Unexpected

Album: Unexpected (2010)
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Songfacts®:

  • This quick and funky number with a message of "prepare yourself for just about anything," is the title track from American R&B-soul singer–songwriter Angie Stone's fifth studio album.
  • Stone explained in publicity materials that the album title came from the sudden passing of her father midway through the recording of the album. "It was totally unexpected," she said, "and that's where I came up with the title of the album. I really didn't think I could finish the project, because I was so grief stricken... I had to do a lot of the vocals a second time. I had to lean on my dad's wisdom and energy, and try to be open to what he would have wanted me to do in order to finish the songs. I can say that his spirit was literally there in the studio with me, and I'm grateful for that."
  • The song's backbeat was inspired by Sly Stone's 1971 hit, "Fight For This Love."

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