enough to yield to the instincts of an artist with three consecutive Top Ten albums and a pair of Grammy awards (to go with 14 additional nominations). Testimony: Vol. 2 is, if anything, merely a moderate progression from Testimony: Vol. 1, not sounding anything like a severe turn from Arie's past. However, the variety of guest collaborators naturally signals and fosters her most eclectic, hardest-to-pigeonhole set yet; in addition to Musiq (Soulchild) and MC Lyte, reggae artist Gramps Morgan, Turkish star Sezen Aksu, and African vocalist Dobet Gnahore (present on a cover of Sade's "Pearls") are featured. Regardless of the non-standard inspirations and unexpected guests, Arie could perform every one of these songs live with just her guitar and not risk shortchanging her audience. Given the new wrinkles, it's not startling that her outlook here has a wider scope, her viewpoint wiser and more outward looking than before, exemplified most through "Ghetto" -- which seems to take cues from War's "The World Is a Ghetto," building off the notion of people all around the planet facing the same plight -- and the slow, bluesy stomp of the firmly U.S.-centric "Better Way" (featuring Keb' Mo' on guitar). The tone of the relationship songs is more upbeat, and even occasionally lighthearted, relative to those of Testimony: Vol. 1, adding a pleasant contrast to the more serious material. If her former label could accuse her of anything, it's that she did not deliver a big single (she does not have a single Top 40 hit), and that's something that won't likely change anytime soon. Her fanbase, big enough to grant Arie gold sales, will gladly take a fourth steady and honest album over a big pop hit.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Korey Aaron, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Branden Burch, Producer, Additional Producer - Jason Kingland, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Gramps Morgan, FeaturedArtist - Alonzo Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marshall Leathers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Shannon Sanders, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Drew Ramsey, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
India.Arie, Producer, MainArtist - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Musiq Soulchild, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Castro, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Branden Burch, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
Sade Adu, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Hale, ComposerLyricist - India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dobet Gnahore, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Michael Ruff, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Shannon Sanders, ComposerLyricist - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Drew Ramsey, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Castro, ComposerLyricist - Terrell Carter, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keb' Mo', FeaturedArtist - Cornelius Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Rachel Ferrell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Branden Burch, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Trevisick, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joyce Simpson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
Phillip White, ComposerLyricist - MC Lyte, FeaturedArtist - India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Lana Moorer, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jared Gosselin, ComposerLyricist - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Castro, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sezen Aksu, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alec Newell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Branden Burch, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records
India.Arie, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Max Unruh, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Korey Aaron, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Trevisick, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Dru Castro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joyce Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Robin Roberts, ComposerLyricist - Jason Kingland, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Presentación del Álbum
India.Arie cited creative pressures as one factor in the gap between Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship, her last album for Motown, and Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics, her debut for Universal Republic. Motown possibly was not content enough to yield to the instincts of an artist with three consecutive Top Ten albums and a pair of Grammy awards (to go with 14 additional nominations). Testimony: Vol. 2 is, if anything, merely a moderate progression from Testimony: Vol. 1, not sounding anything like a severe turn from Arie's past. However, the variety of guest collaborators naturally signals and fosters her most eclectic, hardest-to-pigeonhole set yet; in addition to Musiq (Soulchild) and MC Lyte, reggae artist Gramps Morgan, Turkish star Sezen Aksu, and African vocalist Dobet Gnahore (present on a cover of Sade's "Pearls") are featured. Regardless of the non-standard inspirations and unexpected guests, Arie could perform every one of these songs live with just her guitar and not risk shortchanging her audience. Given the new wrinkles, it's not startling that her outlook here has a wider scope, her viewpoint wiser and more outward looking than before, exemplified most through "Ghetto" -- which seems to take cues from War's "The World Is a Ghetto," building off the notion of people all around the planet facing the same plight -- and the slow, bluesy stomp of the firmly U.S.-centric "Better Way" (featuring Keb' Mo' on guitar). The tone of the relationship songs is more upbeat, and even occasionally lighthearted, relative to those of Testimony: Vol. 1, adding a pleasant contrast to the more serious material. If her former label could accuse her of anything, it's that she did not deliver a big single (she does not have a single Top 40 hit), and that's something that won't likely change anytime soon. Her fanbase, big enough to grant Arie gold sales, will gladly take a fourth steady and honest album over a big pop hit.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 16 pista(s)
- Duración total: 00:52:24
- Artistas principales: India.Arie
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: Universal Records
- Género Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2008 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2008 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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