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I first heard Goapele on MySpace, immediately searched for everything i could find by her. Her music is typically described as neo-soul, but I'm still not sure what that is. What I do know is that I love her voice, the purity of her lyrics, and the simplicity of her musical tracks [I'm slightly irritated by overly produced tracks]. Old or new... this is how I like my Soul/R&B music to sound!


"Goapele is a phenomenal artist in every sense of the word. She paints vivid pictures of the stories she tells, a craft that few singers can truly do since they all tend to resort to whatever catchy hook is going to get them a Top 40 hit. The socially-conscious vibe as well as the wistful antidotes shape the very essence of who Goapele is and what her music is about. Even Closer (the revamped version of her independently released Closer) was released in 2002 and helped get her name out there to the contemporary soul crowd. Now over three years later, the sultry songstress returns with her second album Change It All. Luckily, she sticks to a similar formula on this album and doesn't adjust her sound too much."

~Charles Hubbert - Urban Reviews.com

Goapele - Change It All [2005]

1. Intro

2. Change It All

3. First Love

4. Love Me Right

5. 4 AM

6. Different

7. Crushed Out

8. Fly Away

9. Find A Way

10. If We Knew

11. You

12. Good Love

13. Battle Of The Heart

14. Darker Side Of The Moon

15. Closer

Goapele - Even Closer [2002]

1. Closer

2. Ease Your Mind

3. Got It

4. Romantic

5. Too Much The Same

6. Catch 22

7. The Daze

8. Things Don't Exist

9. Childhood Drama

10. Salvation

11. Back To You

12. Butterflykisses

13. It Takes More

14. Red, White & Blues