Sophomore slumping has plenty of root causes, but the pop music proverb we often use to explain that unlucky dip feels wrong: You have your entire life to make your first record and only a year or two to make your second. Not really. Has anyone ever successfully squeezed the entirety of their existence into a debut album? With his new sophomore opus, “The Passionate Ones,” it’s clear that Nourished by Time — the nom-du-R&B of Baltimore singer-songwriter Marcus Brown — still has plenty of life stashed away in the pockets of his work pants. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post Save on unmatched reporting. Get your first year for $20

This is an album filled with strangely exhilarating, broad-minded songs about love, longing, hard times and end times — all sung in a voice that feels

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