Snoh Aalegra: Legendary Love review – raw R&B talent restrained by reverence for the greats

Snoh Aalegra’s fourth album, *Legendary Love*, is described as her strongest and most coherent statement yet, pairing her distinctive, Sade-like voice with rich, restrained production. Its modern take on 1980s R&B gives the record a compelling start, though the review says Aalegra’s reverence for musical icons sometimes makes her songs feel like tributes rather than original work.

The album moves between an Afrobeats and 1980s R&B blend on “I Love You” and sparse guitars with synths on “This That”. The review praises those tracks’ inventive, contemporary feel, but finds “Nothing Compares” and “Greatest of All Time” less successful, likening them to weaker nods to Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston. It also notes that Aalegra’s lyrics can be generic, while concluding that she has considerable talent to build on.