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Goapele - Even Closer (2002)

Even Closer is a reworked version of Goapele's limited release debut, Closer, with five additional songs: "Ease Your Mind" (featuring Pep Love), "Got It," "The Daze" (featuring Zion I and Casual), "Back to You," and "Red, White & Blues" (an anti-war song featuring a blistering guitar solo by Errol Cooney). It showcases Goapele's sultry, cascading voice with relatively sparse vocal arrangements and the contributions of producers such as Amp Live, Jeff Bhasker, Eric Krasno, and Mike Tiger, who help create a smooth, tasty mixture of soul, hip-hop, jazz, and occasional touches of other styles. Goapele navigates this potpourri quite adeptly, although the album does tread a thin line between appealingly eclectic and insufficiently cohesive; fortunately, she has enough talent, including a sufficiently distinctive vocal personality, to pull it off. The words tend toward lyrical and enigmatic, but occasionally they are effectively straightforward and to the point (e.g., "'Cause you're so f**k'n romantic/I can't stand it" from "Romantic"); Goapele also manages to tackle social/political issues without getting too preachy. However, some may wish her social protest lyrics were less vague and more incisive; also, the album isn't replete with clever wordplay and the rhymes tend to be conventional combinations such as "friend"/"end" and "same"/"blame." Nonetheless, this album is worth a listen if you enjoy contemporary soul.


Closer
Got It
Romantic
Too Much the Same
Catch 22
Thing's Don't Exist
Childhood Drama
Salvation
Back to You
Butterflykisses
It Takes More
Red White & Blues
Catch 22 Remix
Childhood Drama (ext rmx)
Closer to my Dreams (ext)

Even Closer

Goapele - Even Closer (Favs) 2004

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#1 Single Off The 3rd Studio Album Open Letter

Missing You (Single Version)

Remix by: Derick Taylor/ Dmuzic Productions

Jagged Edge Walked Outta Heaven

The groove speaks before the beat begins.
A city breathing in slow motion.
This track follows that moment 
where sound doesn’t just play around you,
it plays through you.
“The City Played For Me (Hip Hop Version)” is the first exploration of one lyrical idea across multiple genres,
a single emotional core seen through different colours, moods, and textures.
This version leans into:
– warm baritone rap
– autumn-toned Rhodes and bass
– an urban pulse shaped by intention
– a groove that moves with you instead of pushing you
More interpretations will follow 
each one asking the same question:
What happens when a city becomes the instrument, and you become the resonance?
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The City Played For Me (Hip Hop Version)

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Goapele - Even Closer (Favs) 2004

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