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The Passion of Victoria Osteen
A flight attendant's smackdown with the wife of mega-preacher Joel Osteen inspires a whole new set of commandments.
By Rich Connelly
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Star Power
A country musician rescues Waylon Jennings' tour bus from the scrap heap.
By C.J. Janovy
Village Voice
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Kelly Rowland: Ms. Kelly
Dan LeRoy
Published on August 15, 2007
Kelly Rowland
Ms. Kelly
Columbia
The genesis of Kelly Rowland's sophomore album is a sad commentary on the aesthetic currently choking R&B. The singer and member of Destiny's Child allegedly recorded an earlier version of the disc, a meditation on the end of a serious relationship, then thought better of releasing it. Rowland later suggested that the recordings were too uniform and depressing. But the same could be said of numerous R&B masterpieces, including Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" and Mary J.'s "What's the 411?"
The results are predictably hit-or-miss. The club cuts—added to show Rowland's young 'n' fun side—are derivative; Scott Storch's "Work" is Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" four years later. Unsurprisingly, it's the brokenhearted ballads—most notably, the brutal "Still in Love With My Ex"—that show Rowland can be more than just the latest one-name soul singer, following in her old bandmate's massive, spike-heeled footsteps.
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