Those who dug Fearless' throwback soul have plenty to soak up. Love Me Back is, by no means, strictly experiments. None of Sullivan's contemporaries could possibly pull off "Stuttering" - a gimmicky but palpable piano-led ballad conveying anxiety over a romantic interest - without sounding like clumsy comedy. Odds are that no other major-label R&B singer would be allowed to record a song like "Redemption," in which Sullivan raps cold-eyed in the first person as a female crack addict and as a male woman-beater while breaking up the tales with a fraught gospel chorus. Thankfully, the J label isn't merely keeping Sullivan around but allowing her to remain her creative, imaginative self. ![]() Three remarkably distinctive Hot 100 singles, gold album sales, and five Grammy nominations later, the singer/songwriter’s safety was ensured. ![]() One of the fears Jazmine Sullivan expressed near the end of her debut was that of being dropped by her label.
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