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Laydeez with Attitude

LAYDEEZ WITH ATTITUDE

A pretty sassy collection of female Urban classics, mostly from the last five years or so – A Sistas in the City compilation.  Mainly culled from the last year or two utilising the mainstream lady playas, but quite nicely one or two memory joggers and also one or two lesser knowns (relatively).

The big name cuts are quite predictable, the catchy big hits of Missy, J-Lo, Blu Cantrell, Lumidee, Mya, Eve and – why I don’t know ‘cos it just don’t fit (fake attitude an’all) – Britney.  UK represented by Misteeq, Lisa Maffia and Ms Dynamite.

As always I lean towards the Soul side and fortunately with a Laydeez compilation this is not too far away.  There’s the more popular end like Aaliyah, Ashanti, Toni Braxton but just below that we have some terrific cuts by the likes of Tweet, Sunshine Anderson, SWV, Terri Walker, Amy Winehouse, Faith Evans and Chante Moore.

Special mention, as always, for the omnipresent Erykah Badu and extra special mention for Dome records, represented by a gorgeous and should cross over cut by Rosie Gaines, and the older but nonetheless good track by Beverley Knight.

All in all a well rounded and gettable collection amongst collections where ideas are running thin.

Press release details and track list below:

Kiss Presents…

Laydeez With Attitude

 

Release Date: 22nd March 2004 Label: Universal TV

 

A kick ass collection for classy chicks

 

Listen up girls…here’s a new compilation of the hottest urban tunes from the most happening female artists. Jennifer Lopez, Amy Winehouse, Lumidee, Javine, Mis-Teeq and Ms Dynamite – these are Laydeez With Attitude who know what they want and tell it like it is.

 

The perfect album for independent women who strut their stuff (to Missy Elliot’s ‘Work It’), stand their ground and speak their mind. Full of feisty, sexy, defiant tracks including the Sugababes ‘Hole In The Head’, ‘Let Me Blow Ya Mind’ by Eve feat. Gwen Stefani and ‘Shut Up’ by the Black Eyed Peas; plus ladyeez with attitude anthems, ‘Independent Women’ from Destiny’s Child and ‘Right Here’ from SWV – it doesn’t get much better than this.

 

Tracklist

CD 1                                                                            CD2

 

1

Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up

1

Jennifer Lopez feat. Ja Rule – I’m Real

2

Missy Elliot – Work It

2

Destiny’s Child – Independent Woman Part 1

3

Fya feat Smujji – Must Be Love

3

Sugababes – Hole In The Head

4

Lumidee – Never Leave You…uh ooh, uh oooh!

4

Lisa Maffia – All Over

5

Mis-Teeq – Scandalous

5

Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul – Breathe

6

Aaliyah – Try Again

6

2 Play feat. Raghav feat. Naila Boss – It Can’t Be Right

7

Ashanti – Rock Wit You (Awww baby)

7

Timberland & Magoo & Missy Elliott – Cop That Disc

8

Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine

8

Faith Evans – Love Like This

9

SWV – Right Here

9

Toni Braxton – You’re Makin’ Me High

10

Tweet – Ooops

10

Javine – Real Things

11

Eve feat. Gwen Stefani – Let Me Blow Ya Mind

11

Ms. Dynamite – Dy-Na-Mi-Tee

12

Chante Moore – Straight Up

12

Foxy Brown – I’ll Be

13

Mya – Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do)

13

Naila Boss – La La La

14

Sunshine Anderson –Heard It All Before

14

Salt N Pepa feat. En Vogue – Whatta Man

15

Amy Winehouse – Stronger Than Me

15

Beverley Knight – Flavour Of The Old School

16

Terri Walker – Ching Ching (Lovin’ You Still)

16

Kele Le Roc – My Love (Ignorants Mix)

17

Erykah Badu - Danger

17

Christina Milian – AM to PM

18

Rosie Gaines – I Can’t Get You Off My Mind

18

702 – Where My Girls At

19

Sparkle feat. R Kelly – Be Careful

19

Britney Spears – Stronger

                                                               

KISS SMOOTH R&B

For me Hip Hop is Soul, R&B is Soul, Urban is Soul, Soul is Soul but in this fractious world of genres and sub genres often people who like say R&B won't like or even know anything about Soul, maybe it's an age thing but Soul will ultimately prevail. Now on this massively commercial album there is an enormous amount of good Soul Music, and hopefully barriers will be broken. Indeed who put them up in the first place, the very people who (and there are signs) are starting to bring them down.

For the reason stated this site covers all of these genres but is firmly placed in the Soul camp and from that perspective such an album can only be welcomed and it should work both ways. There are some of the great current voices on here D'Angelo, Jodeci, India Arie, R Kelly to name but 4, so the Soul headz can be exposed to Urban. Fuse that with the edge of some Urban beats and rhymes the Urban folk can dig deeper into soulful roots. Hopefully anyway.

Kicking off with Beyonce's new one which is the best of her bunch. Lemar's 50/50 is as good as you 'll get from a UK artist.

From the Soul crew Ashanti's voice has been criticised but I kinda like it. She certainly has something in the material that wins through. Quite a bit from the ladeez, the lovely Aaliya, Faith Evans with the smooth pounding (sic) of Faith Evans, love like this (best track on the set), Brandy, Mya, Destiny's. Hey there's loads and it gets better with what became a soul anthem Sunshine Anderson and then India Arie (who I still can't get over I saw as a backing singer!). I also will repeat again here though it's elsewher on the site that I much prefer Kelly to Beyonce, here Kelly does the mellow, floaty and dreamy Train on the track.

Talking of voices that will make it big time Pharrell is featured, unfortunately ads only back up to the ever wonderful and lazy style of Snoop. B2K following on from their predecessors in the style of male vocal outfits JodeCi, Blackstreet and K-Ci and JoJo(who are all featured).

On the male front there is a great midtempo soul dancer from Montell Jordon. Dru Hill doesn't always win me over but In my Bed is certainly one of his better efforts.

CD2 kicks off on the smooth side of hip hop 50 cent ft Nate Dogg, Notorious B.I.G, Jay Z and the king of the genre LL Cool J and later on the Fugees, Wyclef.

Some tracks go back pretty much to New jack, like Jodeci. Also the Whitehead brothers is a fine inclusion.

There's some massive hits in here to, dancefloor smashes like Blu Cantrell and Sean Paul, Nelly &mpmp; Kelly, 2 play, J-Lo ft LL Cool J, Ja Rule, Charli Baltimore and Eve. Mostly these will help sell the album but most of those mentioned to have an enduring quality in this, especially in the UK, fast turnover and soon rejected business.

All round a fine and varied set except for a few duffers which I have cunningly not mentioned. The best Faith Evans, Montell Jordan, D'Angelo, Blackstreet, Sunshine, Kci & Jo Jo.

1 Beyonce  Me Myself and I
2 Sugababes -Too Lost In You
3 Lemar -50/50
4 Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul -Breathe
5 Ashanti -Foolish
6 Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland -Dilemma
7 Aaliyah -More Than A Woman
8 Faith Evans -Love Like This
9 Brandy -What About Us
10 Snoop Dogg &mpmp; Pharrell -Beautiful
11 B2K -Girlfriend
12 Mya -My Love Is Like
13 2Play feat. Raghav & Jucxi -So Confused
14 Big Brovaz -Baby Boy
15 Montell Jordan -Get It On Tonite
16 Jennifer Lopez feat. LL Cool J -All I Have
17 Jodeci -Freakn You
18 Dru Hill -In My Bed
19 Whitehead Bros. -Your Love Is A 187
20 DAngelo -Brown Sugar


1 50 Cent feat. Nate Dogg -21Questions
2 The Notorious B.I.G. -One More Chance
3 L.L. Cool J -Luv U Better
4 Jay-Z -Girls Girls Girls
5 R Kelly -Sex Me (Part 1)
6 Destinys Child -Say My Name
7 Blackstreet -Dont Leave Me
8 Kelly Rowland -Train On A Track
9 Fugees -No Woman No Cry
10 Charli Baltimore feat. Ja Rule, Ashanti, Vita -Down 4 U
11 Sunshine Anderson -Heard It All Before
12 Wyclef Jean -Perfect Gentleman
13 K-Ci &mpmp; JoJo -Tell Me Its Real
14 Lisa Maffia -In Love
15 Britney Spears -Im A Slave 4 U
16 Ja Rule feat. Ashanti -Always On Time
17 2Play -Turn Me On
18 India.Arie -Video
19 Eve feat. Gwen Stefani -Let Me Blow Ya Min

 

Kiss presents Hot Joints - Universal TV

Released 24 November 2003

This contains all the top tunes of the year and is definitely one of the best compilations of it's kind for some time. Indeed the Kiss ones tend to be in general. Loads of tuns to get the clubs jumping, many would already be rightly considered anthems.

Big names a plenty Eminem, Jay Z, LL Cool J, 2 Pac, Snoop and Dre, ODB and I'd put Eve in there too. The newer kids on the block like UK playaz Big Brovaz, Ms Dynamite and Dizzee Rascal, and stateside B2K, Lumidee, Bubba Sparx, Bon Garcon and just to name a few. The current top names like Sean Paul and Black Eyed Peas in there too.

Starts off with the pounding In Da Club, biggest of the year maybe. Pace continues with Jay Z and the excellent DMX. Ludacris top track from the film 2 fast 2 Furious and newer vibes with Joe Budden. All consistent top tracks and then Sean Paul.

We then mellow down a bit with the superb Cam'ron ft Juelz Santana, bringing back the lazy summer vibe which continues with Wayne Wonder and LL feat Amerie (that Rising to the top sample wins every time, yes it's overused but what a vibe). And that laaazzee Snoop cuts it every time, on Still Dre but especialy with Pharrell who is one of the most soulful of the new voices around.

Still hitting big time and still one of the most frequent requests is Blu Cantrell ft Sean Paul, Breath.

CD2 particularly but not exclusively features the UK Massive Dizzee, So Solid, Mis teeq, Lisa Maffia, Brovaz

The best tracks for me, showing that there's still some soul out there, are Truth Hurts, The Truth, Terri Walker's wonderful Ching Ching (Lovin you still). And on a mellow hip hop front Spooks Faster than you know.

Amy Winehouse is the oddball inclusion, still not sure about that one but good to see it here.

If you want a comp for Christmas, or to get your Christmas party pumping then this is it.

Tracks:

Disc: 1

1. In Da Club - 50 Cent
2. Business - Eminem
3. Excuse Me Miss - Jay-Z
4. X Gon' Give It To Ya - DMX
5. Drips - Obie Trice Feat. Eminem
6. Pump It Up - Joe Budden
7. Act A Fool - Ludacris
8. Hot In Herre - Nelly Feat. Dani Stevenson
9. Shake It - Sean Paul
10. Hey Ma - Cam'Ron Feat. Juelz Santana

11. Dy-Na-Mi-Tee - Ms.Dynamite
12. The Truth - Truth Hurts
13. No Letting Go - Wayne Wonder
14. Paradise - LL Cool J Feat. Amerie
15. The Movement - Inspectah Deck
16. Satisfaction - Eve
17. Disappear - Bubba Sparxxx
18. Thugz Mansion - 2Pac Feat. Anthony Hamilton
19. Still D.R.E. - Dr. Dre Feat. Snoop Dogg

Disc: 2

1. Be Faithful - Fatman Scoop
2. Breathe - Blu Cantrell Feat. Sean Paul
3. Turn Me On - 2 Play Feat. Raghav &mpmp; Jucxi D
4. Never Leave You (Uh-Oooh) - Lumidee
5. Joints &mpmp; Jams - Black Eyed Peas
6. Beautiful - Snoop Dogg Feat. Pharrell
7. 03' Bonnie &mpmp; Clyde - Jay
8. I Luv You - Dizzee Rascal
9. Got Your Money - Ol' Dirty Bastard
10. Broken Silence - So Solid Crew &mpmp; The Reelists

11. Girlfriend - B2K
12. Can't Get It Back - Mis-Teeq
13. Ching Ching (Lovin' You Still) - Terri Walker
14. Bounce Along - Wayne Wonder
15. In Love - Lisa Maffia
16. October Song - Amy Winehouse
17. Reminisce With Me - Iceberg Slimm Vs Urban Lady
18. Faster Than You Know - Spooks
19. Thug Love - Bon Garcon
20. Favourite Things - Big Brovaz

 

 

 

 

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