Tamar Braxton’s “Love & War,” The MOC Preview Link & ST Full-Length CD Review

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She’s fiery, flamboyant, and so much of a one-woman-drama-generator that it can be spread over multiple TV show outlets. But, given her position as the baby of the Braxton Bunch, who could blame her? Being too over-the-top, too extra and too loud is the way that Tamar gets her needs met, and it’s actually worked out for Mrs. Braxton-Herbert quite well, if not as timely or as tidily as she’d probably prefer. In fact, that whirlwind of an approach to life is what listeners will hear—and find beauty in—while absorbing the contents of the performer’s long-awaited sophomore CD, Love And War. Like its creator, the the music veers from maddening to mesmerizing and a few places in-between, but overall, the results are worth the effort and definitely won’t leave you bored.

With a hefty who’s who list of producers (The Underdogs, Bryan-Michael Cox, Harvey Mason Jr. and even Babyface) and half of the tracks being co-written by Ms. Braxton-Herbert herself….(click here for the rest of the review at soultracks.com)

By Lorrie Irby Jackson

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