Ledisi and Raheem DeVaughn put the love, community, and soul back into R&B.

With “Alright”— a top 20 single from her 2007 LP, Lost & Found— she confessed that the song came during a period when she was done with the music industry. ... Ledisi did just that.

LEDISI: Yes, and I’m looking forward to performing. Unfortunately, I lost cousins who lived in the Ninth Ward. I can’t say I’m looking forward to that part of my trip but I think it is ...

“Lost & Found,” the third studio album by Ledisi was the first of the singer’s work to debut on the Billboard 200 list and reach the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Singer-songwriter Ledisi closes Tri-C ... Opening with the smooth groove of “Alright” from her 2007 album “Lost and Found,” she quickly got the over-45 crowd’s collective heads ...

In the mid-2000s, Ledisi broke out with back-to-back albums Lost & Found (2007) and Turn Me Loose (2009), the latter of which earned her two Grammy nominations.