In a society that is filled with mp3’s and other forms of
digital music, I purchased against the odds. This month I went out and
purchased four hard copied music albums, so throughout this week I’ll be giving
you a review on all four. I had the pleasure of listening to “Perfectly Imperfect” by Elle Varner, “Food and Liquor II” by Lupe Fiasco, “Chapter V”
by Trey Songz, and “This is how I feel” by Tank.
In a
previous blog post you can remember me speaking on the album title “Perfectly
Imperfect”. Varner expressed on BET’s “106 & Park” that the title simply
means she is releasing the album with its “flaws and all”. In other words it
isn’t something that she spent years perfecting, instead she decided “This is
it”.
From
listening to her album you can’t deny her raw and soulful voice. Her voice is
often compared to the sounds of Macy Gray, Ella Fitzgerald, Erykah Badu, and Jill Scott all in
one. Most importantly she has beautiful content within her songs. Some of my
favorite tracks from her album include “Refill”, “Stop the Clock”, “Only wanna
give it to you”, “Leaf” and “So fly”.
“So fly” stands out to me because
of the special topic it covers. Often times Hollywood and the media helps us in
deciding what we call a beautiful woman. Whether it be having long hair, being a certain weight, or even encouraging plastic surgery. Varner makes a great statement in
this song letting women know you don’t need all of the plastic surgery, sex,
cars, and money in order to be beautiful. As Varner says in the song “ I must
be out of my head If I think, that I am governed by material things”. In other
words she is saying, do not let these material things run your life, you will
end up being “everything but” yourself.
This is a great album from an
awesome artist, and as you can see she cares about the content and lyrics she
is providing to her audience. You can find many empowering songs like “So fly”
on this album. I encourage you to purchase this
album at a store near you, iTunes, or Google Play.
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