Reviewed by Allan Clare

Ignore the perfunctory packaging. This is a very good album indeed from a fine New York-based vocalist. It's not hard to see why Nekia is receiving interest in the crowded gospel field. What we have here are nine radio-friendly, urban gospel gems. David Garcia has done a brilliant job as producer, and there's not a track here which would sound out of place on mainstream radio. Perhaps the ballads are a little too similar in sound to 1980s Whitney Houston, but overall, whether it's the pure pop of "True Livin'" or the more hip-hop beat of "Everywhere I Go" (with Nekia sounding like Beyonce on one of her spiritual days) these are catchy melodies with superb contemporary production. Well worth investing in for any fan of urban gospel/R&B. You won't be disappointed.

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