Also noted. . - The Best In Recorded Music - sound recording review

Ebony, Feb, 2003

ALSO NOTED: WOW Gospel (Verity), featuring Kirk Franklin, Shirley Caesar, Fred Hammond, Richard Smallwood, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Vickie Winans, Dottie Peoples, Smokie Norful, Derrick Haddon, and more; Nita Whitaker, One Voice (LML Music); Freda Battle & the Temple Worshippers, Serious Praise (Axiom); Bishop T.D.

Jakes Presents: God's Leading Ladies (Dexterity/EMI Gospel); Sweet Honey in the Rock, The Women Gather (EarthBeat); Erick Sermon, React (J Records); K-Os, Exit (Astralwerks); Royce Da 5'9", Rock City Version 2.0 (Koch/Game); GZA/Genius, Legend of the Liquid Sword (MCA); Kenny Lattimore & Chante Moore, Things That Lovers Do (Arista); Bill Withers reissues, Still Bill and Menagerie (Columbia/Legacy); Drumline movie soundtrack (Jive); Global Soul (Putumayo), a collection of contemporary soul and R&B from around the world; Howard Hewett, The Journey Live ... From the Heart (Eagle Rock); Funked Up: The Very Best of Parliament (Mercury/UME); Blu Cantrell, Bittersweet (Arista); Jeffrey Gaines, Toward the Sun (Artemis); Nicci Gilbert, Grown Folks Music (MCA); Stefon Harris, The Grand Unification Theory (Blue Note); George C. Wolfe's Harlem Song: Original Apollo Theater Cast Recording (Columbia); Spyro Gyra, Original Cinema (Heads Up); Bobby Lyle, Joyful (Three Keys Music); Christian McBride Band, Vertical Vision (WB); Marcus Johnson, Live at Blues Alley (Three Keys); and Jazzhole, Circle of the Sun (Beave Music). DVD: Lenny Live (Virgin), featuring performances and behind-the-scenes footage from Lenny Kravitz's 2002 World Tour.