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*** 1/2 submitted by: Roosevelt date: Jan 15, 1999 By: Rob Sheffield source: Rolling Stone Mag
Whitney Houston *** 1/2 Houston's first album in eight years is her most consistent ever
NOBODY EXPECTS THE queen of England to rule on affairs of state, and
nobody really minds when Whitney Houston takes her time making actual
records. My Love Is Your Love is the first time in eight years that Her
Majesty has bothered with a proper album, and while it doesn't boast a
classic like "I Will Always Love You" or Exhale (Shoop Shoop)," it's
easily her most consistent album ever- in fact, it's her first
consistent album. Houston gets creative juice from young R&B hotshots
like Lauryn Hill (on "bonus" track), Rodney Jerkins and Missy
"misdemeanor" Elliott; on the excellent title track, Wyclef gives
Houston the sexiest Bob Marley rip-off he's ever written. The former
ingenue has some grown-up scars now, singing the marital blues with a
bite in her voice that she's never come close to before. Did you think
she'd crumble? Did you think she'd lay down and die? Then check out My
Love, pal, and hear Houston prove beyond a doubt that she will survive.
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