I just saw a video ("Best of Me") of this girl last week. What a unique sound! I'm thinking I like her voice -- has there been any discussion about her here?

http://www.chrisettemichele.com/

A more mellow Macy Gray, kinda Jill Scott/Erykah Badu deal. Very nice.
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I personally don't care for her



Smooches;)

I'm diggin her There's been some talk, but not enough. She's talented, good songs

im sure i've seen her in videos with Jay-z and Nas. il ike her voice, she's like a black Amy Whinehouse

Xavier23 said:

A black Amy winehouse?... I would probably say - Jill Scott meets John Legend and there u have the lovely Chrisette Mitchelle, a voice so wonderful and mature that urban radio doesn't really promote or push her shit @ all...she's hot on the underground scene and she sells out whenever she's in town (DC) She does small venues and most people know her from word of mouth.

It seems like she will need a crossover record to really take off but I loving and appreciating her as an underground artist but I'm sure she wants to make some money eventually, lol. Def Jam seems committed to her; I just saw her perform on one of my fav. TV shows, Lincoln Heights.

Xavier23 said:

What exactly is a Black Amy Winehouse?? Oh, I forgot - she's an original

*ahem* I was saying..
I really love that song. I think I will go an buy her album.
I have a thing for singers with "old-ish" sounding voices. (John Legend, Amy Winehouse.)
Maybe old is a bad choice of words but it reminds me of that 1950s-1960s lounge sound. I like it. I think that song will create a bigger buzz than her first single which was straight RnB.
I could see her back in the day with one of those old time Bossa Nova bands backing her.

I like her but I'm not really diggin' her if that makes any sense.


I would go see her if someone else bought my ticket sorta thing.

Black Amy Winehouse?? Hell to the naw! Two TOTALLY different styles. Both unique?...yes... Both have bangin' voices?...yes..but PUH-LEASE do not compare Chrisette to that girl. Amy's a damn crackhead.

I like her and I'm digging the album. Best of Me is my favorite song on there.

alwayslate said:

I just cracked the album & I'm finding that I'm realling diggin' the stuff that's NOT R&B-ish, just the straight up singing/moody stuff is really nice

Rhondab said:

You can't be trusted, you still won't listen to Van Hunt

SHOCKADELICA1 said:

It's not even the crackheadity, it's that Amy is patterning herself off singers past (& one fairly recent, b/c I still hear Lauryn Hill in that child on lots of her songs) so to call anyone a Black version of Amy is lazy, dismissive & a bit redundant.

CalhounSq said:

I am dust blown away ova the edgeeeee!!

Rhondab said:

DAMMIT WOMAN, I keep tellin' you he got better songs than Dust!

I'll say it again. Great voice, love that bluesy/soulful/jazzy style she has. Not so crazy about her music though.

Her album is very boring. I just could NOT get into the material -- nice voice though.

Scorpion said:

Ok, that's cool, but what kind of material do you want her to do? Remember, she has to establish an audience and a fan base. Right now, she appeals to an older/mature demographic. Do you want her to dumbdown the music?...or do more Pop ballad's or maybe try rock? I totally respect your opinion, I just want to know what type of music would u like to see her explore?

Good to see these reviews. I hadn't heard of her 'til I saw the video and that was just in passing.

Made me go get her CD right away, though!

Xavier23 said:

NO WAY

She's more mellow, less risque, and more easy-listening IMO

Uhope said:

That one song "Is that the way love is?" seems like it was produced by Prince.