The album is very naked. I've had some fears about how my fans will react to my music. Besides that, it's been six ... years. Will (fans) be checking for Eric Benet?

I would be dishonest if I said I didn't feel a little concern.

[Benet stops short of calling his new musical direction a reinvention.] I'm evolving, ... This is just a continuation of the same ascent.

Spend My Life With You.

This album is, in a sense, closure to a chapter in my life.

This album is, in a sense, closure to a chapter in my life. I've purged myself of some of the things I've been going through in the last five years. That's more important to me than the fear of not being accepted by old fans.