★★★★★
Though his updated grown man looks speak of a newfound maturity, musically time has stopped for Case. The everyman singer who inexplicably landed a series of late 90s hits with a limited, throaty sound starting with 1996's "Touch Me, Tease Me" and closing 2001 with the high note of "Missing You," proved that a great song and a high-rotation video on BET goes a long way...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
R&B; is a crowded house ? just ask Donell, Montell, K-Ci, Jo Jo, Chico and the many others elbowing their way up the charts. Nevertheless, Case squeezes back in with his third LP after a big boost from "Missing You," the smooth, slow-thumping first single also featured on the successful Nutty Professor II soundtrack. As track one, that cut sets the tone for this collection: mid-tempo and pleading...
- www.blender.com
2010-08-22
★★★★★
Case is probably best known as being an ex of Mary J Blige and for unleashing the heavyweight 'Touch Me Tease Me' a few years ago, which was basically a series of explosions with Foxy Brown all over it. That was then and 'Open Letter' is very much now. A collection of songs, each addressed to a specific person, which give a real insight into the man's most intimate thoughts...
- nme.com
2009-06-08