Though the second album is titled Floetry Re:Birth, it’s actually the first album that sounds truly like a Floetry release without Marsha Ambrosius. Floetic Soul is also widely available, so this is a review of both Stewart’s albums. Stewart’s current album is also a Shanachie release: The Floacist Presents Floetry Re:Birth, which dropped last November, is an acknowledgement of the 10 th anniversary of Floetry’s first album, Floetic, according to the singer/rapper/spoken-word artist. The divergent musical and career paths the two have taken would be enough to prove that without either of them ever speaking publicly about it. Her lush, lovely and often sex-soaked modern soul sound has roots in Floetry but is definitely far away (pardon the pun) from the duo’s unique blend of postmodern soul, hip hop and spoken word.Īmbrosius and Stewart’s split was definitely contentious according to both sides.
Photos courtesy ofįormer Floetry “Songstress” Ambrosius has received tons of attention, acclaim and airplay (radio and music video) with her major-label solo debut, Late Nights & Early Mornings. The album charted on Billboard’s pop, R&B/hip hop and independent album charts. Later that year, her first solo CD was released though independent label Shanachie, The Floacist Presents Floetic Soul. Stewart self-released a downloadable EP titled The Floacist Presents…Spoken Soul Vol. “The Floacist,” has been forging a fiercely independent musical path since Floetry, the duo she formed with Marsha Ambrosius, broke up in 2006.