Tracklist

1. The Last Fall
2. Authenticity
3. Eyes To The Sky
4. All Roads
5. Fight For Love
6. Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me
7. Don’t Wait
8. Make Me A Fool
9. Everything Must Go
10. Laughing At Your Plans
11. This City Ain’t The Same Without You

Continuing their R&B experiment, Phonte and Nicolay take their Grammy nominated project The Foreign Exchange to release their third albumb Authenticity. Keeping true to their amazing sound they crafted on their sophomore album, FE is comfortable continuing their soul journey together.

 With Phonte, an accomplished emcee formerly of the group Little Brother and Nicolay, a producer comfortable in the soul or hip hop production circle, FE (Foreign Exchange) has the potential to take a number of directions when they get together. Their debut album Connected exists as a genre smashing blend of hip hop and R&B which to date has kept their fans on their toes in anticipation of what direction new music will take. Filled with features as well as danceable numbers, it remains as a timeless classic that has a fresh take on the blend of hip hop and R&B with Nicolay’s signature sound.

On their second album, Leave It All Behind, FE chose to shock their fans with an all soul offering that featured a heavy dose of features including a Grammy nominated feature with fellow soul innovator Muhsinah. There, Nicolay and Phonte crafted yet another classic that exists as a sound a bit distant from their first offering.

In steps Authenticity with a less shocking sound than their previous directions. This album has more of a theme or mood shift than a genre change. Where Connected and Leave It All Behind were celebrations of life and love, Authenticity attacks your heart with the vulnerable side of love.

Each song will cause a bit less of the wonder and a bit more of the step back to think moments. Attempting to assist smoothing those difficult trips in love through song, FE stresses how rare love is and how once it is found the rest should be seen for what it is…distraction. Even though the lyrical content approaches the theme in that way, Nicolay still manages to not allow the mood to dampen your spirit. Nic’s signature modern day synth sound still soothes.

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