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“I wrote Heaux Tales to give voice to every woman. We’re deserving of respect whether we work as a CEO of a company or we strippin. It’s about unity. It’s about boldness. It’s about ownership and confidence and also vulnerability and self reflection. It’s about a woman deciding how she wants to present herself to the world and being told or influenced by anyone but her gotdamn self. It’s about women writing their own imperfect stories, unashamed.”
Opening her arms wide, Jazmine Sullivan states the thesis of her fourth studio album, Heaux Tales, a rare example of an intimate album that isn’t fully focused on the artist behind it. A concept album in a similar style to Lauryn Hill’s classic The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, the warm and lush yet minimalist production paired with Sullivan’s widely admired pipes is a sweeping experience.
This is Sullivan’s first full project after the better half of a decade and it was worth the wait! Compared to her 2008 breakout debut Fearless, Heaux Tales retains the raw emotion of hits like ‘Bust Your Windows’ but adds a mature comprehension and concentration that comes from an additional twelve years of living and loving. From one moment to the next, it feels like screaming at the moon at four in the morning, then you’re on CashApp in a stranger’s bed, and then you’re having a deep conversation over drinks with your closest friends.
In a short teaser video for the album, Sullivan explicitly lays out her thoughts behind this, “No longer is male patriarchy dictating what it means to be a ‘good girl.’ The truth is, women of all ages have been called a ‘heaux’ at some point in life, whether deserved or not.”
Watch the full review below!
