As much as I try to keep a well-rounded view of the music scene
\ntoday, it’s hard (if not impossible) for one person to keep up with
\nthe developments in every single music genre. Unfortunately, one of
\nthe genres I don’t spend nearly as much time with as I’d like to is
\nR&B. It’s one thing to keep one’s finger on the pulse of the
\nmusic; sometimes, I feel like all I’m doing at times is making sure
\nthis genre still has a pulse.<\/p>\n
But when I do delve into the scene and discover an artist like
\nTracie Spencer, I’m usually blown away. In the case of Spencer’s
\nalbum
\nTracie<\/i>, I got the chance to discover exactly what I’ve been
\nmissing. At times, Spencer reminds me of Celine Dion, and could
\neasily be a challenger for the title of musical diva should any
\nspot on that panel open up unexpectedly. You don’t need to be a
\ndisciple of R&B to recognize that this is an incredible
\nalbum.<\/p>\n
Spencer’s delivery of this material is breathtaking, as songs
\nlike “Still In My Heart,” “Not Gonna Cry” and “Unbelievable” –
\neasily my favorite song on the album – prove. While some people
\nwill probably be a little stunned with Spencer’s move to more
\nedgier material than she’s tackled before, its selection proves not
\nonly that Spencer is up to the challenge of performing it, but
\nexcels at the new creative outlet.<\/p>\n
Still, the songs that one would expect to be earthshakers really
\ndidn’t get me quaking. “Nothing Broken But My Heart,” written by
\npop songstress Diane Warren, surprisingly turned out to be just an
\nokay song to my ears; the same went for the first single, “It’s All
\nAbout You (Not About Me),” which was still a decent track, just
\nnothing I would have picked as an instant hit.<\/p>\n
In fact, the only real “mistake” I’d knock Spencer for was the
\nintroducton of a rap from Sonja Blade on the song “Feelin’ You”;
\nwhile I know that the two musical worlds have crossed paths for
\nsome time now, I would have rather heard just Spencer’s vocals in
\nthis case. One other minor point is that it often seems like
\nSpencer is being primed to challenge Toni Braxton – evidenced in
\nthe song “Love To Me,” which has more than just a little
\nBraxton-like flavor to it.<\/p>\n
Still,
\nTracie<\/i> is an album that is pleasing from almost note one to
\nthe very end. I might not have known a lot about Spencer and her
\ntalents going into this CD, but I can say that if this disc is any
\nindication of her talents, I’ll be looking forward to hearing her
\nfuture discs. For now, though, this one will do quite nicely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6149],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-36303","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-tracie-spencer","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36303"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36303"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}