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| | The Boy Is Mine | | | Music Artist : | | Monica | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Arista | | Release Date : | | 1998-07-14 | | Store Price : | | $7.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $7.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Street Symphony
2. The Boy Is Mine (Duet With Brandy)
3. Ring Da Bell
4. The First Night
5. Misty Blue
6. Angel Of Mine
7. Gone Be Fine (Featuring OutKast)
8. Inside
9. Take Him Back
10. Right Here Waiting (Featuring 112)
11. 'Cross The Room
12. I Keep It To Myself
13. For You I Will
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Love this!
Submitted on: 2009-11-16 |
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I had Monica's first album, and was disapointed. But this, I love! Highlights are:
Street Symphony
The Boy is Mine
Angel of Mine
Misty Blue
Take Him Back |
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 Truly Touching R&B
Submitted on: 2009-09-29 |
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This album has an excellent array of hits definitely R&B sensational. There are songs ranging from the all too soulful "Misty Blue" to the heart warming "For You I Will" along the club mixes by Razor N and So So Def. This Japanese Import with 2 Bonus Tracks is a top selection for already fans, R&B lovers, and the curious!
Each different Monica CD offers something unique and this one has a warm, fuzzy, close to the heart feeling unlike the others. One of my favorite tracks would have to be "Misty Blue" as it has that Southern Blues soulful singing like Etta James. I like how Monica changes her vocals here displaying rawer "in control" singing. It gives an Atlanta feeling.
Aside that, Monica also has music for hip-hop lovers such as, "The First Night" with Jermaine Dupri --there are sounds heard in the background with much R&B bounce and faster mid to up-tempo beats. Not too much of a stand-out track but very nice if you listen to it a few times is, "Ring Da Bell". Monica's voice sounds a bit like Keyshia Cole's as it has a raw style that actually works. It's amazing how Monica transforms her vocal pitch from track to track--all sounding phenomenal to say the least. This song is about moving on after a love goes wrong. "I've been a fool...it's about time that I ring the bell and carry on...".
A stand-out track worth mentioning is "The Boy Is Mine" [duet with Brandy] and "Right Here Waiting" featuring 112. Both capture the essence of true R&B as they have only R&B sounds deeply felt, expressed, and highlighted.
The ballads on this album made a strong mark most definitely bringing Monica's vocals to the spotlight. One of the most touching ones is "Angel Of Mine" for the lyrical song writing, singing, and profound effect. Some lyrics: "When I first saw you I already knew there was something inside of you... How you changed my world you'll never know...". Next, there is another strong felt ballad, "For You I Will" definitely a beautifully sung track comparable to Brandy and Aaliyah. It has such a beautiful positive meaning many can put their own spin. It's a nice song reflecting being there for someone who needs a helping hand, "I will be your fortress strong!...I will be your strength...I will be the sun in your sky... Promise you, for you I will....".
This Japan Import comes with 2 bonus tracks that make a much vast difference. If anything they are the best songs in terms of club sounds, energetic boosts and compliment to the rest. Without them they simply end on a not so uplifting note. "The First Night" Razor N. Mix is probably the best DJ production I've heard in a while. There's banging bass, echoing chirping sounds, techno/trance effects and even new wave vibes along Monica's beautiful singing. The climaxing of the music is definitely sticky, infectious, and addictive. The beats take off full force unlike the regular version intensifying the meaning of not getting down on the first night and echoing, "It felt so right but it felt so wrong x 6". The So So Def Mix of First Night has Jermaine Dupri and a more hip-hop style type. The jazzy hints, soulful singing, and hip-hop flourishes along R&B music definitely changing the song enough to make it sound like a different track! This was a fabulous buy with no fillers and just plain R&B enjoyment! |
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Monica
Submitted on: 2009-08-04 |
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| GREAT! I miss the old Monica or maybe its just who is writing her songs now but back then her songs were HOT! |
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the 4 best songs on the album
Submitted on: 2008-07-20 |
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this album is ok it is very smooth 4 songs i like in this album is
i keep it to myself
inside
misty blue
street symphony only songs on here i really like |
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 Not total trash, but no Miss Thang either
Submitted on: 2007-10-25 |
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| 90s contemporary R&B was given one of its greatest, most enduring albums when Monica made Miss Thang in 1995 (when she was only 14). Three years later, much of the magic of that album is gone. She saves it from being completely worthless with the beautiful, all-age-appealing ballads "For You I Will" and "Angel Of Mine," but everything else is pretty weak, and the utterly pathetic hit "The Boy Is Mine" (a duet with Brandy) was reportedly made to capitalize on the publicity surrounding the fact that, at that time, the two girls actually were having a fight over a guy in real life. |
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