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Artist: Toni BraxtonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-05-04
Music Label: Atlantic
Soundtracks:
- Yesterday
- Make My Heart
- Hands Tied
- Woman
- If I Have To Wait
- Lookin' At Me
- Wardrobe
- Hero
- No Way
- Pulse
- Why Won't You Love Me
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Hit: 5 Stars
It has been five years since Toni Braxton was last on the music scene. Since then fans have witnessed Ms. Braxton become a champion for autism since her son Diezel's diagnosis as well as suffer her own health scare. She has performed to sold-out audiences in Las Vegas as well as graced the stage of the hit ABC series Dancing With the Stars. It would seem that she has managed to stay in front of the camera lens one way or the other; yet music lovers may feel hard-pressed to recall the last Toni Braxton song they heard on the radio. This is for good reason.
Toni's last album Libra was a moderate R&B success that only scored one notable single titled "Please." This is not to say that "Please" was the only good song on the album, but it was the only song that proved to be radio-friendly in the R&B and hip-hop world. Now fast forward to 2010 to Toni's latest venture, amply titled "Pulse," as a throwback to Ms. Braxton's heart condition, no doubt.
The album consists of eleven tracks. There are four slow jams (sorta), "Yesterday" (minus Trey Songz), "Hands Tied" (her current single), "No Way," and the last song on the album titled "Why Won't You Love Me." Add to this two dance tracks, "Make My Heart" (another single) and "Lookin At Me." Then lastly are the ballads "Woman," "If I Have To Wait," "Hero" and "Pulse," not to mention a really sassy up-tempo track titled "Wardrobe."
The good--Toni has done a great job balancing the tone of the album. The album is not too slow and she picks things back up when in the past she has laid it on even heavier during the second half of her albums. However, I must admit I could have done without "Why Won't You Love Me," "Lookin At Me" and "No Way." I know this sounds harsh but the fact is Ms. Braxton has been the victim of major leakage over the past year, and if you are a Toni fan then you have heard some phenomenal music from this woman--songs that are NOT on the album! Yes, I would have liked to have seen the Monique track in place of "No Way." If the label would have gone for it I may have even pushed for the Claude Kelly track "Melt," just because it was a cut above the rest. However, I digress, and the fact is that despite what songs I wish were on the album they have been thoughtfully replaced to round out a pretty spectacular track list.
Soon-to-be-favorites include "Hands Tied" (currently picking up some steam on the Billboard charts) which reminds you of old school Toni from the early nineties. It has the sultry groove that Toni fans have come to love and expect. This could be one to watch out for. Also, not to be overlooked are the incredible ballads. Toni soars and reminds us that she is a "Woman," and that sometimes it is simply not enough. "If I Have To Wait" is reminiscent of "Un-Break My Heart" and I vacillate as to whether it, "Hero" or "Woman" is the ballad she needs to crossover to the Pop charts.
The fact is I could go on and on about this album but I won't. The truth is that Toni Braxton has turned in some incredible vocals and she reminds us why she has won those six Grammys. She was and is a timeless artist whose genius is often overlooked. Toni Braxton is in the class of Celine Dion, Anita Baker, Barbra Streisand, old school Whitney. The woman is a balladeer who can take a song, wrap her voice around it and make it her own.
The only catch is that you don't hear these artists saturating radio airwaves nor video music networks, and this will most likely be Toni's dilemma as well. The music industry has changed and despite Atlantic's valiant marketing efforts I still fear they may not be enough to push this album over the threshold where it really belongs. Nevertheless, whatever chart success the album garners or the lack thereof Toni Braxton has delivered an album that she should be proud of, and one fans are sure to love.
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Next up for Toni Braxton is the release of her new album, Pulse, on May 4th, 2010. The album will mark Braxton's first studio album in five years and her Atlantic Records label debut. The album is shaping up to be Toni's most powerful and personal musical statement to date. Braxton personally chose to collaborate with a veritable who's-who of red-hot producers and songwriters, including Frank E (Madonna, T.I., Plies, Flo Rida), Steve Mac (Leona Lewis, Il Divo), Lucas Secon (Britney Spears, The Pussycat Dolls), Harvey Mason & Oak (Chris Brown, Joe, Mario), Troy Taylor (Trey Songz, Kevin Lyttle), Dapo Torimiro (John Legend, David Archuletta, Brandy), and David Foster (Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion). What's more, the album features a guest appearance from Toni's new Atlantic labelmate, R&B/hip-hop sensation Trey Songz, who lends his distinctive vocal stylings to the aforementioned single, "Yesterday."Pop Music CDs
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