From BPI Entertainment News Wire Submitted by: Rachel D.
"It's Not Right But It's Okay" (4:15)
Arista
Houston continues to prove that she can hang with the kids on
the street on the latest single from her "My Love Is Your Love"
collection. Producer Rodney Jerkins places the diva at the center
of a jittery funk beat that suits the tension of the lyrics.
Houston plays the emancipated woman to the hilt here, snarling
through the song's "I'm gonna make it anyway" message with a
white-knuckled gusto that she hasn't displayed in ages. Loyalists
yearning for one of the singer's patented power ballads will be
disappointed at first, though they will likely find solace in
Jerkins' Smooth remix, which reinvents the tune as a languid jeep
cruiser. Everyone else, however, should find this single as
appealing and refreshing as it is timely and competitive.
