Persona Queen Latifah

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  • Release Date: 08/25/2009
  • Sales Rank: 10,143
  • Label: FLAVOR UNIT RECORDS
  • UPC: 684329555559

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Persona

1LISTENThe Light 5:04
2LISTENFast Car 4:18
3LISTENCue the Rain 6:02
4LISTENMy Couch 6:03
5LISTENTake Me Away (With You) 3:45
6LISTENWith You 4:34
7LISTENHard to Love Ya 4:14
8LISTENWhat's the Plan 3:10
9LISTENLong Ass Week 4:10
10LISTENRunnin 4:02
11LISTENPeople 3:54
12LISTENIf He Wanna 4:49
13LISTENOver the Mountain 5:12
14LISTENThe World 5:31

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Editorial Reviews

Following a pair of vocal showcase albums that involved classy yet fun spins on the likes of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Nina Simone, and Billy Strayhorn, Queen Latifah enlists producers Cool & Dre to help concoct a willfully schizophrenic set of pop-oriented material. As anyone familiar with her recent screen and studio work would expect, Latifah's shifts from character to character are not rocky. "What's the Plan" is an obvious Cheryl Lynn circa-"Encore" impersonation, albeit one streaked with Dre's vocal effect-driven gibberish. "Cue the Rain" works a rocking backdrop -- not unlike a fist-pumping cut off a mid-'80s soundtrack -- with quotes from Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain." One of the more contemporary tracks, the sleek and flirty "Take Me Away (With You)," features Marsha Ambrosius and is surprisingly effective. Just about all of it is enjoyable. Few vocalists who can sing and rap can display such versatility on one album. Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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All Hail The Queenby Earshot78

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August 27, 2009: Queen Latifah is sorely in the world of hip-hop. I commend her on her efforts for experimenting with music and going full on into R&B and even touching on Jazz. It' just that her albums as of late have become less desirable. Persona isn't really a Latifah album in the sense that she seems disconnected with material that has been placed before her. In other words the Persona she's trying to portray isn't fitting of the all time hailed queen of hip hop. It's almost like the Queen is playing catch up with all the new singers and rapper of now. No disrespect to the Queen of course. There are some fads that I feel will quickly fade away, for instance the annoying voice synthesizer which has been over used on almost every up and coming artists album. The songs themselves don't really go anywhere, and do little to stimulate the dance muscle. The only real notable songs are "Fast Car" and "Runin" which sound like todays urban hip-hop. Not her best effort, but most certainly won't be forgotten. I just wished she would make her ways back to real hip hop.