Vertical Hold - A Matter Of Time was one the moderately successful R&B/soul albums from the 1990s decade which still managed to be a hit. The pop single You're Much Too Busy and ASAP is what made A Matter Of Time a moderately successful album. The album is a fusion of soul and pop. This is one of those soul pop albums.
Angie Stone had a strong foundation of her own with groups Vertical Hold and The Sequence. Her working with Vertical Hold is what established a strong foundation for herself in the music business. The group Vertical Hold had 3 singles which were already moderately successful hits in the United States with Seems You're Much Too Busy being one of them.
Vertical Hold is one of those groups that should have went on to record more albums than just two. Vertical Hold could have been a successful soul pop group as well.
Seems You're Much Too Busy is about a person who is much too busy to give attention and spend time with the one they love. That person is much too busy these days.
The ironic part about this song is that Angie had recently departed the group Vertical Hold. Yes, the one and only group called Vertical Hold. That is why you can hear her craft all over this song. Seems You're Much Too Busy has a soulful touch which follows the upbeat tempo.
Magic Carpet Ride is a funky soul composition which uses a number of instruments to accommodate their vocals. The song takes on a funky but soulful ride. Lenny Kravitz performs on the guitar.
You will love Angie's melodic voice on Matter of Time. Willie Bruno programmed the soft drumming you hear behind her vocals. The song Matter of Time uses a flair of pop. The song is similar to an 80s pop ballad. Notice the stop/start style with the beats. Matter of Time seems to follow a melody which accommodates Angie’s voice.
I rate this album 3/5***.
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