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Avg. Rating: 4.5
GOING BACK TO A GENTLER, KINDER TIME!
This is Anita's finest album ever. You can feel the love this lady has for her husband. Ms Anita Baker has brought "love" back from the 80s to a much-needed timeframe of the "now and ever so hateful" new millenium! Anita takes me back to a time when the Black woman loved to be put a pedestal..have her toes kissed..to be loved, caressed&courted..to be worshipped. The 80s were a time when a Black man, like Anita's man, wasn't considered "weak" because he is loving man. Thank you Anita for sharing the love you have for your man, and reminding Black women everywhere that a man who is kindhearted like me should not be made fun-of or spat-upon, but rather admonished, uplifted and respected. Thank you, Ms Baker for great hits like "Giving You the Best I Got"&"Precious"--reminders that genuine love still does exists amongst the often dark&turid background of today's mindset of "Girl, get him before he gets you" and "We're going to eat you nice guys alive". Thank you for that wonderful voyage through time when the good Black men had the love of our Black women.
An essential album for all true jazz and R&B fans.
This all-time classic was one of 1988's truly superior R&B albums. At a time when most Urban R&B was losing its soulfulness and essence at an alarming rate, Baker (thankfully) refused to compromise her artistry and talents--in the end, she came up with a real winner in every way. "Just Because", "Lead Me Into Love", "Priceless", "Good Love" and the title track are timeless ballads from one of the greatest R&B and jazz DIVAS of all time.
Giving You The Best That I Got
Can we give this 10 stars?? Back when this album was released, I wasn't really into comparing artists' new works to previous works so didn't really know what to expect from Anita. It was interesting reading some previous posts about the pressure that she probably felt to somehow top 'Rapture'- her huge crossover album.
Well, in my opinion, the two albums tied! Both are "no skipping required" discs and it's funny to look back on how the QUALITY of music was the standard back then vs now when you could spend up to $20 for one cd and find maybe 3/4 good songs on a 17 track disc.
GYTBIG is just sheer listening perfection&pleasure for me. (Also give props to the inimitable Perry Sisters as Anita's backing singers!!! A true match made in music heaven.) It's a complete love story from the opening refrain. I love all of the songs but favorites are: 'Priceless', 'Lead Me Into Love'&'Just Because'.
If you're trying to build your collection, you will not be disappointed - this is truly one of the best r&b albums ever put together. It works on all levels: vocal production, music production even the song selection order..each songs just flows so perfectly into the next. If you get it, happy listening!
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