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Track Listings
| 1. Feels So Good |
| 2. Tell Me |
| 3. Hell No |
| 4. Lullaby |
| 5. Hotter |
| 6. Step Inside |
| 7. ABC 123 |
| 8. I Believe |
| 9. I Want You Back (Radio Edit) (Feat. Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott) |
| 10. Pack Your Sh*t |
| 11. Feel Me Now |
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Spice Girl, Melanie B's debut, Hot acknowledges the warped, sexy, funky grooves of R&B pop through imitation. Unlike her contemporaries, Destiny's Child, Mel's voice is sadly devoid of soul and range. Owing to these limitations, Hot sounds like a producer's album rather than Mel's chance to shine without the others. Sisqo, long-time Janet Jackson collaborators, Jam & Lewis and Teddy Riley supply the grooves, Mel offers her loud and upfront personality. Sensibly Mel has chosen to exclude her cover of Cameo's "Word Up" and this decision goes in her favour. Although her collaboration with Missy Elliott, "I Want You Back", is there in all its dark and sexy neo-disco glory, it's not indicative of the album. The ace two-step flavoured "Step Inside" proves that up-tempo pop is her forte but boy, does she begin to let the side down. As Hot is partly about the break-up of her marriage, Melanie indulges in lots of melancholic spoken-word interludes circa Janet Jackson's Control. It's not very good, mainly because her yearning is so ludicrously overblown. This weakness for amateur dramatics also applies to Mel's sordid attempt to be sexy on "Feel Me Down". But what works is pretty fab. She blows in with "Feel So Good", an irresistible slice of radio-friendly sunshine pop, follows that with the funky "Tell Me" and manages to disarm us with "Lullaby", a lovely, folky ballad. --Maxine Kabuubi
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One hot album!,
By david@poponline.co.uk (Hornchurch, Essex, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hot (Audio CD)
Deemed by many as the 'Jimmy Gulzar bashing album', Hot, Spice Girl, Melanie B's first solo record does indeed see Brown getting rather feisty at times, but of the five tracks she co-wrote, only one song, the single 'Tell Me' talks of Gulzar ('and all you loved was Mel B's money'). The album is defined by the special guests and producers including former BLACKstreet members Teddy Riley and Eric Williams, Missy Elliott, Sisqo, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Rodney Jerkins and bizarrely, Mel's actor boyfriend Max Beesely. However, vocally Mel puts in a all round good performance, and the last track 'Feel Me Now' proves what a deep sexy voice she has - phwoar! 'Lullaby', is the most honest and touching moment on the album, a truely beautiful song written by Mel for her 2 year old daughter, Phoenix Chi. The song, enough to reduce even the most heavy hearted listeners to tears ('..but I know this love is unconditional, deep inside you're my living joy'). Woth buying for the cover sleeve alone, but there's tons of top tracks to satisfy your pop tastebuds. Pure quality R&B. Best Song: Hell No Worst Song: I Believe
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is hot!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hot (Audio CD)
Mel B's three solo singles have all rocked so I had high expectations of the album. I wasn't disappointed. Things kick off with Feels So Good which is just a really nice love song, and then there's Tell Me, which is the amazing current single. Lullaby is a cute little ballad about Phoenix which is followed by Step Inside, my favourite song which is a really cool, Destiny's Child 2-stepper. Every song is great and the production is excellent all the way through thanks to Sisqo, Fred and Rodney Jerkins, Missy Elliott, and many other talented producers. At the end of the CD, there is I Want You Back with Missy, which is very dark and groovy, Pack Your Sh*t which is really angry and excellent, and to finish a sleazy song called Feel Me Now. This whole album is great and Mel's voice and personality shine. It hasn't been out of my stereo since I bought it. The best RnB album of the year so far.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
BEST ALBUM OF THE NEW YEAR!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hot (Audio CD)
This album is the best album i have bought this year, its 100% fab. she really has buckets of talent that have shown through with the album, the song HOTTER is simply amazing a real tune that gets u hooked. i'd give her 10 stars easily. shes by far the best R&B act the UK has, and should hang on to her NOW GO OUT AND BUY IT!!
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