Get It!!
author: JadaRae
An absolute must have. Beautiful, and powerful spoken word.
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soulflower...the cd by epiphany castro
author: verbalskillz
IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT AN ARTIST'S CREATION IS A DIRECTION INTO THAT ARTIST SOUL...SOUL FLOWER BY EPIPHANY CASTRO SEEMS TO DISPELS THAT NOTION, AS THIS PROJECT IS SO MUCH MORE...IT IS A PERSONAL AND RICH MESSAGE TO ALL OF US....
THE LYRICS AND ARRANGEMENTS WERE ALL DONE BY EPIPHANY AND SMOKE MEEZY (GREAT NAME BY THE WAY) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SEVERAL TRACKS...THEN WE ARE TREATED WITH THE SKILLS AND TALENTS OF THE NOTABLE AND INCREDIBLE STYLING THE NXT LEVEL AND MIZLOONAR...
DUE TO A PRODUCTION GLITCH THE LISTING OF TRACKS ON CD COVER ARE NOT IN THE SAME ORDER WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE CD...ITS MY OPINION THAT THIS GLITCH ONLY ENHANCES THE JOURNEY OF INHALING THIS PROJECT, WHICH FLOWS WELL LIKE MELLIGENOUS DROPLETS TO THE PALATES OF OUR EARS.
TRACKS 1 AND 2 ARE SALACIOUSLY TEMPTING YOU INTO A HYPNOTIC TRANCE, FURTHER ENTICING AND SEDUCING THE SENSES WITH TRACK 3. YOUR IMAGINATION MAY CONJURE EPIPHANY DANCING BEFORE YOU WITH HER TANTALIZING LYRICS, LIKE APHRODITE...AND BLAAAADOW TRACK 4 HITS WITH A SOBERNESS...THIS TRACK'S NAME ISN'T HARD TO FOLLOW ON THE CD LIST BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT...NOR IS TRACK 6...
NOW WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE BEST OF THIS TREATISE....WHATS HAWT AS HELL...TRACK 7 IS MORE THAN A MORSEL OF SOULNESS WITH ITS POWERFUL PLEADING OF A WOMAN'S LOVE AND DECLARATION FOR THAT SPECIAL MAN...TRACK 11 IS SMOOTH AND A MUST HEAR...
HOWEVER, TANGERINE TREE IN THE SNOW...FAR OUTWEIGHS ANY OF THE OTHER PIECES...I WILL GO AS FAR TO SAY...ARTISTICALLY, CREATIVELY, STRUCTURED, TO DATE...THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST COMPOSITIONS I HAVE HEARD ON ANY CD...YES THERE ARE MAYBE 1 OR 2 TRACKS THAT DIDN'T MEASURE UP TO THE REST..THEY ARE NICE TRACKS, JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW THE STANDARD THE EPIPHANY HAS SET WITH THE OTHER TRACKS... THE BONUS TRACK, NO 16 IS EMPOWERING WITH LOVE FLOWING IN EACH NOTE CONSUMING THE LISTENER LIKE A QUILT WRAPS COLD FEET LEGS ON A CHILLY NIGHT...
WELL...HERE IT IS A NUTSHELL...EPIPHANY AND HER SOULFLOWER IS AN ECSTATIC DOSE OF SENSUALITY...HER VOICE IS STRONG WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE, AND YET HER ASSUASIVE INFLECTIONS ARE DEFINITELY WRITING THEIR OWN SAGA...HER LYRICS...THIS CD DOES NOT CONTAIN THE NORMAL DRAMA RIDDEN MALE BASHING NEGATIVITY...EVEN IN THE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE DISAPPOINTING RESULTS, EPIPHANY SAVORS HER THOUGHTS WITH HOPE AND POSITIVITY...
ALLOW ME NOW TO APOLOGIZE NOW TO YOUR EARS IF YOU DECIDE TO OPT OUT OF THIS RICHLY PRODUCED PROJECT...AND HATERS...YALL REALLY GOT WORK TO DO NOW!!!!
PEACE,
RICK "VERBALSKILLZ" HARRIS
PUBLISHED AUTHOR, "MY CLOUDS HAVE WINGS", "INCOMING", AND "VISIONS OF ELASTIC RAINBOWS"
WRITER,
POET,
SPOKEN WORD ARTIST
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