this album is nice my favorite track are no. 9,11,12,13,14,and 16 i love those songs they are the best monica did her thing on this album it is a good one
July 20, 2008 |  | It's Good From Start To Finnish. |  |
I love this album, i think monica record this album when she was only 14 years old. This is clealy her best album, What is so shocking about this her voice sound really mature and so are the songs. The stand out tracks are Miss Thang, Don't Take It Personal(Just One Of Those Days),With You,Now I'm Gone. All the songs are good from start to finnish, I listen to the album without skipping a song.
July 14, 2008Monica's debut came out after Brandy & Aaliyah in 1995 and I still remember the excitement I felt about the introduction of these 3 teen divas at that time. Brandy was "the sweet one" with the great voice; Aaliyah was "the mysterious one" with the powerful "it factor" and Monica was "the mature one" with the most powerful voice I'd heard from a teenager since Stacy Lattisaw. I remember being really surprised to learn that she was only 14 years old! Monica's whole demeanor was like that of a 25 year old, she was poised, calm & articulate during interviews and I was just blown away by her talent.
This debut still stands the test of time and I wore it out back in the day and still pull it out from time to time to relive my own life experiences through the songs.
My favorite tracks are to this day: LET'S STRAIGHTEN IT OUT (a fun duet with Usher); DON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL; BEFORE YOU WALK OUT OF MY LIFE; WHY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, LIKE THIS & LIKE THAT and a very good remake of the SOS BAND'S classic, TELL ME IF YOU STILL CARE.
If you never got to experience Monica's debut, do yourself a favor and pick it up. The songs are great and don't sound dated and the album as a whole is a good representation of early '90s r&b. (It's also fun to contrast & compare the teen divas' debut albums.)
May 27, 2008Monica's maiden voyage at a very young age. Nice CD with a couple of remakes. A good listen.
December 12, 2007 | | one of my favourite r&b albums | |
I purchased this album and brandy's self-titled debut around the same time and was playing them all the time. While I prefer brandy overall, this album was pretty good. I love monica's beautiful voice and it fit really well with the r&b tunes on here, which contained splashes of new jack swing, hip hop and funk. Before You Walk Out Of My Life and Why I Love You So Much were singles and among some of her best ones. Dont Take It Personal and Like This & Like That were big r&b hits in 1995 and were uptempo and radio friendly. A song that stood out to me was Skate, which would have made her an even bigger star, it's a feel-good dance/disco song for the dancefloor. Another highlight is tell me if you still care, which is a remake of the SOS Band hit, and it was remade way better than when janet jackson and mariah carey sampled it, I'd take monica's remake over those other two. The remaining is mostly ballads and they totally match her voice and are melodic & smooth like butter. R&B teen music ruled in the mid 90's, but now girls are all about being slutty and trying to have sex appeal instead of letting the music speak for itself the way these young stars did back in the 90's. At the time of this album, she did several other songs that are worth checking out: a song for the nutty professor soundtrack, and a beautiful ballad, For You I Will for the Space Jam soundtrack. When I first heard the latter, I thought it was a new whitney houston song and was pleasantly surprised when I learned that it was Monica. Also check out Boy Is Mine, she shows a lot of maturity on that album, but it's more pop than r&b like this debut.
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