News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday
... groove is too sickly for seduction, while Ribbon is lame lyrically, irritatingly adorned with Minnie Ripperton-like trills.After the consolidation of her last album, E>MC2, this is a retrograde step, summed up by the hammy Foreigner cover, I Want To Know What Love Is.Download this: Up Out My Face
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | yesterday
... groove is too sickly for seduction, while Ribbon is lame lyrically, irritatingly adorned with Minnie Ripperton-like trills.After the consolidation of her last album, E>MC2, this is a retrograde step, summed up by the hammy Foreigner cover, I Want To Know What Love Is.Download this: Up Out My Face
Sagacious Rambling (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... refer to as "old school". Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, The Commodores, The Temptations, Minnie Ripperton, Lakeside, The Manhattans, The Impressions....oh...I could go on and on. But with a list of favorites that has left me with well over 3000 songs on my iPod the ones that I love the most are performed by Marvin. His soulful ballads and tap your feet tunes that made you...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... off is D.C.'s own Yahzarah lending her vocal prowess to "Perfect Angel." Considering Minnie Ripperton probably had the most distinct and beautiful voice of her generation, Yahzarah does her darnedest to come close and does an admirable job. Zo! stays true to the Stevie Wonder composition, replicating almost every keyboard stroke and bass strum in this grown-up lullaby. When...
