index index index index Nothing different, just Pure/Simple Anita Baker! No Guest Rappers (Thank God). Smooth and breezy from start to finish! It seems like Anita Baker & Blue Note work well together (The company DID put some serious Marketing & Promotion behind this project). Key Cuts: The Title Track, "Like You Used To" (A Duet With Babyface), "How Could You", and the cute: "Men In My Life". A Straight Jazz album would be reallllll nice....She's at the right label.

I was looking forward to this and was disappointed to hear a new album that sounds like more of her old stuff. :-(Babyface sued singer Anita Baker for allegedly failing to pay him for a song he produced for her. He filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against fellow R&B artist Anita Baker alleging she owes him at least $250,000. Babyface co-wrote and produced the incredible song "Like You Used to Do,".

It's kinda hard to beleive this, but it seems Anita decided to con her producer even if the album went gold with 500,000 sold copies. I purchased this CD because I had heard about this duet with Babyface and "Like You Used to Do" is the best track on the album. Abbiamo tutti aspettato 10 anni per il nuovo CD di Anita !
Lei e' splendida,ha una voce staordinaria e molto evocativa.Peccato che 'My Everything' non sia all'altezza dei suoi dischi precedenti.
Tutto e' molto scontato in questo CD,tra l'altro cortissimo,soli 43 minuti! Come prevedibile,si e' trattato piu' che altro di un puro 'esercizio'...commerciale,un accordo furbissimo tra la Blue Note e la vocalista americana...per accontentare la grande massa di fans adoranti...
Niente di speciale,di stupefacente,o semplicemente degno di essere ricordato.Anzi,anche dopo ripetuti ascolti,si rimane un po' perplessi,perche' non si ricorda un brano invece di un altro...
La produzione e' piuttosto mediocre,solo le Perri Sisters(come background vocals) danno un grande contributo all'ascolto.
Un errore non secondario e' che la Baker,che e' una grandissima interprete,ha voluto,preteso ed ottenuto di co-scivere i brani !! Peccato !!
Molto probabilmente sara'anche stato un grande successo commerciale,ma dal punto di vista artistico,direi che si tratta di un CD molto mediocre.Anche il duet con Babyface 'Like We used To' e' banale,e non capisco come mai sia stato inserito in'My Everything'...Lo stesso brano , con un altro titolo 'Still My Boo',e' stato inciso da Babyface e un'altra vocalista,Mycale, per il CD del cantautore-produttore nero con il titolo 'A Love Sory'...Strano,questo CD non ha mai visto la luce del sole ( in Giappone,soltanto,credo sia stato pubblicato ) , dopo mesi di pubblicita'..Incredibile..
Quanto ai fans di Anita,suggerirei di comprare il CD 'The Best of Anita Baker' invece di 'My Everything'.
Se poi si vuole cercare qualcosa di veramente straordinaio,originale,con una produzione perfetta e interpretazioni da capogogiro e fortemente emotivo,allora suggerirei di optare per un CD assolutamente imperdibile(nella medesima categoria di Soul/Jazz) : il nuovo straordinario album di Regina Belle 'Lazy Afternoon'.I love Anita but I am not crazy about her latest one!
It's too short and doesn't add anything to her discography.
But I like it the same,because I like her voice.
It has been long time that I play it !
I have to admit that my favorite album ,at the moment,is the fantastic 'LAZY AFTERNOON' by another great Lady,Regina Belle.
Have you tried it ? Do it,you'll love it.....In an era of fast-food divas and ready-made starlets, finding the genuine article is often as hard as finding a needle in a haystack. Anita Baker could not have picked a better time for her return to music. After a decade-long hiatus, the soulful songstress returns with her eagerly anticipated Blue Note debut, My Everything.

The 10-track disc doesn't disappoint. Lush, emotive, and gorgeous are a few words that come to mind when listening to the Toledo, OH native's album. Lead single "You're My Everything" opens the album with an infectiously smooth groove that reminiscent of her classics. The album also includes "You're My Everything Revisited," a jazzy interpolation of the aforementioned single. Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds joins Baker on "Like You Used to Do." The ballad, with its warm electric guitar-accented backdrop, evokes a classic R&B sound without dating itself. Other standouts include "I Can't Sleep," and the heavenly "Close Your Eyes."

If the album had any real flaws, it's that Baker's serene sound rarely wavers. Still, "My Everything" could serve as a tutorial to aspiring R&B singers on what it means to deliver music with style, class, and true artistry. --Rashaun Hall suria review reviews analysis analyze