As Ray Ray - Raphael Saadiq

Advantages: BELOW
Disadvantages: BELOW

...to approach a guy she really likes..a cute sweet story! "Out of My Head" is a track that samples sixties love jam feel, to make another great track, and i really liked her vocals as it matches the music really well. Teedra is the seductress in the tracks "Backstroke" and "Rescue Me" both great honeyed mid-tempo grinders, showing off her seductive side. The Raphael Saadiq duet "Take Me" is a gorgeous quiet storm song...that is definately one of my fav tracks from the album...both vocals are able to blind well together..and the chorus is hynotic. "You Better Tell Her" in which Teedra collaborates with labelmate Lil' Jon..the well-known crunk master. Although her vocals are good, i've heard better on her other tracks..but i think she wanted the beat to takeover for once. She works better in the simple but nice "I Think of You (Shirley's Song... Read review

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Advantages: Makes the good times bad
Disadvantages: Youll just want more and more!

...Another album to add to your collection. You’ll need it when your lonely and depressed and you’ll want to listen to it when life couldn’t be better. This album has been rated by MTV in the top three most highly acclaimed albums of this year, along with Badly Drawn boys – ‘Hour of the Bewilderbeast’ , and JJ72’s first release. Lucy Pearl are formed of Ali Shaheed Muhammad ( A Tribe Called Quest ), Raphael Saadiq ( Tony Toni Tone ) and Dawn Robinson ( En Vogue ). All their contributions to this new and upcoming band really make them stand out from the crowd and the feeling they convey in their music is very influential and apparent with the lives of many people who feel they have nowhere to turn. It conveys the message to turn to music when you feel all is lost and nobody wants to listen... Read review

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Advantages: easy to listen to
Disadvantages: repetitive

...This album was released in January 2004, by Virgin. It's a lot better than her last album, which really bombed out, but not even anywhere as near as good as her first. The cd lasts just over 50 mins long (51:32sec) and there is 14 tracks on it. She has got a variety of people working alongside her, doing collaborations.... Pharrell Williams, Nas, Raphael Saadiq and Outcasts' Andre 3000, amongst others. Most of them, they manage to pull off quite well, the Outcast one is very noticeable, but others just sound like a poor version of Justin Timberlake Senorita! My favourites are Milkshake and Trick Me. I listen to them over and over again. By rights, i should be bored of them, considering they've had so much air play and have been played to death, but i hear them and feel compelled to dance around like an idiot!! The overall impression... Read review

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