Lil Kim - La Bella Mafia
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Artist: Lil KimEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Published: 2003
CD Release Date: 2003-03-04
Music Label: Atlantic
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- Hold It Now (feat. Havoc)
- Doing It Way Big
- Can't F**k with Queen Bee (feat. Governor & Shelene Thomas with Full Force)
- Hollyhood Skit
- Shake Ya Bum Bum (feat. Lil' Shanice)
- This Is Who I Am (feat. Swizz Beatz & Mashonda)
- The Jump Off (feat. Mr. Cheeks)
- This Is a Warning
- (When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now? (feat. Missy Elliott)
- Thug Luv (feat. Twista)
- Magic Stick (feat. 50 Cent)
- Get in Touch with Us (feat. Styles P)
- Heavenly Father (feat. "Big Hill")
- Tha Beehive (feat. Reeks, Bunky S.A., Vee & Saint from the Advakids)
- Came Back for You
Free Music Notes for La Bella Mafia
Free Music Review: Queen Bee Holds The Crown
Hit: 5 Stars
Lil' Kim comes with her strongest material on this album: La Bella Mafia. For the album, she recruited the best of the best and practically the whole album features someone. This is my personal favorite album by a rapper. Here is the track by track breakdown of the album.
1. Intro: An intro, no review available.
2. Hold It Now [featuring Havoc]: This is one of my favorites off the album. The chorus is really good and the ending of the osng features Kim hosting a radio station taking calls. This is hilarious.
3. Doing It Way Big: One of the few solo tracks on the album. She basically tells everyone that she does things big and also pays homage to her mentor: The Notorious B.I.G.
4. Can't F**k With Queen Bee [featuring Governor, Shelene Thomas with Full Force]: THE best song on the album, which samples "Free" by Deniece Williams (which is my favorite song of all time). Kimmie sings and raps on this awesome track. Shelene Thomas does some impressive vocals, Governor does some good singing and the part with Full Force blew it out of the water (love that part).
5. Hollyhood Skit: A skit, no review available.
6. Shake Ya Bum Bum [featuing Lil' Shanice]: A fun song featuring Kim's protege, Lil' Shanice. This is a pretty good song.
7. This Is Who I Am [featuring Mashonda and Swizz Beatz]: One of my favorites because she tells everyone off. Mashonda does good singing for the chorus.
8. The Jump Off [featuring Mr. Cheeks]: The only video for the album, but still a good one. A good single to pick.
9. This Is A Warning: I liked this song at first but now I grew un-interested in this one. It's sort of scary to me, but it's not a bad song.
10. (When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now? [featuring Missy Elliott]: One of my favorites because it's a good track to dance to and my favorite part is the third verse.
11. Thug Luv [featuring Twista]: A good song in which Kim does some fast-paced rapping to keep up with Twista.
12. Magic Stick [featuring 50 Cent]: Probably the most notable track on the album because it's so good. There should have been a video (but 50 Cent ruined it by being an a**). The end features Kim at the radio station again and once again it is funny.
13. Get In Touch With Us [featuring Styles P.]: My second favorite track on the album. Both rappers deliver great bars for this one and I love the last verse where they talk about the "Money, Power, Respect."
14. Heavenly Father [feturing "Big Hill"]: One of the songs that I didn't particularly like. I don't know why, but it just isn't.
15. Tha Beehive [featuring Reeks, Bunk S.A., Vee and Saint from the Advakids]: The other track that I didn't like. I don't know why, I just don't.
16. Came Back For You: A really good track to end the album on. The video was unreleased but I think it should have been. She insults both rivals Foxy Brown and Eve.
Queen Bee delivers one of rap's best albums ever. She does quite a number of guest stars, but that's all good. No one does like Lil' Kim.
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La Bella Mafia (Edited version) by Lil' KimThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
Now that Lil' Kim's third solo outing is upon us, it's fair time to pose this question: is this fly Brooklyn female a legitimate MC or just another media sensation? Well, probably a little of both. La Bella Mafia is a refreshingly uncommercial album that demonstrates Kim?s hard-earned mic skills, but the set never really hits its stride. Kim seems to be a woman who favors strong musical partners, yet many of the album?s collaborations fail to inspire. Swizz Beats is at his abysmal worst (as both rapper and producer) on "This Is Who I Am" while Kim?s cookie-cutter rhymes blindly follow his lead. "The Jump Off" features a hot, bhangra-accented Timbaland track that loses momentum when guest star Mr. Cheeks jumps in. But when it works, La Bella Mafia shines. Just check out "Hold It Now," where Havoc ratchets up the temperature with judicious use of the always-funky Beastie Boys sample "Paul Revere" and Kim rises to the occasion with a performance worthy of her Queen Bee title. --Rebecca Levine
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