Music: 2013 Album Releases Still In Rotation

Even though it's the last day of the first month in the New Year (for the West!) I still don't think it's too late to share some of my favourite album release's of last year, because as far as I'm concerned quality music has no expiration date!

For anyone who may have missed the début's of these releases, I've bolded my personal favourite tracks and linked to the full playlists on youtube just above each cover...

The last studio album by the ONLY Ivory Queen Of  Soul;

01. Luv Letter

02. Sweet Tooth
03. Rare Breed (Feat. Alia Rose & Ty James)
04. Love Starved
05. Definition Of Down
06. Maria Bonita (For My Mother)
07. Beautiful (For Alia)
08. The Long Play
09. Carte Blanche
10. Give Me Your Love (Feat. Alia Rose)
11. Wild Horses
12. The Perfect Feeling

One of the few *real* sangers (yes sangers) of her generation...I cannot get enough of this girls vocals;

01 Supernatural Love (Feat. Big K.R.I.T.) 

02 Ain’t All Bad 
03 If I Was A Bird

04 Girl Talk (Interlude)
05 Without Me (Feat. Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott)
06 Side Effects Of You
07 Get It Right  
08 So Much To Prove
09 Change Your Mind 
10 Lighthouse 
11 Lose To Win
12 End Of Me
13 In Deep

14 Haunted (Feat. Tank, King Los, Al Sherrod Lambert & Jamia) 
15 To The Heavens

I could care less that they don't sound exactly the same anymore...the material is legit R&B;

01. Back Again (Interlude)
02. Knock It Off
03. Middle Of The Night
04. My Brother’s Keeper
05. Say Hello To Goodbye
06. Somebody Please
07. What Goes Around
08. Show & Prove
09. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
10. Happily Ever After
11. Lay You Down
12. Now That It’s Over (Interlude)

Her Jazzy nuances are a breath of fresh air amongst the current crop of over-hyped 'singers';

01 Be In Love

02 A Couple of Forevers
03 Let Me Win
04 Rich Hipster (Feat. Wale)
05 Love Won’t Leave Me Out 
06 Interlude (In My Head – Better)
07 Better
08 Snow
09 Visual Love
10 Charades (Feat. 2 Chainz)
11 Interlude (In My Heart – Convo With Boyfriend)
12 You Mean That Much to Me
13 Supa
14 Interlude (In My Bed – Sleeping Alone)
15 Get Through the Night
16 Can the Cool Be Loved? (Feat. Bilal & Dunson)
17 Ten Foot Stilettos
18 Interlude (Perch Yo Girlz – Phone Convo)
19 I’m Still Fly
20 Love In the Afternoon (Feat. Nello Luchi)

Some have only recently been introduced to Tamar...but she's been my fave member of The 'other' Braxtons since the 90's;

01 The One
02 Tip Toe
03 Stay And Fight
04 Love And War
05 All The Way Home
06 One On One Fun
07 She Did That 
08 Hot Sugar
09 Pieces
10 Where It Hurts
11 Prettiest Girl
12 Sound Of Love
13 White Candle
14 Thank You Lord

Ever since I heard her voice on Call The Law with Outkast I was hooked...so glad she's finally winning;

1 Suite IV: Electric Overture

2 Givin Em What They Love (Feat. Prince)
3 Q.U.E.E.N. (Feat. Erykah Badu)
4 Electric Lady (feat. Solange)
5 Good Morning Midnight (Interlude)
6 Primeime (Feat. Miguel)
7 We Were Rock n’ Roll 

8 The Chrome Shoppe (Interlude)
9 Dance Apocalyptic
10 Look Into My Eyes
11 Suite V: Electric Overture
12 It’s Code
13 Ghetto Woman
14 Our Favorite Fugitive (Interlude)
15 Victory 
16 Can’t Live Without Your Love
17 Sally Ride
18 Dorothy Dandridge Eyes (Feat. Esperanza Spalding)
19 What An Experience
20 Q.U.E.E.N. (Feat. Erykah Badu) (Wondamix)
21. Electric Lady Feat. Big Boi & CeeLo Green (Dungeon-Wondamix)
22. HYTB
23. I Want You Back