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Format: CD
May 2001
Record Label: J-Records (USA)
Recording Type: Studio
UPC: 808132000826 |
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Condition: Brand New
Seller's Comments: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED!!!
Eyes rimmed with smoky charcoal liner, lips glossed to a porcelain sneer, Olivia--the first artist to be signed to Clive Davis's J Records--fronts like she's hip-hop hard and soul-singer soft on the cover photo of her eponymous debut. Luckily for her, the music biz is all about image these days, since there's not much to back up her posturing on this collection of ho-hum titillaters. The 20-year-old singer/rapper from Queens does her best to exude diva-esque tr
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Track Listing
1. Bizounce
2. Are U Capable
3. You Got the Damn Thing
4. Silly Chick in Love
5. It's on Again
6. Whoadie
7. Woop-T-Woo
8. Til He Comes Home
9. Bring da Roof Down
10. When 2 Souls Touch
11. Lower 2 My Heart
12. Look Around - (with Jimmy Cozier)
Details
Contributing artists: Jimmy Cozier
Distributor: BMG (distributor)
Recording Type: Studio
Recording Mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a
Album Notes
Personnel: Olivia, Jimmy Cozier (vocals); Warren Wilson (guitar, keyboards, bass, programming); Doug Allen, Joshua P. Thompson, (guitar, keyboards); Carlton Savage, Xavier Marquez, George Waddenius (guitar); John "Magic" Peters, Rob Fusari (keyboards, programming); Victor Jones, Eddie Allen, Bruce Williams, Angel Vasquez (horns); Lamar "Kaptain Khronic" Mitchell, Michael Jackson, Quincy Patrick (keyboards); Dexter Whittaker (bass); Rufus Blaq (background vocals).
Producers include: Josh Thompson, Warren Wilson, Rob Fusari, Masked Men, Jimmy Cozier.
Engineers include: Warren Wilson, Earl Cohen, "Prince" Charles Alexander.
Move over Brandy and Monica, there's another single-name R&B diva in town, and she's called Olivia. From the sultry feel of "Bizounce" to the street-smart hip-hop feel of "Are U Capable," Olivia's eponymous debut recording finds her fully capable of filling the 21st-century pop diva role with style.
The young Brooklynite makes her way to the public's ears by way of veteran music impresario Clive Davis, who knows a little about maximizing an artist's pure pop potential. That potential is realized in spades on OLIVIA, as the youthful siren moves easily from romantic R&B ballads full of lush melodies and graceful melisma, to hard-edged, hip-hop-savvy tunes that bespeak a first-hand knowledge of the school of hard knocks. Despite her youth, Olivia sounds like she's been around the block a couple of times and she's come back with a bagful of songs about it.
Industry Reviews
...Unique and groundbreaking...
CMJ (04/30/2001)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Well versed in the not always noble art of the R&B ballad...she has a list of saucy demands that would make Lil' Kim blush...
...Comparable to a thugged-out Aaliyah and pissed-off Mya...Olivia is most memorable when she's in woman-scorned mode. Because..who doesn;t appreciate the details of a bad breakup?
The Source (07/01/2001)
...Unique and groundbreaking....
CMJ (04/30/2001) |
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