The mechanical drum machine that counts out the beat works as a martial aid as Ledisi marches into a better world where she can be her real, beautiful self.Д®ven when sheвЂ™s in a destructive mode, she does so only because the other person is trying to hold her back. To hear her is to be convinced.ДЇrom the very first track that serves as the title song, Ledisi employs tired and corny lyrics (i.e., вЂњ Like every woman I know / IвЂ™m complicated fo sho / But when I love, I love til thereвЂ™s no love no moвЂќ), but she sings them with such passion that the listener cannot help but be swayed. Ledisi offers a positive vibe in an inspiring and infectious voice. Ledisi uses clichГ©d song ideas as tropes and canned rhythms as instrumental arrangements while she sings about the importance of being true to oneself as a special person. The template is the same, as is the number of pieces and their arrangements, but within the confined specifications, new, inspiring art can be made. ItвЂ™s not just that individual puzzles may just have different pictures on them but that someone with patience and a good eye can interchange the pieces to create collage type works of surprising interest and creativity. ItвЂ™s the appeal of the separate pieces and that they can be rearranged without ever altering the meaning of the whole.ДЄs a performance artist, Mel Andringa has shown (e.g., вЂњPuzzle PicturesвЂќ) jigsaw puzzle manufacturers use only a limited number of cut-out patterns. What makes Ledisi interesting isnвЂ™t how she arranges the pieces of the puzzle per se. While skillfully presented, this theme - the artist as an unfinished person who uses music to explore the creatorвЂ™s different sides - is very common. The conceit suggests that the singer is a work in progress. The cover of LedisiвЂ™s latest record, Pieces of Me, cleverly features a head shot of the musician as an uncompleted jigsaw puzzle.

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