Album Review: Chrisette Michele - I Am

Chrisette Michele may be signed to hip-hop label Def Jam and she may have sung hooks in the past on songs by the rappers Nas and Jay-Z, but she proves on her debut album, I Am, that she's definitely an R&B artist through-and-through. Chrisette, whose singing style evokes comparisons to Erykah Badu, Billie Holiday and Jill Scott, has put together an album that contains the fresh, sunny optimism of the young, but is wrapped in an old-school sound, style and sensibility. For more, click here to read your Guide's full review of Chrisette Michele's I Am.

• Album Review: Chrisette Michele - I Am
• Song stream: Chrisette Michele - "If I Had My Way"
• Song stream: Chrisette Michele - "Your Joy"

Album cover © Def Jam.