Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Labor Pains
3. Where's the Love - Syleena Johnson, Teefa
4. Freedom
5. Is It Because I'm Black
6. Be Me
7. Interlude: Redstorm's Domestic Lesson
8. You Let Me Down
9. Shoo Fly
10. Maury Povich - Cold Hard, Syleena Johnson
11. It Is True
12. Your Love
13. My First
14. Personal Trainer
15. Go Home
16. Go
17. Outro

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32392 in Music
• Released on: 2009-01-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

4 for 4
While many of Syleena's fans were disappointed with Chapter 3: The Flesh, deeming the album a sell out, I was less critical and it stills stands as one of 2005's R&B highlights for me. Now I have had a chance to listen to Chapter 4 a couple times and feel that again she has produced another solid set. For every track like Mary Povich and Where is the Love (one of the few auto tuned songs I can actually listen to), which appears to be here to appeal to the kids, there a Shoo Fly, Be Me, Freedom and Is It Because I'm Black. If you liked any of her first three albums then there's definitely something on Chapter 4 for you!

Syleena Johnson Chapter 4 Labour Pains
I bought this CD to complete the set of Syleena Johnson Chapters 1-4 I have; although the tracks are easy listening cos I love Syleena voice, this is my least favourite album in the set. Hopefully Syleena will come back better on her next outing.

Chapter 4: A more contemporary Syleena
Although I have always been a fan of Syleena and her distinctive, powerful vocals, I hesitantly purchased Labor Pains after being disappointed by Chapter 3. At first listen I wondered whether I should have given up on Syleena after the brilliant "I Just Wanna Let Go" and "I Believe in Love" in 2003. However, despite the attempts to lure new, younger fans with vocoder (Where's The Love and chat show parody(Maury Povich) there are some classic tracks.

"Freedom" is back to what Syleena does best, soaring vocals and strong, inspirational lyrics. "Is it Because I'm Black" and "Be Me" are both standout tracks with honest and heartfelt lyrics. "You Let Me Down" and "Your Love" are both strong tracks, with the latter being the albums requisite emotional ballad.

There are enough quality songs here to keep Syleena's fans happy as well as something different to appeal to a wider market. In my opinion it is nowhere near as good as chapters 1 and 2 and could do with a few tracks being cut, particularly the intro, outro and interlude but it's definately worth a listen as there are gems to be found.