AMG Review of Letter

Andy Kellman
All Music Guide

Avant switches labels once more, this time from Capitol to Verve Forecast, for his sixth album. Apart from three eyebrow raisers -- namely "Body Police," "That Dude," and "Had Enough" -- The Letter offers another ballad-heavy round of smooth, sophisticated, and occasionally raunchy R&B songs -- most of which are collaborations with the Pentagon -- for the thirty and up crowd. It's not one of the singer's best albums, but those who can wade through the miscues will have an EP's worth of solid Avant.