Ari's new cd, "Goddess", encompasses several themes, ranging from love ("Can't Stay Away", "Heart in Love", "SpeshulWon", "Don't Be a Friend of Lonliness"); Woman empowerment ("Respect Ur Woman"); Social consciousness ("Black N White", "Waking Up", "SoulDog", "Feed Ur Mind With a New Design"), overt sexuality ("What Do U Like?")and Earth-friendly consciousness ("SimpleGirl", and the dark,"Stop Killing Ur Momma"). One of the cd's strangest offerings is the experimental "The End of The Creative People", which examines the state of mainstream black American music. "BrainFingerInstrumental" is the lone instrumental which combines rock and jazz, but it doesn't feel like the jazz fusion of the past. "Goddess" allows its rock songs to have a little soul and jazz and let its experimental tracks get a little poppy, what it doesn't allow, is to categorize Ari's first cd as any one music genre. It's a genuine collection of songs straight out Ari's heart and head, and in the words of Ari, "This music is about the soul and it's twisted journey while in the 3rd dimension. It's about thought, not about the music having a 'tight' beat or being a big hit. The music seeks to get in your head, allowing you to unclog the old, stagnating thoughts to make room for new, empowering and enlightening ones." Welcome to Soulternative Music!