Leela James

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Genre: Neo-Soul
Hometown: Los Angeles
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She may not impact the charts in any significant way, but that may just be a sign that Leela James is doing something right. Like a few other talented soul divas these days (who can't seem to elbow anemic-voiced waifs out of the way fast enough), this LA native is on a one-woman quest to resurrect the "soul" in neo-soul, and if her 2005 release A Change Is Gonna Come is any indication, she's on the right track. A small woman with a high speaking voice, James shakes the rafters when she sings, expressing the kind of passion and pathos that once gave soul music its name. Her voice rivals Me'Shell Ndegeocello's for sheer intensity, but James proves the more supple of the two, playfully slipping into upper registers whenever she needs to.

- Sarah Bardeen

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		Baby I'm Scared Of You (5:31)
		A Change Is Gonna Come (Live Version) (9:53)
		My Joy (Album Version) (4:57)
		Music (Album Version) (4:05)
		Clean Up Woman (4:24)
		Don't Speak (Album Version) (4:43)
		It's A Man's Man's Man's World (5:06)
		I'd Rather Be With You (5:23)
		My Joy (Live Version) (8:13)
		A Change Is Gonna Come (Album Version) (3:35)
		I Know I've Been Changed Interlude (Album Version) (2:05)
		Music (Morel's Pink Noise Edit) (4:56)
		Good Time (Album Version) (4:16)
		When You Love Somebody (Album Version) (4:30)
		I Try (4:54)
		You Know How To Love Me (4:04)
		Simply Beautiful (5:10)
		Miss You (5:25)
		Long Time Coming (Album Version) (4:02)
		Prayer (Album Version) (3:57)

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		Music (Album Version) (4:05)
		My Joy (Album Version) (4:57)
		Soul Food (3:19)
		When You Love Somebody (Album Version) (4:30)
		Good Time (Album Version) (4:16)