This cd has everything I love about music...her voice, the horns, the drums, the beat. I don't even have a favorite song. They are all amazing. Does Minga have any other music out? I want more from this girl!
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FUA Records presents the impressive debut EP from neo-soul chanteuse Minga. The San Diego-based singer/songwriter/musician makes sexy, sophisticated soul-chill for after-dark sipping and bumping and her first single, "Good," is already a staple in the crates of SoCal lounge DJs.
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I got nothin' but love for this lady. I didn't know Minga  until I got this CD passed on to me by a DJ at chill lounge in San Diego. Xmas came early, I guess. I'm locked on these tracks. Really, what a great group of songs. Minga's sound is electronic but traditional, too. It's supersmooth and jazzy and makes you feel warm all over. I loaded them up on my iPod and my girlfriend won't give it back to me! But at least I still have the CD. I've actually taken to driving around in my car at night just because the music has that sexy, nightlife vibe. I'm hooked and can't wait to hear more from Minga!
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These days, hip-hop dominates R&B and has made it a subsection of the hip-hop nation. Gone are the Regina Belles and Anita Bakers. Banished to obscurity are the Jeffrey Osbournes and Gerald Leverts. If you're an R&B act, and your beats and melodies can't be comfortably interchanged with the average rap song, there's no place for you on mainstream radio or television. Enter Minga, an intriguing neo-soul-inspired songstress who has enough pop influence to make her accessible, and enough jazz and blues undertones to make her distinctive. In a world in which R&B seems to roll off an assembly line, Minga's chilled out vibe is like a welcome summer breeze.

With her debut, Flipside, Minga has issued a strong statement that R&B can interact with hip-hop and not be co-opted by it. The first single, "Good," is driven by Minga's polished, almost ethereal voice that wafts over a bouncing club beat. A driving beat is what makes the title track the strongest tune on this five-song release. On it, spoken word artist Alfred Howard gives a professional, journeyman-like performance without stealing Minga's limelight.
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