In that sense I’d say it is fair to call it a “concept album,” because anything with a story that requires you to invest in it and follow it from start to end like a film or a novel breaks from the music industry standard. If you try to listen to it superficially or just focus on the singles that have been released, you miss the context of the narrative that Jazmine Sullivan builds up throughout the presentation. That sense of power can be heard in “Pick Up Your Feelings.” In a very Missy Elliott style rap croon combo, Sullivan mocks her partner for being butt hurt: “You said that I’ve been acting different yeah/Funny how I finally flipped the script on ya/When you the one who’s double dipping yea/you so sloppy how I caught you slipping up.” Go on Jazmine. With “Lost One” she also seems to want that reclaimed agency to have purpose and not be frivolously squandered on depression or insecurity. As indicated in one of the aforementioned interludes, Sullivan is tired of men having all the agency or being shocked when women state an equal or greater level of sexual desire to men. “You know when you lost one/girl you know when you lost one/go out and fuck different people to cope and ignore all precautions/You drink and you drink and get fed up, you feel like that’s your only options.” The frank language is certainly indicative of Sullivan’s stated desire to reclaim the conversation about sexuality.
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