Nivea - Nivea

Advantages: Voice
Disadvantages: Too many weak links

...Nivea... Nivea Hamilton was born on 24th March 1982 in Savannah, Georgia and grew up with her parents both being singers. She also had the singing bug and continued to improve and follow her quest to become a famous singer one day. In 2000 She got her break as she performed on the , single "Danger (Been So Long by the rapper Mystikal, She soon signed up with Jive Records and released her first single Don't mess with the radio which failed to ...
...hit. ...Her voice... Nivea has a nice R&B style voice which is expressive and has good range and is in the style of early Destiny's Child. She shows her voice is very flowing and she can improve her voice over the rest of her career and all good artists should strive to do in order to maximise their success. ...Nivea Album... This was her debut album and was released in 2002 and features a number of well known producers. They are the following ... Read review

Advantages: Very pleasant album and a lot better than expected.
Disadvantages: A few songs sound similar

Nivea is an R&B artist who is yet to really make a name for herself in the UK. With this album I feel she definately competes with the likes of Ashanti, Christina Millian and Amerie but is unlikely to reach the level of established artists such as Beyonce and Faith Evans. I bought this album afterhearing and liking the laundromat single Nivea did with R Kelly which is an extreemely catchy tune and I challenge you to listen to it a couple of times ...
...There are some very good songs on the album with Laundromat, Jewelry and don't mess with my man particulary standing out. There is also a good bonus track at the end which is the don't mess with my man remix featuring mystikal. There are a few songs that do sound similar which does bring the album down from a five star rating but the originality of the other songs outweigh these. A fact I did not know was that the album was nominated for a Grammy ... Read review