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The morning BEFORE Angie Stone's death, I was listening to "Kiss You (X Mix)" -- my favorite song from her 2023 album. I then listened to some of the throw-back "Excuse Me" (Raphael Saadiq x Angie Stone x Calvin Richardson).
[A couple years ago], I looked up Angie Stone on Youtube and came across a VladTV interview by someone who's a real fan of her music. I listened to that "Love Language" album because the interview was so good. (Interview: "Angie Stone on Recording the First Original Rap Record from a Female Group w/ The Sequence (Part 1)" -- VLADTV.) 
Author's Spotify dashboard of Angie Stone's "Love Language" album, 2023
She didn't do a lot of songwriting on it, but the songs i.e. "Kissing You (X Mix)" were really good, and each was true to the album title.
By the way, in recent years, the only other album true to its title that I've heard was "Off the Yak" (Young M.A.). In regard to Stone, "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" is a song I had heard an aunt of mine play. I was coming to age when I got that introduction to the singer/songwriter. And "Brotha" is probably one of my favorite hit singles by her. I can't forget Angie Stone. Rest in Peace.
Originally a FB post about "Angie Stone, Grammy-nominated R&B artist, dead at 63" (M. Thomas)
Angie Stone in concert (Credit: "Angie Stone" by tom.beetz | Licensed under CC BY 2.0)
In Memory of Anita ("Red Mama"), Marcel, and Juan
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