In reply to pat.

To me, it feels like her most authentic, most solid body of work. Vocally, it’s only bested by 4 and B’Day. As a Destiny’s Child fan FIRST, it was overwhelmingly disappointing when she abandoned her soul/R&B sound after this album which is why I, and many other fans rank it among the best of her albums. I am still waiting for something like a DIL 2 and I’ve been waiting since 2003, I’m sure it will probably never happen but I can dream