Michel'le - Michel'le
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Free Music Review: My Review
Hit: 5 Stars
I love this CD, I loved how is got to me so fast and the condition that it came in. Amazon made sure that I was getting this CD with no damages. Free Music Review: Worth The Money
Hit: 3 Stars
Michel'le may talk like a little girl, but when she sings she is all woman! Her voice is strong and sexy. From the first track to the last, Michel'le is worth the money.Michel'leFree Music Review: Old School 80's Classic
Hit: 5 Stars
Every song is great! Too bad she never came out with another album - beautiful voice.Free Music Review: SHE NEEDS TO COME BACK!!! WE MISS HER!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
THIS WOMAN IS BLESSED WITH A SOULFUL, BREATHTAKING VOICE. SHE NEEDS TO COME BACK TO US, WE MISS HER!!! IF U HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS WOMAN SING, U NEED TO EXPERIENCE IT....IT IS MEMORABLE!!! 5 STARS FOR THIS 100% WOMAN!!!Free Music Review: Gotta Disagree...
Hit: 4 Stars
I recognize what Mary has done for the "hip hop soul" genre, but umm....didn't Jodeci come out before her? And let's not forget that Bell Biv Devoe's multiplatinum debut was "hip hop smoothed out on the r&b tip with a pop feel appeal to it" despite their constantly being mislabeled as new jack swing artists (just peep the album -- crazy hip hop beats). If you want to go back even further, one could argue that New Jack Swing is the father of hip hop soul because acts like Bobby Brown, Tony Toni Tone, En Vogue, and plenty others were either rapping themselves or using rappers in their songs and many other acts before Mary were rapping and blurring the lines between the two genres. I think there are plenty of artists that helped create the "lane" that Mary is currently driving in. In other words, Mary wasn't first and she gets WAY too much credit. She took a title that was thrust upon her by the biggest shark in the industry (let's face it, Puffy doesn't have an original bone in his body), and ran with it. He got the idea from someone else, trust. And, naturally, the albums have two different sounds...there's a three (almost four) year gap in between the two releases ('89 & '92). Anyone that knows anything about hip hop (or soul, for that matter) knows that this was the period in which the sound of hip hop and r&b as a whole were turning in a different direction -- it went from a fun, party vibe (like Kid N Play, De La, or Dana Dane) to a more hardcore, gangsta sound (Snoop, EPMD, Ice Cube, Geto Boys, etc). I will give her this much, she did rap on her album....but so did Bobby Brown. You could also argue that Michel'le's debut was indeed a hip hop soul album because when it came out in '89, the uptempo joints on her album sounded precisely like what hip hop sounded like at that time.
Oh, and Michel'le's album is dope. Hands down. Her voice was great and the album is of high quality. Jams like Nicety, If, No More Lies, and the timeless slow jam Something In My Heart not only show off the woman's incredible vocal range, but also show Dr. Dre's range as a producer (something that he rarely shows anymore). I highly recommend adding this album to your collection...dated or not. Oh, and Michel'le did make a second album. It's entitled Hung Jury back in '98 and I think it was released on Death Row records....but don't quote me.
Peace.