Monica - The Makings of Me
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Track List: The Makings of Me
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- Everytime Tha Beat Drop
- A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)
- Sideline Ho
- Why Her?
- Hell No (Leave Home)
- Doin' Me Right
- Raw
- My Everything
- Gotta Move On
- Getaway
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Album Details: The Makings of Me
- Release Date:
- 09/19/2006
- Label:
- J-records
- UPC:
- 828767896021
User Reviews: The Makings of Me
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She's Back & I'm Glad
, October 4, 2006Reviewer: Black Rainbow - See all Black Rainbow's reviews -
The Makings of Monica
, April 20, 2007Reviewer: Queen K - See all Queen K's reviewsPros: I could relate 2 a lot of the things she was singing about on this album.
Cons: It should have been more songs on the album.
I listen to this album almost all the time. I think this is her best album so far.
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Pro Reviews: The Makings of Me
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Ten years and four albums deep into a career while many singers her age are just getting started, Monica has now been through enough in her life to fully relate to all the subject matter she works with. Despite the title of the album and all her talk about making a more personal set of songs than before, she isn't credited as a songwriter on any of these ten songs all the more peculiar given that the songs she cowrote on 2003's After the Storm were hardly problematic. She evidently went through some more storms and significant life experiences after she last recorded (including the birth of her son and a perhaps predictably rocky relationship with Young Buck), and though she wasn't involved in the songwriting process, she certainly sounds more connected to her material. After the obligatory club track the decent but ultimately forgettable "Everytime tha Beat Drop," featuring fellow Atlantans Dem Franchize Boyz The Makings of Me rolls through a concise and mostly sweet (if occasionally unremarkable) set of songs that don't depart far from After the Storm. Missy Elliott remains a valuable collaborator: the Curtis Mayfieldsampling "A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)" is practically a replay of the similarly nostalgiatinted "So Gone," albeit a welcomed one; "Doin' Me Right" is the album's "Knock Knock," providing yet another sweet twist on a softsoul classic; "Gotta Move On" is a kissoff dipped in honey. (The minor drawback to each of these songs is that Elliott has yet to find a discreet way to put a vocal stamp on her productions.) The Underdogsproduced "Sideline Ho" is the clearest instance where Monica didn't have to dig deep or put herself in someone else's shoes to sell her material: "Ain't you tired of being on the sideline?/Tired of getting yours after I get mine?" If she's the least bit jealous, the other woman would have no way of knowing. - Andy Kellman, All Music Guide |
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Atlanta vocalist Monica debuted in 1995 with the platinum Top Ten singles "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of dem Days)" and "Before You Walk out of My Life." After appearing on LL Cool J's Mr. Smith later that year, she recorded another killer duet...Full Monica Biography
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Pros: Shows maturity through her experiences
Cons: Wish there was more songs/more creative bats
Although there is usually a big break between Monica CD's, it is always worth the wait. I wish that it had more songs because the CD from start to finish is rich in content--beats not all that original, but because a lot of the songs I could relate to and see the lessons, I can ignore some of the monotony. Welcome back, Miss Thang!