★★★★★
On her latest album, Where It All Begins, Lalah Hathaway tries her hand at piano ballads, crunching up-tempo tracks, swaggering synthesizer tales of female empowerment and jazzy, spacey numbers. But though she tries her hand at a number of styles, her results are all similarly unimaginative. It is hard to pinpoint exactly where Hathaway goes wrong, but Where It All Begins is uninteresting...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-12-15
★★★★★
Comparing Lalah Hathaway to her iconic father, the late soul icon Donny Hathaway, is as inevitable as it is expected, thanks to their nearly-identical doe eyes, apple cheeks and the rich, raspy undertones that their vocals convey. Her smoky, supple alto and ability to embody the emotions of a song, no matter the genre, is what makes her fifth solo venture and second recording for the Stax label, Where It All Begins, such a fabulous and full-bodied experience...
- www.soultracks.com
2011-10-11
★★★★★
Lalah Hathaway is one of those rare contemporary artists who transcends time and genre. Her deep, smoky voice and excellent phrasing are mesmerizing, and they have allowed her to maintain a fiercely loyal following despite occasionally uneven material and despite long lapses between CDs. Her fans have certainly remained patient, waiting a full decade between The Moment and her new disc, Outrun the Sky. And the result is generally positive, on par with her solid 1990 debut album...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Not every singer should follow Jill Scott's path. Sure, sometimes bright lights get obscured by the politics of the divas and egos they are backing. At other times, the supporting cast members who contribute those underrated background vocals are actually in the right place. Lalah is still one of those singers. A veteran who's worked with legends from Mary J. Blige to Grover Washington, she remains on the fringes...
- nowtoronto.com
2009-11-07
★★★★★
Audiences can perhaps be forgiven for forgetting about Lalah Hathawayher last full length recording was 1994's A Momentbut her surname demands that we never forget her entirely. As the progeny of a regal soul man, Hathaway has carved out a niche for herself, singing not the music of her genre-bounding father, but the music that matters most to her. Hathaway and blue-smoke vocals return with Outrun the Sky, her first recording for the Mesa/Bluemoon labelthat same label that once made Ran...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
Lalah Hathaway should have become as big a name in 1990s R&B; as the equally talented and equally Chaka Khan-influenced Mary J. Blige, but regrettably, the singer never became as visible as she should have been. Donny Hathaway's daughter didn't record often enough (four years passed between her first album and her sophomore effort A Moment), and unlike Blige, she never provided a consistently excellent album...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Few mainstream artists can keep the lazy release schedule Don Hathaway's daughter does and retain a strong fan base. It's been a whole decade since Lalah Hathaway released one of her own albums and half that long since she joined Joe Sample for The Song Lives On. It's her warm voice, smooth delivery, and allegiance to fad-free R&B; that keeps the faithful patiently waiting. Delivering on all counts, Outrun the Sky is a fan's dream and the singer's best showcase since her debut...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
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