This cd is joyous and beautiful - sad and impassioned. Goapele sings about life and love - the good and the bad. Her music is emotional and real. It is also transfixing and almost hypnotic. She is an artist with substance and definitely someone who belongs at the forefront of the music industry. If you are tired of all of the prostitute type singers with their degrading purposeless music then this is the artist for you.