Me'Shell Ndegeocello

Give MeShell Ndegeocello credit for following her druthers. The third album of her six-year
career could conceivably become a cult item, even a major hit. But Bitter ignores the art
funk that made her famous so thoroughly that I can't imagine she worried about its
commercial prospects. Although the music is slow and confessional, with Lisa Coleman's
piano overwhelming Ndegeocello's bass, it's nowhere near as static and stolid as... More >