Why did so many good artists from the 2000s have two great albums and then either disappeared or fell off? D'Angelo, India.Arie, Jill Scott, Alicia Keys all fit that pattern to a greater or lesser extent, imo.
I mean... I don’t HATE any of them but I did think that Real Thing was a noticeable step down from Beautifully Human. I like the latest one a lot though. I don’t think any of Jill’s are as bad as Element of Freedom, for sure.