Whether she was vengefully busting the windows out of her cheating man’s car or  assertively apologizing for being in love with another man, Jazmine Sullivan is no stranger to telling stories in her music and she delivered her honest and “hoesome” truth yet again with her latest project, “Heaux Tales.”

Sullivan’s bluntness in her music has fans once again fawning at her deep, powerful runs and vivid imagery in each song. She takes it a step further and incorporates the tales of various women, tales many of us know all too well. 

The first few words we hear in Sullivan’s intro, “Bodies,” sounds like the honest pep talk we women have with ourselves the morning after we’ve done something we regret.

We wake up mad at ourselves for sending that drunk text, for waking up next to the man/woman who has kept stringing us along or in this case, for “not knowing who we went home with again.”

“Pick up your feelings” is that ballad one would play when they’ve finally had enough of the bull-- and have regained their confidence and energy to not only clean up the house, but get rid of all emotions and feelings associated with the situation. 

Lines like “main b*tch, I ain’t average” and “I got my jeans, I’m too thick” clearly show how Sullivan is back to feeling herself and knowing her worth, which seems fitting since she recently has changed her diet and has trimmed and toned her curves. 

“Pick up your feelings” has some similarities to the unfulfilled Erykah Badu’s “Tyrone”  and describes that feeling one would feel when they realize that what they are receiving is no longer good enough.

The word that comes to mind with “Ari’s Tale'' and “Put it Down” is dickmatized. They both describe the capability that good d has to make some women do the craziest things and accept the craziest things. 

“I was damn near willing to just let him talk to me crazy, because that shit was out of this world,” said Ari. 

Lyrics from “Put it Down” continue to say, “I get the check if he asks me...I pay his rent if he’s nasty.”

There is definitely something about having our orgasmic needs met that makes women so generous and in good spirits. 

Sullivan chose the perfect person, Ari Lennox, to harmonize with on “On it.” The two perfectly set the mood and painted the picture of a masterful sexual performance. Who would have thought that there was a more beautiful way to sing about spitting on and sitting on penises? (Not me).

Donna was preaching in her tale, as evident by the organ playing on her interlude, when she described the power of sex, even in marriage. 

She said, “you fucking your husband, so you can get what what the fuck you want.”

“Donna’s Tale” smoothly segues into “Price Tags” featuring Anderson .Paak, who tells the contrasting story of men who pay for everything for these women whose vajayjays only get wet from money. 

Sullivan has hinted at these same sentiments as “Donna’s Tale” and “Prince Tags” in her song from her album,”Reality Show,” with the track “Mascara.” The lines, “No, I ain't got a job, but so what?/ I don’t need it when I’m getting everything that I want/ and everything that I ask for/ I wear that freakum dress for daddy and he give me more.”

Unfortunately, not all stories have happy endings and that was said with “Rashida’s Tale” and “Lost one.”

What is a Jazmine Sullivan project without songs that perfectly describe the ups and downs, highs and lows of being with someone. 

Sullivan speaks about owning up to our mistakes in love and the hurt we may have caused, but also the other side, which is not wanting to be forgotten. 

The title of this project is called “Heaux Tales,” but to be a hoe, one has to have some level of confidence to own up to the hoe tendencies, the hoeish ways and even not care what people may think. 

But at the end of the day, sometimes the power of the pussy is what gives us that confidence and in “Amanda’s Tale,” it is often that we as women feel that who we are “is not enough.”

Ending the project with H.E.R.’s guitar strums and melodic voice speaking the pain of what it feels like to not be chosen and us women having to deal with the aftermath in “Girl like me.”

When the sex isn’t enough to make him want us and we somehow go to war with ourselves, attacking the woman we see in the mirror, to end up at the conclusion that the “good girl shit” no longer serves us and that maybe it’s time for us to try being a hoe.

Regardless, we have all contemplated this same exact thought before. Thankfully, we can reminisce at our growth and experiences with Sullivan’s EP. 

Once again, Jazmine Sullivan does not miss or disappoint.