Peace Beyond Passion. I love them all, but the slow songs on this one are so great. When I heard this album, I knew that I would always be a fan. Mary Magdalene is my favorite from this album, right now, but Bittersweet, Stay, A Tear and a Smile, and of course Free My Heart. Just awesome songs, unlike I've heard from anyone before.

I like individual songs from each album, so it's hard to pick just one favorite - it depends on my mood. A few months ago, I kept playing "Fool of Me" off of Bitter repeatedly, for days. The last month, though, it's been "Come Smoke My Herb", every day, at least 10 times a day. I don't even indulge anymore. Perhaps it's an obsessive/compulsive disorder problem? Nah, I just love her music. I'm looking forward to the jazz album, but you can get a taste of her jazzy tendencies on at least one song on every album.

I voted for "Cookie". Although, like others have already said, I love ALL of Meshell's music, you just can't beat the irony in "Cookie"! In many ways, "Cookie" is like a return to "Plantation Lullabies" for me, only better!

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Originally posted by SweetKreme:
Cookie Is defintely my favorite!
Even though I love all of this woman's music - Cookie really displayed Me'Shell as a multi- talented artist - not just a terrific bassist but a diverse writer as well- not to mention a voice that'll make you smack someone!

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oh i think bitter showed more of multi talent that cookie, but of course, this is only my opinion...

Greetings to everyone here in ndegeland! New lass to the board and reading alot of posts!

I agree that all meshells music is bad! but I happen to love " C O O K I E ", by far!!! Next, Comfort Woman, PBP, Bitter! Its so hard to decide.

Does anyone know when her jazz album will be in the stores?

I had to think about this for a few months (of course, I, like many of you, can't really pick one). But, having to come down on one for the sake of it all.... it's gonna be Cookie!!

Something about it. (Cato's production is masterful.)

[Note: everyone wants cds to drop substantially in price, I am no different. But, when it comes to B, i got no problem with the prices (other than b not making shit on them). I got $18.99 worth of Peace Beyond Passion just this week.]

i hope you got more than one copy of "peace beyond passion", because it's only $10.99 here

i do so hate this question, but to be honest i have contemplated it before, and for some time. i have been a "disciple of her gospel" (i'm certain meshell would hate that term) since the days of "plantation lullablies". but my favorite would have to be "peace beyond passion".
i purchased "peace beyond passion" as soon as i learned of its release and was again, truly moved by the music that is meshell. but truth be told, it took me about a year and half to really "get" it; what she was saying. it really threw me, for meshell and i are near the same age, and at the time of "passion"'s release, i was 26. so when i really began to "get" this album (27 near 28 years old), i thought to myself, "well what the hell have i been thinkin' about all this damn time!?!!?" understand, i was well on the road (and am still working at it) to shaping my own spirituality and embarking on my personal communion with my God. i was coming to the realization that the spirituality i had was "borrowed" or "lent" to me by my parents. so when i turned 18, i was to take that "borrowed" spirituality and work with it - try it, study it, bend it, kick it, test it, trust in it, pray on it, eveb turn my back on it - everything to see if, as an adult, it worked for me and then make it my own. if not, then find a spirituality that did. for my parents' spirituality worked for them, so it only makes sense that they teach this "functional" spirituality to their children. so when i finally "got" (understood) "passion", i was like, "damn, that's the sh_t i'm working on; she already 'got' it, so i must be going in the right direction!!". i mean, think about it: anyone whose first verse provocatively annouces, ",... maybe judas was a better man, and mary made a virgin just to save face,...", don't you think they're trying to tell you to go and read the Bible for yourself and not rely on what others have been merely "tellin'" you what it says?!?
this iconoclastic album is the bomb. meshell smacks so many topics honestly on this album, and not just her spirituality. although in my opinion, her spirituality is the driving force behind "passion".
i apologize for the length of this entry, but i felt the need to disclose why "peace beyond passion" is such a profound album to me. my remaining favorites would fall thusly: 2)comfort woman 3)cookie (2 and 3 are constantly battling for that second position) 4)plantation lullabies 5)bitter.
,... thanks for your patience.