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Tony Toni Toné: Hits [Mercury, 1997]
In the tradition of the Everlys and the Alvins, the Wiggins brothers can't stand each other anymore. So this may be it for them, which is too bad, because only with House of Music did they become true sons of the soul revival, the most accomplished r&b act of the '90s. That's still the album to remember them by. This one merely creates the illusion that they always had it in them to match easy pop funk like "Feels Good" and "Little Walter" with come-ons like the opportunistic "Thinking of You" and the steadfast--a whole year, gosh--"Anniversary." A−