cardboard adolescent

I'm having a tough time with this album. On the one hand, I can hear the qualities R-T and Jackhammer listed that make this album classic, and it does have some pretty lush compositions and very culturally relevant soulful vocals... but I really can't get into it. I get a few songs into it and get bored and switch it to something else. I'm not sure what exactly is missing for me, but I think it might be that the album is too low-key and smooth, whereas I tend to favor driven, edgy music. Overall I guess I just don't have a proclivity for soul.