| Product Summary | | Label: Arista Records | | UPC: 00828765272827 | | Release Date: 6/24/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60603483 | | Item#: MM7QD7 | Format:  CD |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Includes bonus DVD. | | Personnel includes: Blue Cantrell (vocals); Lil' Kim, Fat Joe, Sean Paul, Ian | | Lewis (of Inner Circle) (rap vocals). | | Producers include: Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Michelle Bell & Precision, Trixter, Mark Pitts, Mike City. | | BITTERSWEET was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. | | Vocalist Blu Cantrell possesses one of the richest instruments in contemporary R&B--soulful and expressive, steeped in jazz but pop-radio-friendly. Her voice and upfront lyrics, as well as "Tricky" Stewart and "L.A." Reid's vivid production, charge up the proceedings even when the songwriting flags. Cantrell teams up with other top-notch singers for some fun duets. Lil' Kim raps the intro to "Impatient," a preening boast about female confidence and desire. "Breathe" features dancehall star Sean Paul; this playful breakup number resembles Cantrell's mega-selling payback song "Hit Em Up Style," although the lyrics are far more insightful and mature. Inner Circle's Ian Lewis brings his light reggae sound to the lovers' quarrel "Make Me Wanna Scream." While Cantrell's stellar sidekicks make things a little more interesting, she's clearly got the goods to carry a whole album on her own. |
Musical Guests | | Lil' Kim | | Fat Joe | | Sean Paul | | Ian Lewis |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/24/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 52728 | | Label : Arista Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00828765272827 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Spin (3/03, p.190)
- 3 1/2 out of 5 - "...[Her] sassy persona returns on her sophomore album, BITTERSWEET, with brazen tunes..."Q (10/03, p.102)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...All bump'n'grind and withering sexual politics....'Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)
gets reprised here....'Breathe' is a powerful follow-up..." |
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