Over the course of her 15-year career, Chante Moore has thrived off of songs about the essence of love and relationships - especially with her two albums with hubby Kenny Lattimore.
So it's fitting - even after eight years without a solo project - that Moore would stick with the similar formula that earned her three gold-selling albums during 1990s.
On her new album, "Love The Woman," her lyrical approach is very familiar to past hits "Chante's Got a Man" and "Love's Taken Over." But that's not a bad thing, as Moore flourishes with her soulful, high-pitched vocals on the slow-paced track "It Ain't Supposed To Be This Way." On the George Duke-produced rendition of Minnie Ripperton's "Give Me Time," she recalls her unsteady emotions before falling for Lattimore.
"Time measures love/And I don't know why/My love before I met you/I just could not feel/Then you touch my heart and taught me to live," she bellows on the song.
Moore also strives to empower her fellow woman to understand their self worth on "Special," a smooth acoustic guitar track produced by Raphael Saddiq. On the piano-driven melody, "My Eyes," Moore insists that hiding emotions isn't her best trait.
Moore's lyrics aren't that fresh compared to her previous projects. But she still understands what works for her and what her fans expect her to produce.
CHECK OUT THIS TRACK: The Nancy Wilson remake "Guess Who I Saw Today" is a jazzy song as Moore harmonizes well with her calm, soft-toned voice, describing her attempts to catch a cheating lover.
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Chante Moore
"Love The Woman" (Peak)
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