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HOT
Melanie B.
(Virgin/EMI)
Hot? Try not. Mel B.'s first words -- "Oh, I'm gonna get all soft and smoochy" -- set the tone for this debut solo album from The Artist
Sometimes Known as Scary Spice. For 45 minutes, Ms. B bounces, flounces, swoons and croons her way through a set of hip-hop and soul-pop ditties that are about as insubstantial as the bikini she sports on the cover, but nowhere near as enticing (although the explicit heavy-breather Feel
Me Now easily qualifies Mel as the spiciest Girl). Ultimately, though, despite the aid of a roster of heavyweights, including Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Teddy Riley and Missy Elliott, Mel's mediocre voice just leaves us cold. The best thing about Hot is it brings us one step closer to the end of Spice World as we know it. (More on Spice Girls)
Track Listing
1. Feel 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 Ft Missy Elliott)
10. Pack Your Shit
11. Feel Me Now