Reception
Soul Bounce reviewed the song:
Her latest, "Lions, Tigers & Bears," seemingly belies the "Fearless" album title, with Jazzy breaking down to a perspective paramour that kings of the jungle, Seigfried & Roy's crew AND Yogi are all cool with her, but this love thing? Yeah, scary as hell. What I love most about this track is the haunting melody, and of course, that voice. Lawd.
Opinions: Lions, Tigers & Bears is another one of Jazmine's quirky excursions that takes you in an unusual (and beautiful) direction. Where some rappers and singers will imply use beats that imply a 3/4 beat while playing in 4/4, she goes past any notion of implication by writing and performing an R&B song as a waltz(!). In fact, this song is more about the waltz than it is R&B and the orchestral arrangement is nothing short of fantastic. While Jazmine sings about everything she's not scared of but that one thing, a string section plucks softly on the one, accompanying a harp that carries the lead while a violin section fills the higher ends with long tones that float along the rhythm. Going into the bridge the orchestra blossoms with sound as piccolos subtly signal the pending rise and a French horn section blazes a majestic harmonic backdrop behind Jazmine that makes your skin tingle. That is all an aside to Jazmine's personal effort, which is tremendous. It takes some serious songwriting and vocal chops to pull this off and she did it with near ease. This is her dark horse song, one that may never get radio play but is deserving of being called one of the best on the album.
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