Label Def Jam
Release Date Nov 30, 2010
Liner Note Author: Chrisette Michele.
★今日美國：「擁有卓越嗓音並於未來大有可為的歌手」★
★葛萊美獎「都會/另類演出最佳女演唱人」好評新輯，拿下告示牌節奏藍調/嘻哈榜TOP7+流行專輯榜TOP25★
★Ne-Yo、John Legend、Jazmine Sullivan、Talib Kweli、The Roots團員Black Thought、Rick Ross群星站台★
Recording information: KMA Studios, New York, NY; The Cutting Room, NYC; Vanilla Sky Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Westlake Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographer: Miranda Penn Turin.
01. Fairy Tales & Castles (Part 1) 0:34
02. I'm A Star 4:13
03. Number One 3:37
04. Fairy Tales & Castles (Part 2) 0:28
05. I Don't Know Why, But I Do 3:59
06. Let Freedom Reign (Feat. Talib Kweli & Black Thought) 4:21
07. Goodbye Game 3:57
08. So Cool 4:00
09. So In Love (Feat. Rick Ross) 4:12
10. So In Love (Skit) 0:11
11. I'm Your Life 3:15
12. I'm From NY (Skit) 0:17
13. Unsaid 4:23
14. If Nobody Sang Along 3:45
15. I Know Nothing 3:40 
09年拿下自03年新增的葛萊美獎「都會/另類演出最佳女演唱人」，受到媒體將她與爵士女伶Ella Fizgerald相提並論的盛讚，饒舌天皇Jay-Z大力栽培並簽入名廠Def Jam旗下的Chrisette Michele，在尚未出道前，已是Kanye West、Nas等一哥們最愛的女聲，曾為不少重要作品美麗獻聲。
傳承90年代以降大行其道的Neo-Soul樂派，擁有一流創作功力，包覆濃郁醇美Jazz、R&B、Soul等傳統樂音，併融街頭Hip-Hop律動，散發絕對魅力的新世代優質歌姬--Chrisette Michele，來自紐約，12歲開始寫歌，求學時期都是擔任教會合唱團領唱。07年發行初試啼聲之作『I Am』，首週登上全美節奏藍調/嘻哈榜Top5+流行專輯榜Top29，完全發揮其創作及製作上的才華。09年推出第二張大碟『Epiphany』，驚人空降美國告示牌流行+節奏藍調/嘻哈雙榜冠軍，連續獻上4首大受節奏藍調榜歡迎的單曲，隔年舉辦第一場「The Epiphany Tour」個人巡迴演唱會。
第三張作品【Let Freedom Reign】，請到大老板L.A Reid(Mariah Carey、Rihanna)+近期快速崛起的Chuck Harmony(Janet Jackson、Mary J. Blige)和Chrisette聯袂拱盤，拿下告示牌節奏藍調/嘻哈榜Top7+流行專輯榜Top25。由R&B金童Ne-Yo量身打造，交付葛萊美製作大將Chuck Harmony(Rihanna、Mary J. Blige)操刀“I'm A Star”，載入無比動人旋律，是支討喜稱頭的序幕曲；唱片教父Clive Davis大力讚賞的Jazmine Sullivan送給好姐妹“I Don't Know Why, But I Do”，並邀請6座葛萊美獎都會靈韻才子John Legend鋼琴柔美伴奏；嘻哈文學藝術代言人Talib Kweli+葛萊美「最佳饒舌重唱/樂團」、滾石雜誌「全球20組最佳現場演出樂團」的費城7人團隊The Roots成員Black Thought，共同交出同名主題曲“Let Freedom Reign”，搖擺律動格外鮮明；串聯起Electro-Pop和Funky頻率交錯“So Cool”，很有派對High感；Jay-Z站台撐腰的說唱天才Rick Ross助陣曲“So In Love”，包覆晶亮Soul Jazz和Electro-Hop的微弱光芒，組合出道道美味音樂佳餚。
Let Freedom Reign is not quite as grandiose or as radical a shift for Chrisette Michele as its wrapping indicates. Chrisette packs the outside and inside of her third album with colorful, glamorous carnival scenes and inserts the title of each song into a lengthy essay. Apart from its charged mini-epic title song, featuring a marching band-like drive and verses from Talib Kweli and Black Thought, the album largely concerns affairs of the heart with a side of introspection and self-empowerment. Chrisette is back to co-writing almost all of her songs, while the whole set is produced by Chuck Harmony, who had a hand in almost every track on 2009's Epiphany. It's the most energetic of Chrisette's three albums, propelled by the uplifting "I'm a Star" and "Number One," as well as the Ne-Yo-penned "So Cool" -- something like a hybrid of two of his other glitzy, thumping songs, "Because of You" and "Spotlight." The album's upbeat disposition lends itself to a decrease in the prominence of plain ballads that functioned mostly as vocal showcases on the first two albums. The exquisitely fiery "Goodbye Game" -- a ballad and a standout -- is sonically loaded but doesn't detract from Chrisette's distressed and forceful voice, which resembles that of a young, gritty, and less shrill Patti LaBelle. ~ Andy Kellman
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