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Merciful omission of the Chris Brown-assisted "Focus" remix aside, this contains the entirety of Gabi Wilson's first three anonymously presented EPs -- H.E.R., Vol. 1, H.E.R., Vol. 2, and the oddly titled H.E.R., Vol 2: The B Sides -- originally issued during a 13-month period. Roughly similar in quality and makeup, each one of the short-form releases strongly emphasizes Wilson's specialization in vulnerable yet assured ballads and slow jams. On the surface, they verge on low-lit mood music, but deep listening reveals a little more sonic, melodic, and lyrical substance than the average set from Wilson's commercial R&B peers. As a listening experience, these 21 songs therefore are effective more in their original configurations than in this resequenced 72-minute clump. No matter how it's packaged or consumed, there's zero doubt that Wilson and her fellow writers and producers -- most prominently DJ Camper and Swagg R'celious, who take on over half of the co-production credits -- made a large quantity of subtly stimulating contemporary R&B within a short timeframe. Wilson, consistently understated, gracefully wraps her voice around each beat, whether it snakes with trap-style percussion or surges and stammers like a late-'90s Timbaland track stuck in honey. With only slight variations in her voice, she evokes states ranging from vexation to desire, and there's never any uncertainty in what is being put across. It all sounds like the work of a savvy veteran.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr, Producer - Darhyl Camper Jr, Composer, Lyricist - Hue "SoundzFire" Strother, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Lophiile, Producer - Tyler Acord, Composer, Lyricist - Jeremy Nichols, Engineer - Tiara Thomas, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Mixing Engineer - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Knox Brown, Composer, Engineer, Lyricist, Producer - Miki Tsutsumi, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Vocal Producer - Mike "Scribz" Riley, Composer, Engineer, Lyricist, Producer - Daniel Traynor, Composer, Lyricist - Grades, Engineer, Producer - Talay Riley, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Vocal Producer - Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Hue "SoundzFire" Strother, Composer, Lyricist - David "Swagg R'Celious" Harris, Vocal Producer - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr, Producer - Darhyl Camper Jr, Composer, Lyricist - Hue "SoundzFire" Strother, Composer, Lyricist - Shamel Hughes, Engineer - Robert Dorsey, Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer - J. Eliaye, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr, Producer - Darhyl Camper Jr, Composer, Lyricist - Shamel Hughes, Engineer - Justin Love, Composer, Lyricist - Robert Dorsey, Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer - Miki Tsutsumi, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - David "Swagg R'Celious" Harris, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Ambré Perkins, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Vocal Producer - Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Hue "SoundzFire" Strother, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal Producer - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Daniel Caesar, Associated Performer, Featured Artist, Producer - H.E.R. feat. Daniel Caesar, Associated Performer - Ashton Simmonds, Composer, Lyricist - Matthew Burnett, Composer, Lyricist - Jeremy Nichols, Engineer - Jordan Evans, Composer, Lyricist - Riley Bell, Composer, Engineer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2017 Golden Child Recordings
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Vocal Producer - David "Swagg R'Celious" Harris, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Vocal Producer - Ambré Perkins, Composer, Lyricist - Bassman Foster - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer - Gabriel Garzón-Montano, Composer, Lyricist - David "Swagg R'Celious" Harris, Producer - Majid Al Maskati, Composer, Lyricist - Aubrey Graham, Composer, Lyricist - Anthony Jefferies, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ilsey Juber, Composer, Lyricist - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer - Carlo Montagnese, Composer, Lyricist - Noah Shebib, Composer, Lyricist - Shamel Hughes, Assistant Engineer - Jordan Ullman, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr, Producer - Darhyl Camper Jr, Composer, Lyricist - Elijah Diaz, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - David "Swagg R'Celious" Harris, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Alju Jackson, Composer, Lyricist - Bassman Foster - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer - Keithen Foster, Composer, Lyricist - Robert "LB" Dorsey, Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - MNEK, Producer - Uzoechi Emenike, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - David "Swagg R'Celious" Harris, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - ANTb, Producer - Elijah Diaz, Composer, Lyricist - Anthony Bryant, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Vocal Producer - Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Hue "SoundzFire" Strother, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal Producer - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Lolo Zouai, Composer, Lyricist - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr, Producer - Darhyl Camper Jr, Composer, Lyricist - Hue "SoundzFire" Strother, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer - Marsha Ambrosius, Composer, Lyricist - Andre Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Natalie Stewart, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Maurice-Brandon Ferguson, Composer, Lyricist - Oreamy Beats, Producer - Robert Glasper, Composer, Lyricist - Ayanna Depas, Engineer - Shafiq Husayn, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2016 RCA Records, a division on Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer - Joshua Scruggs, Composer, Lyricist - Syk Sense, Producer - Antea Shelton, Composer, Lyricist - Anesha Birchett, Composer, Lyricist - Ryan Frederick, Recording Engineer - Christopher McClenney, Composer, Lyricist - Miki Tsutsumi, Mixing Engineer - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R., Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Vocal Producer - Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Jr, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Hue "SoundzFire" Strother, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal Producer - Shamel Hughes, Engineer - Miki Tsutsumi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ayanna Depas, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Merciful omission of the Chris Brown-assisted "Focus" remix aside, this contains the entirety of Gabi Wilson's first three anonymously presented EPs -- H.E.R., Vol. 1, H.E.R., Vol. 2, and the oddly titled H.E.R., Vol 2: The B Sides -- originally issued during a 13-month period. Roughly similar in quality and makeup, each one of the short-form releases strongly emphasizes Wilson's specialization in vulnerable yet assured ballads and slow jams. On the surface, they verge on low-lit mood music, but deep listening reveals a little more sonic, melodic, and lyrical substance than the average set from Wilson's commercial R&B peers. As a listening experience, these 21 songs therefore are effective more in their original configurations than in this resequenced 72-minute clump. No matter how it's packaged or consumed, there's zero doubt that Wilson and her fellow writers and producers -- most prominently DJ Camper and Swagg R'celious, who take on over half of the co-production credits -- made a large quantity of subtly stimulating contemporary R&B within a short timeframe. Wilson, consistently understated, gracefully wraps her voice around each beat, whether it snakes with trap-style percussion or surges and stammers like a late-'90s Timbaland track stuck in honey. With only slight variations in her voice, she evokes states ranging from vexation to desire, and there's never any uncertainty in what is being put across. It all sounds like the work of a savvy veteran.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:50
- Main artists: H.E.R.
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MBK Entertainment - RCA Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
(P) 2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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