Let me start off saying that Gerald Levert is a good singer. I've heard him absolutely "tear up" soul classics such as his electrifying performance at Aretha Franklin's Walk of Fame on BET. He has "pipes" so to speak. This album really left me hanging. I expected to hear those great pipes being really used, but this album just didn't do it for me. His top songs are "Awesome" which I would give 5 stars because it is brilliant & his duet with Tamia ("(They Long To Be) Close To You") which is great. I even liked "Knock Knock Knock", though I thought it lacked something and seemed a bit on the corny side. " Stroke of Genius" is ok, merely average. The rest of the album just doesn't work for me and doesn't live up to its title "STROKE OF GENIUS". Gerald is a great vocalist, but his album is mediocre at most. 2 1/2 stars.