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. In the US, the album sold 71,000 copies in its first week of release. The album spawned five singles: "Brotha", "Brotha Part II", "Wish I Didn't Miss You", "More Than a Woman", and "Bottles & Cans".
AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis called the album "one of the best R&B albums of 2001". He found that Mahogany Soul "delivers more of the organic, gritty, rootsy yet sophisticated soul which put her on the map as a solo artist. The production is great and the songs are funky, mature, and intelligent, but when she truly shines is when she actually spreads her wings and glides away from her neo-soul trappings, which she manages effortlessly."[7] Similarly, the Los Angeles Times wrote: "There is a sense throughout of real stories, real people, real emotions – and that's as good a definition as any for true soul music. One of the year's most commanding works."[9]Billboard remarked: "Stronger musically and lyrically, Mahogany Soul oozes with heart-warming energy that's simultaneously contemporary and old-school. Stone once again rolls her gospel-honed vocals around real-life issues and emotion-filled lyrics."[14]
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.[2]Rolling Stone'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."[13]
Entertainment Weekly journalist Tom Sinclair felt that "too often Mahogany falls into the same artistic cul-de-sac that made D'Angelo's Voodoo more admirable than enjoyable; the preponderance of tastefully atmospheric filler topped with melismatic vocal athletics makes Mahogany more so-so than soulful."[8]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".[15] 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."[11] 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".[1]
Mahogany Soul debuted and peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard 200 in the week of November 24, 2001,[19] selling 71,000 copies in its first week of release.[20] It also entered the top five of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, reaching number four.[21] On February 12, 2002, it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of more than 500,000 units.[22] By September 2003,Mahogany Soul had sold 758,000 copies domestically.[23]
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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 In the US the album sold 71 000 copies in its first week of release The album spawned five singles Brotha Brotha Part II Wish I Didn t Miss You More Than a Woman and Bottles amp Cans Mahogany SoulStudio album by Angie StoneReleasedOctober 16 2001 2001 10 16 StudioBattery New York City a Chung King New York City b Jammin New York City c Skip Saylor Recording Northridge California d Enterprise Burbank California e The Record Plant Hollywood California f The Hit Factory New York City g Playground MiniMansion Closter New Jersey h The Tracken Place Hollywood California i Motion Sound Recording New York City j The Studio Philadelphia k Glowy West Orange New Jersey l Circle of 5ths Digital New York City m KrucialKeys New York City n Quad New York City n GenreNeo soul 1 R amp B 2 Length74 58LabelJProducerAngie StoneIvan Orthodox BariasRufus BlaqKerry Krucial BrothersWarryn Baby Dubb CampbellEddie FCarvin Ransum HagginsJason HaristonGerald Da Clean Up Man IsaacDarren LightyAaron Freedom LylesJake and the PhatmanAndrea MartinIvan MatiasAli Shaheed MuhammadRaphael SaadiqSwizz BeatzChucky TEran TabibAngie Stone chronologyBlack Diamond 1999 Mahogany Soul 2001 Stone Love 2004 Singles from Mahogany Soul Brotha Released September 25 2001 3 Brotha Part II Released December 4 2001 4 Wish I Didn t Miss You Released June 24 2002 5 More Than a Woman Released September 24 2002 6 Bottles amp Cans Released 2003 Contents 1 Critical reception 1 1 Year end lists 2 Chart performance 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 4 1 Musicians 4 2 Technical 4 3 Artwork 5 Charts 5 1 Weekly charts 5 2 Year end charts 6 Certifications 7 Release history 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksCritical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 Entertainment WeeklyB 8 Los Angeles Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 The New Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 NME5 10 11 Robert Christgau nbsp 12 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 13 AllMusic editor Jose F Promis called the album one of the best R amp B albums of 2001 He found that Mahogany Soul delivers more of the organic gritty rootsy yet sophisticated soul which put her on the map as a solo artist The production is great and the songs are funky mature and intelligent but when she truly shines is when she actually spreads her wings and glides away from her neo soul trappings which she manages effortlessly 7 Similarly the Los Angeles Times wrote There is a sense throughout of real stories real people real emotions and that s as good a definition as any for true soul music One of the year s most commanding works 9 Billboard remarked Stronger musically and lyrically Mahogany Soul oozes with heart warming energy that s simultaneously contemporary and old school Stone once again rolls her gospel honed vocals around real life issues and emotion filled lyrics 14 Reviewing for PopMatters in October 2001 Mark Anthony Neal hailed Mahogany Soul as an accomplished piece of R amp 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 2 Rolling Stone 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 13 Entertainment Weekly journalist Tom Sinclair felt that too often Mahogany falls into the same artistic cul de sac that made D Angelo s Voodoo more admirable than enjoyable the preponderance of tastefully atmospheric filler topped with melismatic vocal athletics makes Mahogany more so so than soulful 8 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 15 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 11 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 1 Year end lists edit Appearances on year end lists for Mahogany Soul Publication Editor Accolade Rank Ref Billboard Critic s Choice 2001 Staff 3 16 Rolling Stone Top Albums of 2001 Steve Knopper 7 17 PopMatters Best of 2001 Soul Maurice Bottomley 1 18 Chart performance editMahogany Soul debuted and peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard 200 in the week of November 24 2001 19 selling 71 000 copies in its first week of release 20 It also entered the top five of the Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums chart reaching number four 21 On February 12 2002 it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA for shipments of more than 500 000 units 22 By September 2003 Mahogany Soul had sold 758 000 copies domestically 23 Track listing editMahogany Soul track listingNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Soul Insurance Angie Stone Eran TabibStone Tabib5 002 Brotha Stone Raphael Saadiq Harold Lilly Glenn Standridge Robert C OzunaSaadiq Jake and the Phatman a 4 283 Pissed Off Stone Tabib Rufus Moore Stephanie BoltonStone Tabib Chucky T b 4 414 More Than a Woman duet with Calvin Calvin Richardson Balewa Muhammad Eddie Ferrell Darren Lighty Clifton LightyEddie F D Lighty4 535 Snowflakes Jason Hariston Moore Dino Fekaris Nick ZessesStone Rufus Blaq a Hariston c 3 496 Wish I Didn t Miss You Andrea Martin Ivan Matias Leon Huff Gene McFadden John WhiteheadMatias Martin Stone a Swizz Beatz a 4 307 Easier Said Than Done Stone Lilly Warryn Campbell John SmithWarryn Baby Dubb Campbell3 568 Bottles amp Cans Gerald IsaacGerald Da Clean Up Man Isaac3 549 The Ingredients of Love duet with Musiq Soulchild Stone Carvin Haggins Ivan Barias Taalib Johnson Freddie HubbardCarvin Ransum Haggins Ivan Orthodox Barias3 5610 What U Dyin For Stone Ali Shaheed MuhammadMuhammad5 2611 Makings of You Interlude Curtis MayfieldStone2 3012 Mad Issues Stone Tabib MooreStone Tabib4 4913 If It Wasn t Stone Aaron Burns LylesStone Aaron Freedom Lyles4 2214 20 Dollars Isaac Al GreenIsaac4 4215 Life Goes On Stone Tabib Petey PabloStone Tabib Chucky T b 3 5716 The Heat Outro Stone TabibStone Tabib1 5417 Brotha Part II featuring Alicia Keys and Eve Stone Saadiq Lilly Standridge Ozuna Jerry BeachSaadiq Jake and the Phatman a Kerry Krucial Brothers d 4 0218 Time of the Month IsaacIsaac4 09Total length 74 58 Japanese edition bonus track 24 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length19 Makin Me Feel Saadiq Stone Kelvin Wooten Standridge OzunaSaadiq Jake and the Phatman a 4 08Total length 79 06 Notes a signifies a co producer b signifies a programming producer c signifies an associate producer d signifies a remixer and additional producer Sample credits Snowflakes contains elements from Let s Make Love Now by The Supremes and the Four Tops Wish I Didn t Miss You contains elements from Back Stabbers by The O Jays The Ingredients of Love contains replayed elements from Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard 20 Dollars contains elements from Simply Beautiful by Al Green Brotha Part II contains excerpts from I ll Play the Blues for You by Albert King Time of the Month contains replayed elements from I Can t Say No by Natalie Cole Personnel editCredits adapted from the liner notes of Mahogany Soul 25 Musicians edit Angie Stone vocals all tracks bass percussion track 1 background vocals tracks 1 3 7 9 10 13 16 Rhodes piano tracks 3 13 arrangement tracks 6 11 vocal arrangement track 9 Wurlitzer tracks 12 15 crowd participation track 13 Sherena Wynn background vocals tracks 1 11 Tenita Dreher background vocals tracks 1 3 11 13 Stephanie Bolton background vocals tracks 1 3 11 13 Eran Tabib drum programming keyboards track 1 acoustic guitar tracks 1 12 15 guitars tracks 3 13 classical guitar track 11 drums track 12 electric guitar tracks 12 15 strings track 15 all instruments track 16 Aubrey Dayle percussion track 1 Raphael Saadiq guitars bass track 2 Harold Lilly keyboards track 2 background vocals tracks 2 7 Jake and the Phatman turntables drum programming track 2 Chucky T drums bass tracks 3 15 Daniel Sadownick percussion track 3 Calvin vocals track 4 Clifton Lighty background vocals track 4 Balewa Muhammad background vocals track 4 Swizz Beatz arrangement track 6 Joe Kwimbee bass guitars track 6 Andrea Martin background vocals track 6 Warryn Baby Dubb Campbell all instruments track 7 John Jubu Smith guitar track 7 Gerald Da Clean Up Man Isaac arrangement tracks 8 14 18 Jonathan DuBose Jr guitar track 8 Dewey Bassman Browder bass track 8 Ray Chew string arrangements string conducting track 8 Musiq Soulchild vocals background vocals vocal arrangement track 9 Carvin Haggins vocal arrangement track 9 Jamar Jones organ Rhodes piano track 9 Frankie Rocco Romano guitar track 9 Ali Shaheed Muhammad all instruments except lead guitar track 10 Bob Power lead guitar track 10 Larry Peoples Sr bass track 11 crowd participation track 13 Jamal Peoples Rhodes piano track 11 organ track 13 Larry Peoples Jr percussion track 11 Rufus Blaq background vocals track 12 Ivan Neville Hammond B 3 track 12 Robert Eldridge tenor saxophone track 12 Reginald Hines alto saxophone track 12 Paul Litteral trumpet track 12 Aaron Freedom Lyles Wurlitzer drums percussion crowd participation track 13 E Serrano crowd participation track 13 Rodney Davis additional keyboards track 14 Alicia Keys vocals track 17 Eve vocals track 17 Kerry Krucial Brothers all instruments except bass digital programming track 17 Rufus Jackson bass track 17 Eric Lorde additional keyboards track 18 Technical edit Angie Stone production tracks 1 3 5 11 13 15 16 co production track 6 executive production Eran Tabib production tracks 1 3 12 15 16 Tim Donovan engineering tracks 1 3 12 15 16 recording tracks 5 8 11 13 14 mixing tracks 11 13 15 16 Jon Shriver engineering tracks 1 3 12 15 16 Jeremy Mitchell engineering assistance tracks 1 12 16 Rowie Nameri engineering assistance track 1 Steven Maldonado engineering assistance track 1 Prince Charles Alexander mixing tracks 1 2 14 18 Richard Furch mixing assistance track 1 Raphael Saadiq production tracks 2 17 Jake and the Phatman co production tracks 2 17 Danny Romero recording additional recording track 2 Regula Merz recording assistance track 2 Rich Palmer recording assistance track 2 Derek Carlfon additional recording assistance track 2 Chucky T programming production tracks 3 15 Flip Osman engineering track 3 mixing assistance tracks 3 5 6 8 12 Paul Oliveira engineering assistance track 3 recording assistance mixing assistance track 11 Zach Prewitt engineering assistance tracks 3 12 15 16 Kyle W engineering assistance track 3 Tony Maserati mixing tracks 3 5 6 8 12 Eddie F production track 4 Darren Lighty production track 4 You Can Ask Giz recording mixing track 4 Erick Ferrell mixing assistance track 4 Kevin Perry mixing assistance track 4 Rufus Blaq co production track 5 Jason Hariston associate production track 5 Ivan Matias production track 6 Andrea Martin production track 6 Swizz Beatz co production track 6 Warryn Baby Dubb Campbell production track 7 Jan Fairchild recording track 7 Manny Marroquin mixing track 7 Farah Fima mixing assistance track 7 Sandra Campbell project coordination track 7 Gerald Da Clean Up Man Isaac production recording tracks 8 14 18 Edwin Ramos recording tracks 8 14 18 Ivan Orthodox Barias production track 9 Carvin Ransum Haggins production track 9 Charles Storm Martinez recording track 9 Jeff Chestek recording track 9 Serban Ghenea mixing track 9 Ali Shaheed Muhammad production track 10 Claudio Cueni recording track 10 Ian Blanch recording assistance track 10 Bob Power mixing track 10 Aaron Freedom Lyles production recording track 13 Michael Conrader engineering track 15 Jay Nicholas engineering assistance track 15 Halsey Quemere engineering assistance track 15 Jason Tumminello mixing assistance tracks 15 16 Kerry Krucial Brothers remix additional production track 17 Tony Black recording mixing track 17 Peter Edge executive production Breyon Prescott executive production Herb Powers Jr mastering Artwork edit Warwick Saint photography Alli art direction design Eric Altenburger digital imaging Kenny Gravillis CD label logo and art Chris LeBeau photo session productionCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Mahogany Soul Chart 2001 2002 Peakposition Australian Hitseekers Albums ARIA 26 13 Australian Urban Albums ARIA 27 19 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 28 15 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 29 15 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 30 5 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 31 23 UK Albums OCC 32 89 UK R amp B Albums OCC 33 15 US Billboard 200 19 22 US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 21 4 Year end charts edit 2001 year end chart performance for Mahogany Soul Chart 2001 Position Canadian R amp B Albums Nielsen SoundScan 34 172 2002 year end chart performance for Mahogany Soul Chart 2002 Position Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 35 80 Canadian R amp B Albums Nielsen SoundScan 36 153 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 37 90 US Billboard 200 38 130 US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 39 22Certifications editCertifications for Mahogany Soul Region Certification Certified units sales Netherlands NVPI 40 Gold 40 000 United Kingdom BPI 41 Gold 100 000 United States RIAA 22 Gold 758 000 23 Shipments figures based on certification alone Release history editRelease history and formats for Mahogany Soul Region Date Label Ref United States October 16 2001 J 7 United Kingdom November 12 2001 Arista 42 Germany December 12 2001 BMG 43 Japan 24 Notes edit Tracks 1 3 5 11 13 and 15 Tracks 1 5 6 8 12 14 16 and 18 Tracks 1 3 12 15 and 16 Tracks 2 and 10 Track 2 Additional recording on track 2 Tracks 3 and 4 Track 4 Track 7 Tracks 8 14 and 18 Track 9 Track 10 Track 13 a b Track 17References edit a b Easlea Daryl November 20 2002 Review of Angie Stone Mahogany Soul BBC Music Retrieved April 16 2007 a b Neal Mark Anthony October 29 2001 Angie Stone Mahogany Soul PopMatters Retrieved May 2 2019 Brotha Angie Stone AllMusic Retrieved May 2 2019 Brotha Pt 2 Angie Stone AllMusic Retrieved May 2 2019 Wish I Didn t Miss You Angie Stone Amazon in German Germany Retrieved August 16 2015 More Than a Woman VINYL Angie Stone Amazon United Kingdom Retrieved August 16 2015 a b c Promis Jose F Mahogany Soul Angie Stone AllMusic Retrieved August 16 2015 a b Morgan Laura November 9 2001 Mahogany Soul Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on May 2 2019 Retrieved May 2 2019 a b Choices From the Charts Los Angeles Times November 22 2001 Retrieved May 2 2019 Randall Mac 2004 Angie Stone In Hoard Christian David Brackett Nathan eds The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Simon amp Schuster p 784 ISBN 9780743201698 a b Dalton Stephen September 12 2005 Angie Stone Mahogany Soul NME Archived from the original on September 28 2015 Retrieved September 27 2015 Christgau Robert n d CG Angie Stone robertchristgau com Retrieved September 10 2020 a b Walters Barry October 30 2001 Angie Stone Mahogany Soul Rolling Stone Archived from the original on April 4 2009 Retrieved January 3 2007 Reviews amp Previews Rolling Stone November 10 2001 Retrieved May 30 2023 Christgau Robert June 18 2002 Consumer Guide Down and Alt The Village Voice Retrieved September 10 2020 The Critics Choice Billboard December 29 2001 Retrieved May 30 2023 Our Critics Top Albums of 2001 Rolling Stone December 26 2001 Retrieved May 30 2023 Bottomley Maurice December 14 2001 Albums of 2003 Popmatters Retrieved May 30 2023 a b Angie Stone Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved March 18 2019 Mayfield Geoff 24 July 2004 Over the counter Billboard Vol 116 no 30 Nielsen Business Media Inc p 72 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved April 10 2022 via Google Books a b Angie Stone Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved March 18 2019 a b American album certifications Angie Stone Mahogany Soul Recording Industry Association of America February 12 2002 a b Ten Years Of People On Verge Vibe September 1 2003 p 165 Retrieved June 14 2020 a b マホガニー ソウル Mahogany Soul Amazon in Japanese Japan Retrieved August 16 2015 Mahogany Soul liner notes Angie Stone J Records 2001 80813 20013 2 a 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