Took me a while to get back to this, but a promise is a promise!
I love this album. It is definitely a change from what he did before, as there is much less rap influence and certainly more Nashville/Southern influence. It seems like he took some of his songwriting style from some of the deeper, emotionally moving songs on Nothing Left to Lose and brought them to bear on this album.
My personal favorites from the album are:
All I Have (Regular and Acoustic Versions)
Fire & Rain
Closer to Love
City of Black & White
Some of these songs are just great jam songs, with meaningful lyrics. They also just catch my heart in the right place. Great album. Pick it up.
