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The legendary Grammy winning singer\/ producer\/songwriter\/musician Babyface,<\/strong> and Grammy winning singer Toni Braxton <\/strong>released\u00a0 \u201cLove, Marriage, & Divorce\u201d on February 4th, 2014. This is an album fans have been waiting 20 years, to hear these two legends on an album together. From Toni\u2019s debut on the 1992 Boomerang soundtrack \u201cGive U My Heart\u201d. Their chemistry is undeniable.<\/p>\n

The first song to start the album off is the mid-tempo, \u201cRollercoaster\u201d. It\u2019s explaining their love is like a rollercoaster. \u201cOne minute, I love you. The next minute I hate you\u201d an indescribable emotion, one goes through in a rocky relationship. That leads to the second track, \u201cSweat\u201d. Very sensual and vibrant song, I can see this being a fan favorite off the album. The song is basically saying if you want to fight, we can take it to the bed instead, and sweat it out. The 1^{st<\/sup> single off the album \u201cHurt You\u201d comes after, as well as the second single \u201cWhere Did We Go Wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n}

In which, that song brilliantly follows up to the 5^{th<\/sup> song \u201cI Hope That You\u2019re Okay\u201d. Which you can imagine after you ask the question, \u201cWhere did we go wrong\u201d? The solution would be to leave the relationship. The song is just Babyface\u2019s vocals, so this would mean this is his or the male perspective of dissolving the relationship. Then you have Toni\u2019s response to \u201cI Hope That You\u2019re Okay\u201d, which is the soft ballad \u201cI Wish\u201d. Hoping that whoever the new woman he gets with gives him a disease. Not enough to kill him, but just enough to make him suffer the way he did to her. You can interpret this any kind of way, as being unfair or what not. But concept wise it\u2019s brilliant, because sometimes that\u2019s the woman\u2019s perspective in a break up.<\/p>\n}

Then the next song is \u201cTake It Back\u201d. A Babyface solo track asking if it\u2019s possible they can go back to the way it used to be. \u201cReunited\u201d, you can see it\u2019s the part of the album where it\u2019s the last attempt at reconciling the relationship\/marriage. \u201cI\u2019d Rather Be Broke\u201d is another solo track from Toni. The production build up in the song was really cohesive with her vocals, as well as the background vocals. In the lyrics, she is saying that she\u2019d rather be broke than put it up with the individual\u2019s behavior. Creatively speaking, this is the demise of the relationship. \u201cHeart Attack\u201d is the next track, a fun up-beat tempo. Then the last song is \u201cThe D Word\u201d. Babyface in the first verse is giving a play-by-play of the beginning stage of the divorce. Simply saying in the chorus even though they\u2019re not together, she\u2019ll always have his heart.<\/p>\n

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This is really a conceptual album, so you really can\u2019t break it up into sections and skip songs like it\u2019s a mixtape. You have to listen to the album completely. It\u2019s like hearing a love story unfold and the different stages some people go through from love, marriage, and divorce. Overall production and concept, I will give this album 5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

“Love, Marriage, & Divorce” is available in stores right now and for digital purchase via iTunes and Amazon MP3. Also available for purchase at Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n