fem singers

M'shell Ndegeocello's "Bitter" is probably my favorite pop album of the '90s. Slow and funky and spilling over with the emotion (lyrics) of love-fucked blues. Gorgeous. Her new one, "Cookie," has some moments but a lot of unnecessary clutter.... PJ's "To Bring You My Love" is a searing, honest, rousing document. Hard to go wrong with this.