Unexpected | ||||
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Studio album by Angie Stone | ||||
Released | November 23, 2009 | |||
Genre | R&B, soul | |||
Length | 39:26 | |||
Label | Concord Music Group, Stax | |||
Producer | Angie Stone, Steven "Supe" White, Jazze Pha, Terrance Freeman, Jonathan Richmond, Sly Williams, Willie "Chuck" Shivers, One Drop Scott, Cozmo, Saleem "Lazyboi" Asad, Karrim "Ikon" King, Fitzroy "The Art Teacher" Reid, Melvin "Archangel" Lowery, Jr. | |||
Angie Stone chronology | ||||
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Singles from Unexpected | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | link |
BBC Music | Very positive link |
Clash Music | link |
Entertainment Weekly | B- link |
PopMatters | link |
The Independent | link |
Unexpected is the fifth studio album by American R&B-soul singer–songwriter Angie Stone. The lead single, "I Ain't Hearin' U," premiered on Stone's website on October 5, 2009. A remixed version of "Free", featuring Young Nate, was released as the second and final single from the album.
Upon the album's UK release in February 2010, Stone told noted R&B writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning Blues & Soul: "Being as I've delivered four decent albums already, I felt it was safe to switch up and do something different this time. And musically overall I just wanted to have FUN! I wanted to do something that embodies a jam kinda feel, so that we could have some fun in concert and show people everything doesn't always have to be so serious."