Strength (The RH Factor EP)
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- Electric Lady Studios, NYC
- EastSide Sound, NYC (engineering, mixing)
- Quad Recording Studios, NYC (mixing)
- Sterling Sound, NYC (mastering)
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| Released | September 28, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | January–September, 2002 | |||
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| Length | 45:33 | |||
| Label | Verve B0003157-02 | |||
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Strength is a studio EP by trumpeter Roy Hargrove and his group The RH Factor, released by Verve Records on September 28, 2004.[1][2] It consists of two remixes plus unreleased material from the band's initial recording, Hard Groove, released the previous year.[3]
Hargrove commented about the album, calling it a "dance record" which is "just another representation of the RH Factor, with an emphasis on what we're doing live ... The record company wanted to put out something with fewer songs so that they could really concentrate on promoting it."[4]
Strength was nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Album at the 2005 Grammy Awards.[5]
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek described the album as "deep groove jazz-funk and [that] it's played in the pocket, fat and greasy".[1]
JazzTimes wrote that the album "doesn’t have all the hip-hop/R&B star power" but is nonetheless "imaginative and durable".[4]
PopMatters labeled the album "a mixed bag" while being "jolly but unmemorable".[6]
Josef Engles of Rondo magazine was more positive, stating, "Aside from the overly simplistic pop title track 'Strength,' the rest of the album has class and enough improvisational credibility to get even the most hardened, nostalgia-averse critics swaying along."[3]