When Anita was a no-show in court, the judge entered a default judgment. problem was, she says she was in the dark because she never got served with legal papers. The singer says the contractor had the nerve to file suit for the $15K balance. she got up on a ladder and did the spackling herself. she paid $60K up front.Īnita says the guy didn't even finish the job and what he did do sucked so bad. she hired Ray Smith Painting and Decorating in 2009 to repair the outside of her home which was damaged by a storm. a Detroit judge issued the warrant after the Grammy-winning singer failed to show up in court over a dispute with a home contractor.Īnita tells TMZ. This is a worthy return, qualitatively standing head and shoulders above most everything else in its class.Anita Baker says she's the victim of a sinister plot which caused cops to get a warrant for her arrest. This gives the album a reedy immediacy that contrasts sharply with the rest of her studio catalog. On these cuts, most of the rhythm section's tracks were cut live from the floor, and on three, the vocals were as well.
But in one sense she has expanded her palette. Right down the line, Baker delivers on what she does best. This may be true in terms of the material itself, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Some may be frustrated that, after such a long time, Baker doesn't push the envelope more stylistically. Another cut, the stellar "I Can't Sleep," offers Baker in full-on jazz mode, careening through a skittering and swinging arrangement with a full horn section pushing the groove it showcases Baker's ability to croon, and she comes very close to Betty Carter's scat. Most of the set falls into this category, too, with the exception of "Like You Used to Do," a duet with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds that walks a line between it and new-school groove. The disc's first single, "You're My Everything," is indicative of the album's sound: finely wrought and executed urban adult soul. Baker co-wrote seven of the album's nine songs (one is a reprise of the title track), authored the aforementioned tune, and assisted producer Barry J. Family life seems to have claimed most of that time, as the album's last cut, "Men in My Life," seems to indicate. Anita Baker's My Everything is her first studio outing in a decade.
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