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"Turn Me Loose" News and Reviews
USA Today
Ledisi finds freedom in 'Turn Me Loose'
How is Ledisi following up Lost & Found, the 2007 breakthrough that earned her Grammy nominations for best new artist and best R&B album? "I'm just going for it, all the way," she says, with Turn Me Loose, due Aug. 18.
For Loose, her fourth album, Ledisi teamed with veteran producers and writers such as Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Carvin & Ivan and Chucky Thompson, as well as her previous collaborator Rex Rideout. "The title is a reflection of me finally being free. I'm singing my tail off; everything I do live, I do here. Now you get to take that wild, crazy, fun girl you see on stage home with you."
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Billboard.com
Ledisi's Trippin'
After penning everything herself and solely working with producer Rex Rideout on her 2007, Grammy-nominated Verve Records debut, "Lost And Found," Ledisi has taken a different approach on her follow-up album, "Turn Me Loose."
On the aptly-titled "Turn Me Loose" ("Because I'm free on this album," she says), slated for an August 18th release, the Bay area-bred soul singer teamed up with a slew of hand-picked producers/writers, including Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Raphael Saadiq, Chucky Thompson and Rideout, truly exploring new grounds for the singer/songwriter.
"I opened myself up to working with other producers, which was really hard for me because I usually like things consistent and in one way -- I love comfort and I don't tend to come out of my zone," says Ledisi. "But I'm so glad I did it. When you work with others, they bring out different things. They remind you that you're not just one way, you're this way and that way too."
On the lead single "Goin' Thru Changes," which she likens to a "sexy Prince-like ballad," she sings about infidelity; "Higher That This," a spiritual song; "I Need Love," which she penned with intentions for R&B singers Chrisette Michele or Leona Lewis; and "Trippin," which Billboard is exclusively streaming for Ledisi fans here.
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Reuters
Soul singer Ledisi lets "Loose" on new album
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Six months before singer-songwriter Ledisi began writing material for her new album, "Turn Me Loose," she dealt with some serious writer's block.
"I felt a lot of pressure," she says. "I wasn't sure if I wanted this album to be just like the last one or if I wanted to open up and be different."
After releasing two independent, under-the-radar albums and then taking five years off, Ledisi signed to Verve Music Group in 2007 and released her label debut, "Lost and Found," which raised her profile considerably.
The album, which sold 237,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, garnered the Bay Area-based singer two Grammy Award nominations for best new artist and best R&B album. The singles "Alright" and "In the Morning" peaked at Nos. 11 and 15 on Billboard's Hot Adult R&B Airplay chart and sold 45,000 and 23,000 digital downloads, respectively.
But after listening to the Buddy Miles song "Them Changes," Ledisi was inspired to write as well as perform, and teamed with producer/songwriters, including Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Raphael Saadiq, Chucky Thompson and Rex Rideout, who produced "Lost and Found."
"I opened myself up to working with other producers, which was really hard for me. I usually like things consistent and in one way," Ledisi says. "But when you work with others, they bring out different things. They remind you that you're not just one way -- you're this way and that way too."
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New York Daily News
Ledisi cuts 'Loose' with some powerful soul on new disc
Most artists talk about the need to grow as musicians, but few do anything about it. Especially not on an album that comes hot on the heels of a hit.
After all, who'd risk shaking up a formula that just clicked?
One of the few to do so in recent memory was Pink, who debuted as a streetwise R&B singer only to rebrand herself as a full-on rocker for CD number two.
Now we can add to that risky list Ledisi.
The singer's first major-label album, 2007's "Lost and Found," earned her a Best New Artist Grammy nod. She lost to Adele, but the nomination gave her a PR windfall you can't buy. Given that, you'd think her new CD would nervously cling to the sound of her breakthrough.
Think again.
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People Magazine
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Dallas News
Ledisi's new 'Turn Me Loose' makes you stand up and take notice
By MARIO TARRADELL Music Critic
Artist: Ledisi
Album: Turn Me Loose
Grade: A-
Label: Verve Forecast
Stand back. Ledisi is ready to knock down the microphone.
Turn Me Loose, the New Orleans native's successor to 2007's Grammy-nominated breakthrough Lost & Found, sounds like a fierce, soul-fire manifesto that firmly establishes this passionate singer-songwriter as a contemporary force.
In just under an hour, Ledisi Young's talents will draw comparisons to Chaka Khan with her incendiary mix of R&B, rock, hip-hop, blues and funk.
The beats are hot, the rhythms boil, and Ledisi's explosive pipes never let up. Inspired by Buddy Miles' 1970 soul-rock opus Them Changes , Ledisi found her creative center in a batch of songs she co-wrote that are produced by Raphael Saadiq, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Rex Rideout and Chucky Thompson, among others.
Usually when a disc has so many producers, the results are disjointed. Not this time. Ledisi made sure her personality always took the spotlight. So we have slamming numbers such as "Higher Than This," "Runnin'," "Turn Me Loose," "Knockin'," "Everything Changes" and a scorching cover of Miles' "Them Changes."
Yet perhaps what's coolest about Turn Me Loose is that it's a modern R&B record that doesn't feel manufactured. It's just as adult as it is youthful, personal and universal, vintage and fresh. It's also a revelation.
While Lost & Found is definitely worth a listen, the record comes off restrained, even sleepy at times. Some of this newfound artistic stomp emerged on, of all things, Ledisi's 2008 holiday disc, It's Christmas. With Turn Me Loose, Ledisi busts open the door and boldly steps outside.
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Ledisi on ABC News Chicago (8/21/09)
Ledisi on FOX 5 News DC (8/17/09)
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Ledisi Interviewed on NPR 8/23/09
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Re: "Turn Me Loose" News and Reviews
Soulmusic.com
Ledisi: Loose Cannon
Contemporary soul queen, Ledisi's new album, "Turn Me Loose", sees the Oakland, Ca based singer working with a select group of name producers. However, as the explosive vocalist explains, the adjustment was mostly on their part not hers.
Jeff Lorez: I’ll start cracking off questions about the album, as that’s the obvious place to start. They’ve got a lot of different producers working on this album. What was the idea behind that?
Ledisi: Well, the point of having all the different producers was the label’s idea. They wanted me to stretch out a little more, and this time around I was a little more open to allow other ideas in the process of the album, of making the CD. I’m just like everybody else who can’t stand changes a lot, so it could be uncomfortable, but I decided to take this time, and that’s why when you hear the album, there are a lot of change topics, because that’s what I was really going through, in the process of making this album. I became more open, and it was a lot of fun, doing that, but it was also a lot of different energy, that I had to adjust to a whole bunch of other people.
JL: I think it’s sometimes fun when one artist has one producer, like in the old days when they just come up with one concept, and that’s the album. I know a lot of record labels often want to play it safe, and 'get one song from him, and one song from him, and then we can take it in so many directions'. My personal favourites on this album are the Raphael Saadiq songs, and Rex Rideout, he brings a sort of grittier production style. How difficult was it for you to adapt?
Ledisi: They were really adapting to me. There was a lot of figuring out what I want. A lot of people think that I just come in, sit back and sing, but I have a lot of input with what goes on, especially in this album, with the imagery, as well as the music, how I’m singing, the order of the songs, the different types of songs, I mean their input was huge, but also they were wrapped around whatever I felt.
If you look at the body of my career, every album I’ve ever done is completely different from the next. It’s never been one solid way. The thread has always been my vocals. It’s never been one way. Even Rex said, “What, you want to do a Buddy Miles song? Are you crazy?” I was like, “Yeah! I definitely want to do that.” He asked why, and I explained it to him, and the stuff he had for me was a little different. With Rex, I wanted to do a completely different sound from anybody else, and that’s what we did. What’s great about Rex, what makes him a great producer, is the fact that he really moves out of the way and lets the artist create as well, and he doesn’t push on anything. It’s like hanging out with my big brother.
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