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Track Listing
1. Interlude
2. Dear John
3. Can't Go For That
4. Go
5. Love Me in a Special Way
6. Long Distance Love
7. Stranger in My House
8. Wanna Be
9. Un'h...To You
10. Can't No Man
11. Tell Me Who
12. If I Were You
13. Can't Go For That - (remix, featuring 213 Click)
Album Notes
Personnel: Tamia (vocals); Anthony "Shep" Crawford, Jazz Nixon (various instruments); Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Nate Dogg (rap vocals); Professa, Jay Williams (guitar); Fernando Pullum (horns); Rhemario Weber (keyboards); Shae V. Jones, Debra Killings, Darrell Crawford & The Fulfillment Choir, Pam Olivia, De'Andra Foster, Kisa, Priscilla Coleman, Clinta Turner, (background vocals).
Producers: Anthony "Shep" Crawford, Jazz Nixon, Dallas Austin, Missy Elliott, Errol "Poppi" McCalla.
Engineers: Anne Catalino, Davis Lopez, Carlton Lynn.
Recorded at The Record Plant, Paramount, Hollywood, California; Quad, New York, New York; DARP Studios, Atlanta, Georgia.
Whether she's edifying the R&B audience with her take on the '80s Hall & Oates tune "Can't Go for That," showing off her torch-singer side on the piano-based ballad "Love Me in a Special Way," or presenting herself as a thoroughly contemporary hip-hop informed artist on "Long Distance Love," it's clear that Tamia has a lot to offer. The singer's self-titled debut featured production work from pop maestro Quincy Jones, but this time around, production chores are taken up by Missy Elliott, among others, and rap icons Snoop Dogg and Warren G put in guest appearances. Despite the increased fraternization with hip-hop personalities, melodic ballads abound, and A NU DAY rests on a solid R&B/pop foundation. Holding it all together is Tamia's voice, which is an impressive instrument that admirably avoids many of the cliches and pratfalls of the genre.
Industry Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...Sass over schmaltz....the Missy Elliot-enhanced take on Hall & Oates' 'I Can't Go For That'...is a high spot...[with] echoes of Jill Scott in some of other jazzier tracks...
Q (06/01/2001)
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