I Highly Recommend This One
Its by a singer named Rhian Benson. She reminds you a little of Sade, except she's much funkier. She incorporates, jazz, hip-hop, R&B and a little bit of "spoken word" into one smooth "Neo Soul" package.
Nice.
Just like Sade, her father is from Africa, and her mother is from England. The sister is smart too, posessing a degree in economics, and having done some graduate work at Harvard.
Purchase the CD from the website below, and get a bonus DVD included that has two full videos and a nice long segment about her life. And the whole package only costs
$10.99.
Check it out.
http://www.dustygroove.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/dga/search.cgi?usersrch=rhian+benson&issearch=yes
Here's what the website has to say about her new CD.
Rhian Benson -- Gold Coast -- Limited Edition CD & DVD . . . CD . . . $10.99 List Price: $11.99 (Item: 80616)
A sparking, richly spiritual jazz-influenced neo soul album from Rhian Benson -- a Ghana born, London learned singer, with a style that has roots in some of the best deep soul and jazz styles of the past few decades! What really pushes Gold Coast over as such a strong debut is the way it balances a prevalent affinity for the best attributes of artists like Fela (very smooth Afrobeat horns and percussion influences), 70s Miles Davis and Ramsey Lewis (the soaring, but still earthy spiritual vibe) with the much crisper and more easily approachable hooks and melodies of the neo soul movement of the last decade. Rhian's vocals have a very lovely and natural way of never over extending with the note warbling histrionics (which plagues a few of her neo soul peers.) She comes off somewhere between Nina Simone and Sade -- with a rich, expressively beautiful voice, but often rolling in sweet, kind of hushed tones for the best kind of natural feel. Nice! 14 tracks including "Words Hurt Too", "Say How I Feel", "Stealing My Peace Of Mind", "Soul Boy", "Shake It Away", "A Moment In Shine", "Gold Sky", "Young Girl" and more. The limited edition DVD includes the music videos for "Say How I Feel" and "Stealing My Peace Of Mind" plus the Rhian Benson EPK! (For a limited time the CD comes with a free DVD!!) (From the Neo Soul CD page.)