![]() ![]() ![]() Equally at home in reggae riddims ('Home'), anguished balladry ('When Will You Call'), and carnivalesque, Busta Rhymes-style sardonics ('Sally'), Bilal wants to show us he can do it all, and winds up spreading himself a bit thin at times. Dre (who rolls out a fine slice of funk on 'Fast Lane'), and the ubiquitous Raphael Saadiq (behind the slinky 'Soul Sista,' which first appeared on the Love and Basketball soundtrack)-provide backing tracks that show off the young singer-songwriter's depth and range. ![]() A host of A-list producers-Mike City, James Poyser, Dr. It's an ambitious effort, a collection of 17 tracks on which this latest inductee into the Soulquarians collective (who's made appearances on Common's Like Water for Chocolate and Guru's Streetsoul, and produced tracks on Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun) proves he's worth his salt in hype. Second Child Riding in on a D'Angelo-spawned wave of shivery voodoo groove, 22-year-old Bilal Oliver tries to flip the neo-soul script on his long-awaited, oft-delayed debut.
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