MAY ALBUM REVIEWS

May 2011 isn’t a huge month for R&B and Soul music as far as blockbuster releases, but a number of respected veterans will put out new projects during the month. Maybe the one with the biggest buzz and most anticipation around it is Stone Rollin’, Raphael Saadiq’s follow-up to the phonemenal The Way I See It. Also due in May are MusiqInTheMagiq, Musiq Soulchild’s latest; and Kelly, the new release by R&B/Gospel singer Kelly Price. The second half of the list is dominated by best-of releases, including ones by Sade, Dionne Warwick and the late, great Teena Marie. For the full details, have a look below.

RAPHAEL SAADIQ – STONE ROLLIN

Raphael Saadiq, formerly of Tony Toni Tone and the supergroup Lucy Pearl, took the world by storm with his ’70s retro-Soul album, The Way I See It, in 2008. His latest release, which is inspired by the music of the 1950s, drops May 10 via Columbia Records.

Track List:

  1. Heart Attack
  2. Radio
  3. Go to Hell
  4. Over You
  5. Stone Rollin’
  6. Day Dreams
  7. Movin’ Down the Line
  8. Just Don’t
  9. Good Man
  10. The Answer

MUSIQ SOULCHILD – MUSIQINTHEMAGIQ

Musiq Soulchild’s latest, which features top producers such as Jerry Wonda and Swizz Beatz, is due out May 3 via Atlantic Records.

Track List:

  1. Anything
  2. Single
  3. SayIDo
  4. Lovecontract
  5. Silver & Gold
  6. Waitingstill
  7. Backtowhere
  8. Dowehaveto
  9. Befriends
  10. Yes
  11. Medicine
  12. Likethesun

KELLY PRICE – KELLY

Kelly Price, who’s back in the R&B world after a stint making Gospel records, is due to put a new album out May 3 via the indie My Block Records.

Track List:

  1. Tired
  2. And You Don’t Stop
  3. Not My Daddy (feat. Stokely of Mint Condition)
  4. Himaholic
  5. I’m Sorry
  6. The Rain
  7. Vexed
  8. Speechless
  9. Feels So Good
  10. You Don’t Have to Worry
  11. Lil Sumn-Sumn
  12. Get Right or Get Left

BOOKER T. JONES – THE ROAD FROM MEMPHIS

This all-new project features Booker T. (of Booker T. & the MGs fame) working with new collaborators on fresh songs and remakes. It’ll be out May 10 via Anti Records.

Track List:

  1. Walking Papers
  2. Crazy
  3. Progress (feat. Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket)
  4. The Hive
  5. Down In Memphis (feat. Booker T. on vocals)
  6. Everything Is Everything
  7. Rent Party
  8. Representing Memphis (feat. Matt Berninger and Sharon Jones)
  9. The Vamp
  10. Harlem House
  11. The Bronx (feat. Lou Reed)

SADE – THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION

This two-disc set features four previously unreleased songs. It’s due out May 3 via Epic Records.

Disc 1:

  1. Your Love is King
  2. Smooth Operator
  3. Hang On to Your Love
  4. The Sweetest Taboo
  5. Is It a Crime
  6. Never as Good as the First Time
  7. Jezebel
  8. Love is Stronger Than Pride
  9. Paradise
  10. Nothing Can Come Between Us
  11. No Ordinary Love
  12. Kiss of Life
  13. Feel No Pain
  14. Bullet Proof Soul

Disc 2:

  1. Cherish the Day
  2. Pearls
  3. By Your Side
  4. Immigrant
  5. Flow
  6. King of Sorrow
  7. The Sweetest Gift
  8. Soldier of Love
  9. The Moon and the Sky
  10. Babyfather
  11. Still in Love with You (previously unreleased)
  12. Love is Found (previously unreleased)
  13. I Would Never Have Guessed (previously unreleased)
  14. The Moon and the Sky (remix feat. Jay-Z)
  15. By Your Side (Neptunes remix)

TEENA MARIE – THE VERY BEST OF TEENA MARIE

The latest best-of collection by the late legend affectionately known as Lady Tee is due out May 10 via the Sony Legacy label.

Track List:

  1. Can’t Last A Day (feat. Faith Evans)
  2. Irons In The Fire
  3. Dear Lover
  4. Opus III (Part 2)
  5. My Dear Mr. Gaye
  6. The Once and Future Dream
  7. Ooo La La La
  8. Sunny Skies
  9. Just Us Two
  10. If I Were A Bell
  11. Lovergirl
  12. Shadow Boxing
  13. Casanova Brown
  14. Out On A Limb

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