KISS URBAN
KISS SMOOTH R&B |
Kiss presents Hot Joints
- Universal TV |
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
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
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 |
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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 |
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1. In Da Club - 50 Cent |
11. Dy-Na-Mi-Tee - Ms.Dynamite |
Disc: 2 |
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1. Be Faithful - Fatman Scoop |
11. Girlfriend - B2K |
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