Mahogany Soul

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Mahogany Soul is the second studio album by American singer Angie Stone. It was first released in the United States on October 16, 2001, by J Records. Conceived after her departure from Arista, the transition allowed Stone to exert more artistic control over the album for which she enlisted a variety of producers and songwriters, including Raphael Saadiq, Warryn Campbell, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Chucky Thompson, Swizz Beatz, and others, though she co-wrote or produced on most of the material herself.

The album received generally positive reviews by music critics, some of who would call it a defining moment of the neo soul movement of the early 2000s as well as Stone's masterpiece in the years after. It debuted and peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200, reaching Gold status in the United States, and entered the top ten in Finland and the top 20 in Belgium and the Netherlands, becoming the singer's highest-charting international success. By 2004, the album has sold more than a million copies worldwide.

Mahogany Soul spawned four singles, three of which became her biggest hits, including the R&B top ten hit "Brotha" and its remix "Brotha Part II," featuring singer Alicia Keys and rapper Eve, as well as the Dance Club Songs number-one hit "Wish I Didn't Miss You" and "More Than a Woman," a duet with singer Joe that earned both singers a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 45th awards ceremony. In 2002, Stone embarked on the Mahogany Soul Tour.

Background

In 1997, after years of primarily working as a songwriter and arranger, Stone signed with Arista Records and began work on her debut solo album Black Diamond.[1] Released in September 1999, the album catapulted her to the forefront of the neo soul movement of the late-1990s to early-2000s.[2][3] It produced the R&B top ten hit "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" and earned a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[4] selling more than 800,000 copies domestically.[5] In 2001, Stone followed Arista head Clive Davis to his new label J Records.[4] The transition allowed her to exert more artistic control over her next album for which enlisted a variety of musicians to work with her,[6] including Raphael Saadiq, Warryn Campbell, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Chucky Thompson, and others.[6]

Recording of the album started in September 2000.[3] In a 2001 interview with Billboard magazine, she commented on the process: "I was dealing with a brand-new baby — a two-month-old sleeping in the studio as I played and recorded – and post-partum blues, feeling sorry for myself. This album is the grits and the gravy."[3] Stone further described Mahogany Soul as "warmer, with more heartfeld lyrics" and called it a "well-rounded, adult album, with youthful, street sensibilities."[3] In a 2018 interview, she cited the album as her "defining musical achievement," adding: "Mahogany Soul was mostly me. It wasn't watered down by anyone else's help. I had some lyrical help to some degree, but I started it, somebody jumped on the bandwagon and either I finished it or we finished it. But all the concepts and subject matters came from a very, very broken [...] young woman, and a very headstrong woman at the same time."[7]

Critical reception

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Reviewing for PopMatters in October 2001, Mark Anthony Neal hailed Mahogany Soul as "an accomplished piece of R&B music" in a year with other impressive debut albums by singers in the genre, including Alicia Keys' Songs in A Minor, Bilal's 1st Born Second, and Res's How I Do. He highlighted Stone's detailed lyrics, casually sassy "down-home" persona, and use of sophisticated samples in the context of authentic soul music. In response to the popular reception for the lead single "Brotha", Neal said he regards it as a "passionate and thoughtful defense" of African-American men, while pointing out "brutally trenchant" perspectives of men elsewhere in the album's relationship songs.[11] Rolling StoneTemplate:'s Barry Walters found that "like its title suggests, Mahogany Soul isn't flashy [or] even all that catchy [...] Like D'Angelo, Stone specializes in dramatic moods expressed with mellow methods. Give her understated passion time to marinate, and Stone's soul picnic will satisfy."[12]

Entertainment Weekly journalist Tom Sinclair felt that "too often Mahogany falls into the same artistic cul-de-sac that made D'AngeloTemplate:'s Voodoo more admirable than enjoyable; the preponderance of tastefully atmospheric filler topped with melismatic vocal athletics makes Mahogany more so-so than soulful."[13] The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic, singling out "Brotha" and "Bottles and Cans" as highlights while finding the album in general to be "longer on groove than song" and "longer on song than the brothas".[14] Stephen Dalton from NME called the album "well-made, but very boring nu-soul stuff." He found that "Stone is stranded in prematurely middle-aged MOR."[15] Writing in 2009 for BBC Online, Daryl Easlea said Mahogany Soul "remains her masterpiece" and called it "a confident musical statement of what it means to be African-American [that] came to define the neo-soul movement of the early 21st century".[16]

Year-end lists

Appearances on year-end lists for Mahogany Soul
Publication Accolade Editor Rank Ref.
Billboard Critic's Choice (2001) Staff 3
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Chart performance

Mahogany Soul debuted and peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard 200 in the week of November 24, 2001,[20] selling 71,000 copies in its first week of release.[21] It also entered the top five of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, reaching number four.[22] On February 12, 2002, it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of more than 500,000 units.[23] By June 2002, Mahogany Soul had sold 615,783 units in the US[24] and as of September 2003 has sold 758,000 copies domestically.[25] In July 2004, The Advocate reported that the album has sold more than a million copies worldwide.[26]

Track listing

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Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Mahogany Soul.[27]

Musicians

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Technical

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  • Peter Edge – executive production
  • Breyon Prescott – executive production
  • Herb Powers Jr. – mastering

Artwork

  • Warwick Saint – photography
  • Alli – art direction, design
  • Eric Altenburger – digital imaging
  • Kenny Gravillis – CD label logo and art
  • Chris LeBeau – photo session production

Charts

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Certifications

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Release history

Release history and formats for Mahogany Soul
Region Date Label Ref.
United States October 16, 2001 J [8]
United Kingdom November 12, 2001 Arista [36]
Germany December 12, 2001 BMG [37]
Japan [38]

Notes

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References

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External links

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