Music Review

Martha Wash (1993)

Martha Wash
Reviewed by David Browne | Jan 22, 1993
EW's GRADE
C+

Details Lead Performance: Martha Wash; Genres: Pop, R&B

Heard in snippets on hits by C+C Music Factory and Black Box, Martha Wash's voice is diva incarnate, a big, lusty tornado that's like Patti LaBelle without the bombast. But stretched out over Martha Wash, an album of generic beats and rhyme-by-numbers material, she's merely Zelma Davis with chops. Pray her label releases the delicious ''So Whatcha Gonna Do'' as a single, though. C+

Originally posted Jan 22, 1993 Published in issue #154 Jan 22, 1993 Order article reprints

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