Me'Shell Ndegéocello
Devil's Halo
Release Date: Oct 6, 2009
Genre(s): R&B, Soul
Record label: Downtown
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Album Review: Devil's Halo by Me'Shell Ndegéocello
Fantastic, Based on 2 Critics
AllMusic - 90
Based on rating 9/10
Based on rating 9/10
Ndegeocello can always, it seems, quite literally articulate her musical vision, but she hasn't been so nakedly vulnerable and brazenly honest on record as she is here. She remains musically mercurial and virtually unclassifiable, even if she is at her most accessible on Devil's Halo..
PopMatters - 90
Based on rating 9/10
Based on rating 9/10
Intense. That’s always the first word that comes to mind when anyone mentions Meshell Ndegeocello. Her music eschews sentiment for emotion. There’s a stark acceptance that life is rough, passionate, trying, and beautiful in Ndegeocello’s work. She never shies away from how heavy and messy ….