by Jamaal A. Bivens "professorrnb" Jacksonville, Florida Reviewed on October 18th, 2004
702 came in and brought the noise with their debut album No Doubt. After such a strong debut, many people were left wondering if they would succumb to the sophomore jinx. And after waiting for three years many fans figured that 702 was just a one-album wonder.
Nothing could have been further from the truth. 702 knew they had to come harder the second time around, and that they did. This album was easily one of 1999's acclaimed and highly-anticipated albums.
The first single, "Where My Girls At" left an indelible mark in the world. This is probably the ultimate female anthem, and it was used as an anthem for the WNBA's inaugural season. This song is extremely catchy, for I have heard even the hardest of thugs bumping this in their cars. And it's no surprise; Missy Elliott came hard with this one and 70s definitely delivered well. "Make Time" easily is one of my favorite songs on this album. The beat just grabs you and doesn't let you go until it wants you to! And Kameelah shines. "What More Can He Do" is a nice inspirational song that is quite catchy with its beat and lyrics. It snuck up on me, for I just knew it was a "secular" song. lol. "Finally" also has that inspirational flavor and sounds really nice.
The slower songs really work here. "You'll Just Never Know" sounds so sweet and innocent and all melancholy and depressing at the same time. The vocals here really standout. Also worth mentioning is the song "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". Kameelah sounds as if she really went through it while recording this song, and the strings in the background go along beautifully.
I love the individual interludes (something Destiny's Child did as well on Survivor), and I wish that all of them had come together to fit some sort of song because I know that song would have been excellent. But, the interludes are all nice by themselves.
I have a couple of problems with this album. "Tell Your Girl" sounds like something that Total left off of their Kima, Keisha, and Pam album. I tried to like the song, but it reminded me too much of Total. Also, "Seven" is just too hard for me. Something just went wrong in that song and it just did not do it for me at all. "Will You Be OK" should have been a lot better than it was. The lyrics are fine, but the vocals sound boring and uninspiring.
702 definitely made a fan in me with this album. They grew up in age, attitude, vocal ability, and beauty, but don't give you all the adult lyrics that some groups try so hard to put out nowadays. Hopefully they can borrow from 702's formula...pure, sweet, innocent R&B with a hip-hop edge.
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