Jazmine Sullivan, Love Me Back
Featured Album
One of R&B's brightest new talents
Philadelphia soul singer Jazmine Sullivan has a lusty, untameable voice, and it serves her well on her second full-length, which is soaked in retro tropes (thanks in part to her mentor Missy Elliott). The album kicks off with "Holdin' You Down (Goin' In Circles)," which finds Sullivan pleading to her lover over a stew of beats borrowed from the likes of Doug E. Fresh and Nas. Which isn't to say she's all about pleading; "Don't Make Me Wait" is a peppy Prince homage that finds Sullivan trying out her falsetto, while her hate-to-lovers' duet with Ne-Yo "You Get On My Nerves" is full of so much snappy back-and-forth it's hard not to think that the two should start collaborating on a rom-com musical immediately. Sullivan is one of R&B's brightest new talents, and Love Me Back is a thrillingly catchy showcase for that fact.
