Mahogany Soul [CD-single]

Track Listings

1. Soul Insurance

2. Brotha

3. Pissed Off

4. More Than a Woman - Calvin Richardson, Angie Stone

5. Snowflakes

6. Wish I Didn't Miss You

7. Easier Said Than Done

8. Bottles & Cans

9. Ingredients of Love

10. What U Dyin' For

11. Makings of You (Interlude)

12. Mad Issues

13. If It Wasn't

14. 20 Dollars

15. Life Goes On

16. Heat (Outro)

17. Time of the Month [*]

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Mahogany Soul perfectly describes the rich, deep, and lived-in music Angie Stone makes. This veteran singer/songwriter, who was one-third of rap trio Sequence, led acid-jazz combo Vertical Hold, and had a major hand in creating D'Angelo's Brown Sugar, follows up 1999's critically acclaimed Black Diamond with another collection of grown-up R&B that's sexy, satisfying, and smart. Along with (wo)manning the helm herself, Stone links up with like-minded visionaries. Chief among them are Raphael Saadiq, who produced the single "Brotha," which moves with a purposeful, rugged, old-soul swagger, and Andrea Martin, coproducer with Swizz Beatz on the vibrant and aching "Wish I Didn't Miss You," which features a dope "Backstabbers" loop and Stone's husky vocals. At 17 cuts, there's a bit of drag, but not enough to deter you from Stone's wise and determined ease, and on the gritty "Twenty Dollars," Stone gives all those R&B princesses something to really chew on. --Amy Linden

Mahogany Soul,Angie Stone,J-Records,Contemporary R&B,Pop,R&B,Soul

Tracks:

Soul Assurance
Brotha
Pissed off
20 Dollars
Snowflakes
Easier Said Than Done
Time of the Month
What You Dyin' for?
If It Wasn't
Gotta Get to Know You Better
Mad Issues
Life Goes on
Heat
Bottles & Cans
More Than a Woman
Make Love

Amazon.com

Mahogany Soul perfectly describes the rich, deep, and lived-in music Angie Stone makes. This veteran singer/songwriter, who was one-third of rap trio Sequence, led acid-jazz combo Vertical Hold, and had a major hand in creating D'Angelo's Brown Sugar, follows up 1999's critically acclaimed Black Diamond with another collection of grown-up R&B that's sexy, satisfying, and smart. Along with (wo)manning the helm herself, Stone links up with like-minded visionaries. Chief among them are Raphael Saadiq, who produced the single "Brotha," which moves with a purposeful, rugged, old-soul swagger, and Andrea Martin, coproducer with Swizz Beatz on the vibrant and aching "Wish I Didn't Miss You," which features a dope "Backstabbers" loop and Stone's husky vocals. At 17 cuts, there's a bit of drag, but not enough to deter you from Stone's wise and determined ease, and on the gritty "Twenty Dollars," Stone gives all those R&B princesses something to really chew on. --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews:

Great Great come back cd after Black Diamond.......2007-05-18

Still sounds good in 2007 and that is what makes a good cd. I do not like all the songs on this cd, example Bottles And Cans is a crap track but because of songs like, The Ingredients Of Love, Pissed Off, More Than a Woman, Mad Issues and 20 Dollars I just had to gave it five stars.
If you are looking for more good music, check out Chrisette Michele's...I Am..and Lina's...The Inner Beauty Movement.

Plan Ole good music.......2006-03-14

It is nice to have a CD you can pop in and enjoy every track. This is one such CD. I really enjoy her music. The vocals are strong, the lyrics are wonderful, and the melodies keeps me going.

Baby making music.......2006-02-17

Again, Angie Stone remains A Rock. Music for when you're happy, sad, horny, stressed, angry, PMSin. Music for woman, man and everything in between. Angie Stone is the master of her own soulful world. The man who gave this CD to me has no idea how abolutely addicted I am to Mahogany Soul. Fabulous, just fabulous.

ONLY GAVE 5 STARS BECAUSE ***10 STARS*** is not an option!!.......2005-12-21

THIS is the BEST R&B/NEO album... definitely the best released of the year... but it's one of the best in History... Angie Stone is a REMARKABLE talent with an AMAZING voice... I do not think this album received the level of recognition it deserved. Overall, Angie Stone is one of the strongest voices in R&B/NEO soul to date. I can't pick a Favorite because they are all equally awesome... I give two big, big, big thumbs up to this album!!!!!!!!!! Just put it in, Press play! No need to skip tracks.

it deserves 5 stars for brotha alone.......2005-08-24

god i love that song (despite what Kosmo77 says) considering its a breath of fresh air from all the black male bashing that contemparary pop/R&B artists put out .but i also love i wish i didn't miss you anymore.angie's voice is verry old school and soothing to the heart and soul.she reminds you of the lady who had the powerfull solo during the church choir.its to bad that she doesn't get much recognition as her hip-pop/R&B counterparts like you know who.eitherway this is a great cd and i hope she sticks around unlike other great artists that get snubbed,and shelved by their record labels because they don't know what to do with them.in short get this cd if you like good R&b soul music.

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Mahogany Brown
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Guilty Pleasure...
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A beautiful piece of work...
I now have the compact disc format of this cd. I can live :)
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Customer Reviews:

Guilty Pleasure..........2004-01-26

The soundtrack to the soap-opera/melodramatic yet satisfying film 'Mahogany'. 'Do You Know Where You're Going To" the love theme Diana Ross performs, is still one of the most wonderful Michael Masser tunes ever. It's a song that you can hum in the elevator, the shower or at the grocery store. The title theme won an Oscar Nomination back in 1975. Includes 'After You' (Instrumental version) which Diana Ross later performed on one of her albums.
This album soundtrack as a whole is powerful, colourful, fun and larger than life.

Diana, What Were You Thinking?.......2003-12-07

Diana Ross' excellent career has been inspired by wonderful music. Some of her works including Lady Sings The Blues, Diana (1980), The Boss, and Touch Me In The Morning were some of her successful works from 1972-1980. When Motown released this abum in 1975, it was coming to be an instrumental album, which only included one hit, Do You Know Were You're Going To. Originally, Ross wanted to record an R&B album, but when the movie was flimed, it seemed to fail until 1976, when she released her second self-titled album. This was one of her most colorful, creative, and expressive works ever. The most disappointing thing about this album are the instrumentals but the Diana Ross track is essential.

A beautiful piece of work..........2002-11-23

I haven't seen the movie, but I've heard many things about it both good and bad. Regardless of that though, like many of the Motown-released soundtracks of the time, this is a classic.

The Michael Masser produced tracks (that begin the album with Diana Ross' vocal version of "Do You Know Where You're Going To") are the most stirring pieces full of captivating melodies and dramatic orchestration. A highlight of this album is "My Hero Is A Gun". It's a tense piece where orchestral effects come together with contemporary funk elements, a common combination in those days, but one that ranks as a classic.

Towards the end of the album things continue to become more funk-oriented. Starting with "Erucu", an awesome contribution written and produced by Jermaine Jackson. The groove continues into the Gil Askey produced tracks ("Let's Go Back To Day One" and "She's The Ideal Girl") which all make for a nice change of pace. Gil Askey also contributes a little bit of mellow lite-jazz in "Tracy" and "Sweets..".

Things end with the "Mahogany Suite" which is essentially a different, more spacious arrangement of the "Mahogany Theme" (Do You Know Where You're Going To) which effectively brings it to a sweeping dramatic finish.

Overall, a classic soundtrack on it's own. Maybe someday I'll rent the movie!

I now have the compact disc format of this cd. I can live :).......2000-10-22

For years I was wondering when Polygram/Motown was going to release this soundtrack in compact disc format so I could add it as a permanent fixture to my music collection. Even as a young boy just budding into adolescence when it was first released in 1975, I have always thoroughly enjoyed the music on this album. The easy listening instrumental tracks fast and slow are appropriate for any occasion. I love the melodic and highly emotional, instrumental charged highs and lows of "My Hero is A Gun" and of course Diana's warm velvety fluidity on the title track one never gets tired of. It's too bad that today her voice has deteriorated so much. Michael Masser certainly displays his expertise on this album. Just a few questions for Motown. What took you guys so long to re-release this? Are you guys on crack? Do you know that some cd's in similar genres like Diana Ross and the Supremes CD's are selling on auction for $40.00 a pop??

Restoring a fine piece of 'Mahogany'.......2000-08-13

Michael Masser who, two years prior to this set, was responsible for the classic "Touch Me In the Morning" delivered his first soundtrack and, given his proclivity for eccentrism and overblown grand-style balladry, was the perfect match for the soundtrack and its vision.

"Mahogany", a bittersweet story that rejoices and basks in the excesses of fame and fashion that at the same time points to its tragic aspects in its lead character's isolation, is told elegantly through the device of projection in "Do You Know Where You're Going To?". It is as though Diana is asking Billie Dee the same question that Whitney-through another Michael Masser vehicle-would ask some 12 years later:" Didn't We Almost Have it All?". The trade-offs are bittersweet if one's success is in vain-as all success ultimately is; the struggles are ultimately self-serving and alienate those around Diana who watch Diana-both on screen and off-slog her way to the top.

Autobiographically poignant, Diana transfers that sense of isolation that she feels onto Billie Dee, who feels the same way: "Do you know where you're going to/Do you like the things that life is showing you?/Where are you going to?" The soundtrack exudes Masser's flair for the romantic movie balladry and his take on Hollywood circa early 20th century: more of the string laden, lush cinematic balladry prevails throughout a la "Feeling Again" alternated with occassionally jazzy numbers such as "Cat Fight"

Some of the material was a bellwhether for later Ross collaborations with Michael Masser, as all consummate Ross fan would concur. For instance, "After You", a Ron Miller composition, was its own lyrical muse after the soundtrack and became a song on the Diana Ross album that fetured the "Theme from Mahogany" as well as "Love Hangover". "My Hero is Gun", one of the instrumentals, became the overture for "An Evening With Diana Ross" which, incidentally, precedes her first vocal pieces on that television special entitled "Here I Am( I Wouldn't Change a Thing".

Pre his fabulous "Don't Take It Personal" single, Jermaine Jackson also offers a vocal on "She's the Ideal Girl." In light of the fact that it has only one Diana Ross solo, ir reached a U.S peak of #19 on the album charts, an astounding feat if you consider the movie itself was a commercial dud. Berry Gordy, the movie's director,upon the theatrical release was indicted by Time Magazine for wasting one of America's national treasures. However Clive Davis, formerly president of Arista, indicted the Academy Awards for not nominating "Do You Know where You're Going to?", calling into question the integrity of the Oscar committee and its racial biases and hailing Diana and her delivery as triumphant. After all, it was all about the drama, baby.

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Soul Insurance
Brotha
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More Than A Woman
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The Ingredients Of Love
What U Dyin For
Makings Of You (Interlude)
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Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: "Time of the Month", and "Makin Me Feel".

Customer Reviews:

Refreshingly soulful.......2004-02-28

This time Angie Stone has done it. She tells of the ups and downs of relationships in the most soulful album she's done yet. By listening to the songs, she can make you feel her pain and happiness unlike anything I've heard in awhile. Best tracks include: "Pissed Off" , "Snowflakes", "Mad Issues", "20 dollars", "Wish I didn't miss you", and my favorite "Bottles and Cans".

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