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| Artist: Jazmine Sullivan
Label: J-Records
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 328
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 732713
UPC: 886973271322
EAN: 0886973271322
ASIN: B001CJOHG6
Release Date: September 23, 2008
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Condition: New
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| Tracks:
| • | Bust Your Windows | | • | Need U Bad | | • | My Foolish Heart | | • | Lions, Tigers and Bears | | • | Call Me Guilty | | • | One Night Stand | | • | After The Hurricane | | • | Live A Lie | | • | Dream Big | | • | Switch! | | • | Fear | | • | In Love With Another Man |
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Album Description
An album by a great vocalist championed by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Missy Elliott, Faith Evans & Kindred among others.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 74 more reviews...
 One of 2008's Best R&B Albums Easily October 2, 2008
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Jazmine Sullivan caught my ear for the first time when I heard the exceptional first single from FEARLESS, "Need U Bad". The voice for me resurrected Lauryn Hill, who is one of my very favorite singers. Jazmine possesses soul in every song that she sings on FEARLESS, whether it is contemporary R&B or full on neo-/retro- soul favoring say Amy Winehouse. Face it, Jazmine can blow! This exceptionally consistent debut album that will probably be underrated as far as commercial sales ultimately is one of my favorite urban releases of 2008. Jazmine has successfully blended a plethora of styles and maintained sultry alto vocals all in the mix. There isn't a "flat" or bad song on FEARLESS in my mind.
"Bust Your Windows" opens the album brilliantly given and old school vibe the Mark Ronson could've easily produced for an Amy Winehouse album. In fact, here I believe Sullivan somewhat tries to embody that Etta James, Winehouse sound with her "extravagant" vocals. She sounds killer here that for sure. On "Need U Bad", Missy, as much as I hate to say it, isn't necessary at all as far as appearing on the track (yes she helped to write that brilliant song). Jazmine sounds fantastic with the tropical inspired beat supporting her. With that aside though, the track still sounds as if it could've easily appeared on a 70s soul album. "My Foolish Heart" keeps the momentum going with its great production work and with Jazmine's phenomenal vocal performance. "Lions, Tigers & Bears" keeps up the pace putting production absent of drums behind Ms. Sullivan. The result is vintage soul.
"Call Me Guilty" is great also, while "One Night Stand" is absolutely one of the best of FEARLESS. "After The Hurricane" is one of the best R&B ballads I've heard for sometime, while "Dream Big" is vintage Missy Elliott songwriting genius. Sure, it's a big clunky compared to some of the tracks, but it is still "great". "Live A Lie" is also strong, mostly because it is one of those R&B tunes where it is "out there" as far as the music theory behind it (for all the music nerds like me). "Fear" floats on by, though it is the soulful "In Love With Another Man" that steals the who as perhaps the VERY best ballad of FEARLESS. "Switch!" ends the album on a soulful, 70s pop-inspired high note.
This is nearly the perfect debut. The production doesn't sound cheap, even if it does sound like say, an Usher album. This album lays very well and vocally, Sullivan is phenomenal. Fantastic home run for Sullivan!
 Verging on Brilliance! September 24, 2008
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Jazmine Sullivan has a wonderful voice, it's rocky, deep and has a very extensive range. It sounds like nothing on the radio these days, especially when a voice such as hers at times takes on a soulful operatic quality as on "Bust Your Windows," with it's layered strings and handclaps. To take note of that production is to take note of the whole CDs nuances of sonic tweaks and bleeps that don't overpower her voice or the material. More often than not, the writing verges on excellent, especially on "Lions, Tigers & Bears." That song and the contemplative and deceptively simplistic "Fear" has hit written all over it.
There has been such a deep void of expressive women that have the ability to utter more than what women have been reduced to on radio, we've been reduced to nothing more than begging or whoring around ... in the really popular song, we do both at the same time.
Sullivan has made a great debut, at such a young age, and hopefully she continues to make amazing music, she's needed.
 Record labels... Let these artists be ARTists!!! September 24, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Firstly let me say that the album is great. But I have been following Jazmine on youtube for a couple of years now and didn't just get introduced to her a couple of months ago after hearing the single "Need You Bad."
I was first introduced to her when I heard her do the old jazz classic "Round Midnight". She killed it!!! Then I heard her do other classics such as "What's Going On?" live, and she killed that also. Then I heard her do "I'm in Love with Another Man", and was breathless for a minute wishing that I was the other man. After hearing those songs, I saw Jazmine as a singer with a gospel/neo soul/jazz feel to her. Her strongest quality is her vocals. She is to r&b what Kim Burrell is to gospel. She is one of the few singers I would pay to hear live and they wouldn't have to bring any fireworks or dancers with them. Just open her mouth and let it flow.
I was expecting a more live and soulful sound from Jazmine. But on this cd, I got studio programming and mainstream r&b. As a musician myself, I wanted to hear more live instruments and Jazmine flowing with a band. I was looking for more Algebra, Ledisi, or Jill Scott but instead got Beyonce and Mary J. Those are excellent R&B artists, but I was looking for more "soul". I can't help but feel that the record label told Jazmine to be more commercial so that she could sell more cd's.
 Beautiful voice tainted by childish lyrics October 1, 2008
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
This woman's voice is unbelievable, but if one were to sit back and listen to the lyrical content on her songs, that individual would make a "screw face".
Her lyrics and the stories that they portray are perfect examples of whats wrong with relationships that females chose to follow.
Unfortunately, many young ladies will probably allow their lives to imitate this art and will use this album as an emotional back drop or soundtrack to their heart aches and pains.
This album amplifies and inadvertently supports bad decision making skills instead of showing how to make better decisions.
It could be described as an entertaining Maury Povich episode.
I expected a true R N B album full of soulful content...not this teenage nonsense.
A decent debut, but not without its flaws September 30, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
There's no question that Jazmine Sullivan has a fantastic voice, very expressive, rich and soulful. She sounds like a cross between Lauryn Hill and Faith Evans, two singers whose work I love and respect, especially Ms. Hill's. You wouldn't expect vocals like this to come from someone so young, but they do. Her voice belies her years - but unfortunately the subject matter of her lyrics reveal it.
The CD itself is kind of hit and miss. The music is great, but neither that nor Jazmine's voice can disguise the fact that the lyrics leave a lot to be desired on several of the songs. Some of them are just plain mediocre and very adolescent in nature. For example, the production on "Bust Your Windows" is excellent and Jazmine's vocals are beautiful - love the '60s-type arrangement - but the lyrics are juvenile, akin to a child throwing a tantrum. Those who are comparing this to Lauryn's MISEDUCATION are way off, because Lauryn sings about mature subjects that are close to her heart and have true meaning - not about breaking some dude's car windows because she caught him cheating, exercising poor judgement after getting drunk, repaying violence with violence, or switching boyfriends with someone else. That's something I would expect to read in some teenager's diary, not on this CD. Jazmine co-wrote a lot of the material here, and I hear a lot of potential, so I hope her lyrics mature as time goes on. However, she does have some quality material on here, such as:
"Need U Bad" (Loved this song but could do without Missy yelling and using a fake West Indian accent in the background - she's annoying)
"My Foolish Heart"
"Lions, Tigers & Bears"
"One Night Stand"
"Fear"
"In Love With Another Man"
These are the best songs on the CD, and ones I play time and time again.
I can only pray that Missy Elliott will not allow her to fall by the wayside. Ms. Elliott has a history of collaborating with female singers that happen to be the flavor of the moment and then dumping them when someone new comes on the scene. Because Jazmine has a similar voice to Lauryn's, this was the main reason why I purchased this. I didn't love it but I didn't hate it, either. Aside from the above mentioned tunes that are really on point, the rest of it just wasn't appealing to me. Don't get me wrong - as I said, her voice is absolutely incredible, but as far as her songwriting skills go, there is room for improvement.
Rating: 3 1/2 stars
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