Lenny Kravitz

These two major-label debuts capture the sound of young America sifting through the
fragments of postmodern culture and creating childlike musical collages of no particular
point. Everything on these albums refers to earlier styles, as if the world were a kind of
shopping mall in which this type of music can be blended with that, regardless of the
inherent integrity of any particular genre. The consolation for living in a time wh... More >

For a black Jewish Christian married to Lisa Bonet who overoveroverdubbed his Hendrix-Beatles hybrid himself, not bad. But that's a lot of marketing to live down. (Grade: B-)