One crucial element that sets this apart from her debut&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Acoustic-Soul/dp/B00005A1PR/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Acoustic Soul</a>&nbsp;a year earlier is that...somehow the sound is very much more fully formed in many ways. Wheras the sound of the debut generally emphasized the artists "naturalness" this blends India's "acoustic soul" sound with a array of soundscapes,many of which are as equally funky and soulful."Little Things" is an excellent example. It's groove,the heavy-on-easy style and unique chord changes could only come from the guy who produced her debut:Stevie Wonder. Just about all of the music here maintains his signiture writing style as well,even though India is more fully in charge of the production here. The lyrics are typically "power of positive thinking" but the wonderful thing about them is that India's great attitude and the sincerity and brilliance of her poetry really forgive any possibility for a clishe. Needless the say the moments when this album really catches fire are when the tempo goes up a little such as on the excellent "Slow Down","Can I Walk With You" and the bonus cut "Interested"-all rollicking soul tunes then endow her formula with a lot of rhythmic strengh. Of course that doesn't dismiss the respectful tone of "Talk To You","Complicated Melody" and "Headed In The Right Direction". The only song that confuses me a little here,where I love the lush music is "God Is Real". I realize the connection in the black community to Christianity runs deep and is significant but for the life of me I cannot tell if this song is advertising India's obvious Christian faith or if her intention is to point out that nature in itself is godly. Not being religious myself these kinds of ambiguous lyrics are always mildly curious to me. So while this album really serves mostly to establish that her huge success with the debut wasn't some kind of post millenium fluke this was really the last time,musically anyway India. Arie would have anything to prove.