S.O.U.L.

A little different than the similarly priced 2008 compilation , offers a ten-track budget sampling of 's four albums for and : (1998), (2001), (2002), and (2006). During this era, the singer placed 11 songs on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. Seven of them are here, including the number three hit "How You Gonna Act Like That," the number nine "Sweet Lady," and the Top 20 "Signs of Love Makin'." Among the missing significant cuts are "Nobody Else" and "I Like Them Girls," both of which peaked within the Top 20. ~ Andy Kellman