Reviewed by Tony Cummings

In the reviews by fans you can read on the CD Baby website is one by Patrick Biggerstaff of Surrey, England, who describes this as "the best gospel soul I have heard for years." Such gushing praise makes me suggest that that famed etailer of CDs needs a far more impartial review system and that dear Mr Biggerstaff needs to get out more. For 'My Secret Place' is far from an R&B gospel classic with weak, cheap sounding programming and mid tempo songs that though generous in quantity (15 of them) blur one-into-another long before the end. What these deficiencies don't hide though is that Casper, from Oakland, California, has an excellent voice, exuding Luther Vandross-style emoting. With better songs and production he COULD make a classic.

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