Ok now I admit I havent got up to track 8 yet however I think this is going to be one of my favorite albums of the summer. The Light has a nice beat with her laying some positive lyrics about bettering yourself. Fast Car is a futuristic tyoe of pop tune that doesnt sound too far from a Black Eyed Peas type tune. Cue The Rain was the single we thought was called "Chains". A stomping rocker with a catchy chorus and nice vocals. Take Me [With You] is another hot uptempo little r&b pop tune with some nice backging vox that turns into the late 80's / 90's type Dance song "With You" which is more than just a reprise. Hard To love ya i forgot what that one sound like as well as My Couch but I remember them not being bad at all just lost my attention. I ended up on "Whats The Plan" another nice 80's thumping synth funk tune with some nice bass and some repetitive chants over some intresting changed up beats.

I advise you guys to check it out from what I heard! Comes out 2morrow!


"The Light (Produced By Cool & Dre) [5:04]"
"Fast Car (Feat. Missy Elliot) (Produced By Cool & Dre) [4:18]"
"Cue The Rain (Produced By Cool & Dre) [6:02]"
"My Couch (Feat. Cool & Dre) (Produced By Cool & Dre) [6:03]"
"Take Me [With You] (Feat. Marsha Ambrosius) (Produced By Cool & Dre) [3:45]"
"With You (Produced By Cool & Dre) [4:34]"
"Hard To Love Ya (Feat. Busta Rhymes,Shawn Stockman & Dre) (Produced By Cool & Dre) [4:14]"
"What's The Plan (Produced By Cool & Dre) [3:10]"
"Long Ass Week (Produced By Cool & Dre) [4:10]"
"Runnin' (Produced By Cool & Dre) [4:03]"
"People (Feat. Mary J. Blige) (Produced By Cool & Dre) [3:54]"
"If He Wanna (Feat. Serani) (Produced By The Neptunes) [4:49]"
"Over The Mountain (Produced By Skitz) [5:12]"
"The World (Produced By Cool & Dre) [5:31]" [3]
[Edited 8/26/09 12:11pm]

Guess nobody got this one

paisleypark4 said:

Didn't know it was released! That's another one to look out for (that, Ledisi and Whitney).
[Edited 8/26/09 11:55am]

After hearing the whole thing now it is a nice album. It has alot of difrent styles and is not a hardcore comeback however her lyrics are sweet tracks like "The Light" and "Long A-- Week" are great. My favorite being Take Me & With You. The Neptunes reggae track was ok but kind of a let down. Its not the best album she ever made but it is enjoyable.

paisleypark4 said:

Thanx for the review.

does she rap anymore? I miss that.

BklynBabe said:

Yeah:
People
The World
Over The Mountain
Long A-- Week
The Light
Hard To Love Ya

I listened to this once last week (or did we get it 2 weeks ago? ) and in all honesty haven't had the desire to play it again yet.

And I love her.

She looks great in the Mike Ruiz pics on the liner notes.
[Edited 9/15/09 21:12pm]

Timmy84 said:

Thats why you should stop in on occasion at my site.

I didn't know the album was out either until I saw her perform Cue the Rain on Ellen yesterday. Pretty good performance.

What was the name of the track that was leaked months ago. I don't think it's on there so I skipped the release. Trying to cut down on albums unless they are by favorite artists or are hits collections.

JackieBlue said:

Yeah, I liked that too. Boy, what a quite release... who knew.

1DirXtion said:

Im about to click now and its looking intresting!

VinnyM27 said:

We thought it was something about Chains but it's actually the song Cue the Rain, the one she's performing on Ellen.

Ok, I just gave it another spin.

The first 3 songs are easily the best part of this album.
"Cue the Rain" is a good catchy track.
"Pure" is such an obvious attempt at getting Ghey Club play and "Long Ass Week" is just as obvious an attempt at a Girls Nite Out anthem. Unfortunately both dull IMO.
"Hard to Love Ya" with Busta is generic. We've heard this done a hundred times.
"What's the Plan": she should've skipped this song altogether and done a KICKASS remake of Shannon's "Let the Music Play" instead. Would've been WAY hotter and you can tell from this lackluster number that she could pull it off.
"People" with Mary J and "Over the Mountain" are nice enough.

I appreciate that she wanted to mix all these genres. This could've been a GREAT album. Right artist. Right concept. But falls short...and kinda flat.

That said. Not the worst album I've ever heard.

What's the song sampled in "Runnin"??? It's makin me nuts.
[Edited 9/16/09 10:39am]

I do like Over the Mountain though.....

johnart said:

Thats a good question for "Runnin"

Lyon, Andre/Eddie Montilla/Dana Owens/Valenzano, Marcello


Thanks for your review. Now that I heard the whole thing it's ok. It is still better than what I was expecting. It's just a bit commercial in spots...there is some gay flovor...some hardcore flavor..some MTV flair. Maybe she should have stuck to one sound this time around? Im loving "With You" I wasnt expecting that dance track to be on there..took me back to the 90's.

I just know her rapper side is in there somewhere!
She is a good singer but..... I want the old Latifah back.

paisleypark4 said:

If that's not a sample in "Runnin" they majorly ripped off something from the 80's. It's gotta be a sample.