1 – Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair – Lauryn Hill – This beautiful, powerful woman has a fine and robust voice and she can do many things with it, the one thing she fails to do is show compassion or warmth and it is effecting this Nina Simone cover, in a not entirely negative way – B+
2 – Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind – Rhiannon Giddens – As opposed to this woman who exudes warmth the way Joan Baez exudes warmth – A
3 – The Revolution – Tomas Doncker – Still in the process of recording this call to the barricades, he calls bullshit but who will reply? – A
4 – Lamborghini – Future and Gucci Mane – Or an oldie from the Southern rap titan and his ex-con buddy – B
5 – If It Takes A Lifetime – Jason Isbell – Gentle American country opening track off the newbie, a little self-help for the boy – A-
6 – The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down – The band – Virgil quick come see, that goes Robert E. Lee… – A+
7 – Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Nice solo – A-
8 – Southern Man – Neil Young – Then, of course, there is this… – A
9 – Gucci Time – Gucci Mane – Very hooky track from 2012 featuring Swizz Beatz… B
10 – Double Trouble – Public Image Ltd – two days in and it sounds better than it did one day inm the bass part is a winner even if the spoken word intro is a drag (and a lie) – A
