Marsha Ambrosius’ “Friends & Lovers,” The MOC Preview & ST CD Review Link

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…..If the parental advisory label on the cover isn’t enough of a clue, a quick glimpse at the track list should demonstrate the explicitness to be found within (the first half anyway) . It’s certainly not vulgarity for vulgarity’s sake, like R. Kelly’s unfortunate Black Panties, but even the most liberal of listeners might blanch at “So Good,” “Night Time” and “69,” soft-core numbers that are delivered with orgasmic fervor; the last of the three spouting verses lewd enough to make Millie Jackson blush (“Take your clothes off, f*** me til’ I forget/then I black out, throw my back out”). Interludes like “How Much More” and the less-than-subtle “Kiss & F***” also plunge the CD’s Rawness-Meter well past the red—-the difference is that Marsha’s ‘inner freak’ is the result of being passionate rather than simply predatory.

Otherwise, everything fans have come to expect from the former Floetry member is here, from the lushness of the production value, the sophisticated styling (thanks to Ambrosius, Da Internz, The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League and Eric Hudson, to name a few) and that voluptuous vibrato range, which is….(Click here for the full-length review posted on soultracks.com)

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