“It doesn't take a genius to understand that Jazmine Sullivan doesn't suffer fools gladly. Her warm, confident songwriting is colored by an encyclopedic knowledge of her R&B and soul predecessors—from Stevie Wonder's fecund '70s funk to the lustrous melodies of '90s hits—and an ability to pick apart tropes like a scientist manipulating microbes on a slide. And then there's her voice, which conveys ”
