★★★★★
After a very long five year wait in which he suffered the death of his MCA label and made a decision to record independently, Rahsaan Patterson has finally released his new disc, After Hours, available in Europe on U.K.-based Dome label and in the U.S. on Patterson's own Artistry Music label...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
An hour of foreplay and he's ready for more ("The One for Me," "So Hot").
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
"One of the most baffling things about America is that despite its essentially vile profile, so much beauty continues to exist here."
Amiri Baraka, Liner Notes to John Coltrane's Live at Birdland, 1964
Significant changes have occurred in the world of black music since Amiri Baraka penned liner notes for John Coltrane's Live at Birdland, but the artistic beauty and transcendent impulses he found not only in Trane's music but throughout African American culture remains very much a part o...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
Rahsaan Patterson is no more distinguishable from the cabal of similarly sounding R&B acts that proliferate today. He sounds sort of like Stevie Wonder, sort of like a mellow Prince, sort of like something nondescript.
With that said, I can concentrate on the album's great layout. Bathed in sepia tones, utilizing nice paper stock, and tasteful fonts, Love in Stereo is an exercise in packaging done right...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
On his fourth album, his second independent release, Rahsaan Patterson indulges in a few whims that a sales-concerned major label would likely find problematic, but it is never at the listener's expense -- at least as long as the listener is OK with some adventurousness and a couple unexpected turns. At various points, the album is unselfconsciously funky, heart-on-sleeve lovesick, quietly distressed, loudly carefree, poignantly despairing, and guardedly optimistic...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
The follow-up to his self-titled debut album, Love in Stereo shows that Rahsaan Patterson not only overcame the sophomore slump but triumphed with a very well-crafted album that far surpasses his completely adequate first release. Slick production and strong songwriting help support Patterson's smooth, laid-back style and Stevie Wonder-like vocals...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Rahsaan Patterson is no more distinguishable from the cabal of similarly sounding R&B acts that proliferate today. He sounds sort of like Stevie Wonder, sort of like a mellow Prince, sort of like something nondescript.
With that said, I can concentrate on the album's great layout. Bathed in sepia tones, utilizing nice paper stock, and tasteful fonts, Love in Stereo is an exercise in packaging done right...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-08-03
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