Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Kelly Price (vocals); Method Man (rap vocals); R. Kelly (spoken vocals, various instruments); Shep Crawford (various instruments); John "Jubu" Smith (acoustic & electric guitars); Professa Funk, Charles "Lil Charlie" Bereal, Peter Mokran, Jay Williams, Donnie Lyle (guitar); Jun-Ching lin, David Arenz, Eleanor Arenz, David Braitberg, Bruce Dukov (violin); Reed Harris, Paul Murphy, Eric Johnson (viola); Christopher Rex, Jere Flint, Anthony Cooke (cello); Nella Rigell-Colso (harp); Russ Deluna (oboe); Brice Andrus, Richard Deane (French horn); Paul D. Allen, J. Moss (keyboards, drums); Lafayette Carthon II, Anthony Lowe (keyboards); Doug Sommer (acoustic bass); Steve Williams (bass); Mike Cebulski (kettle drum, percussion). | | Producers: Warryn "Baby Dub" Campbell, R. Kelly, Shep Crawford, Kelly Price, Peter Mokran. | | Engineers: Jan Fairchild, Paul Davis, Ann Catalino. | | "As We Lay" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. | | Personnel: Kelly Price (vocals); Gerald LeVert (vocals, background vocals); Dru Hill, Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, Kandice Love, LovHer, Montell Jordan, R. Kelly, Case (vocals); Donnie Lyle, John Smith, Jay Williams, Peter Mokran (guitar); Nella Rigell (harp); Sanford Salzinger, Jun-Ching Lin, Sou-Chun Su, Kerren Berz, David Arenz, Carolyn Hancock, David Braitberg, Bruce Dukov, Sara Parkins (violin); Heidi Nitchie, Eric Johnson , Reid Harris (viola); Christopher Rex, Anthony Cooke, Elizabeth Murphy, Stephen Erdody, Jere Flint, Daniel Laufer (cello); Paul D. Allen, J. Moss (keyboards, drums); Lafayette Carthon, Jr., Anthony Lowe (keyboards); Mike Cebulski (timpani); Luis Conte (percussion); Benny Tillman, Carlos Thornton, Abel Garibaldi, Ian Mereness (programming); K-Ci & JoJo (background vocals). | | Audio Mixer: Peter Mokran. | | Recording information: Chicago recording Company; Chicago Trax Recording; Conway Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Doppler Studios, Burbank, CA; Future Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, VA; Hartman Way Sound Studios, West Hills, CA; Hartman Way Studio, West Hill, CA; Quad Studios, New York, NY; Quad Studios, NY; The Record Plant, LA, CA. | | Editors: Abel Garibaldi; Ian Mereness. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Method Man. | | Arrangers: Robert Kelly ; Kelly Price; R. Kelly. | | Like Mary J. Blige, Price has a big, bad, beautiful voice. And like Blige, she often chooses smart material to go along with that big, bad, beautiful voice. On her second album, she goes through many R&B motions -- over-singing, pallid bedroom songs, tuneless tales -- but still manages to sound like a genuinely thrilled diva in the process. Filled with slow jams, slick hip-hop, and gospel, Mirror Mirror is a more rounded record than Price's debut. Best is a cover of Shirley Murdock's "As We Lay" played like a Broadway curtain-closer. It reveals Price's penchant for theatricality and demonstrates her warmth as a singer. She puts an individualist's stamp on the album, a looking glass, if you will, into her soul. ~ Michael Gallucci | | Kelly Price's sophomore release is both tough and sweet, reflecting what she's gone on record as describing as a tough period in her life. The sophisticated rhythms, arrangements, and production on display belie some harsh subject matter, all centering on love, loss, betrayal, and leaving. | | It's hard to believe that Price didn't write songs such as "At Least (The Little Things)" herself; she inhabits them completely, in the same way that Aretha Franklin possesses a song such as "Dr. Feelgood," or "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)." Before long you're totally caught up in her life. "She Wants You" is a song of resignation and defeat preceded by a "National Anthem" that humorously itemizes her man's transgressions. Throughout, Price never lets her obvious technical prowess intrude on her interpretation of the songs; the result is, paradoxically, a hugely enjoyable album about heartbreak. |
Musical Guests | | R. Kelly | | Dru Hill | | Method Man | | Montell Jordan | | K-CI | | Playa | | Gerald Levert | | Jeffrey Jr. & Jonia |
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