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Since buying her debut release “Hey Kandi” on a whim back in
2001 because I was looking for some female R&B with an "attitude", Kandi
Burruss has been one of my favorites ever since. Although I have a particular soft spot for the earlier work she did with Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, her
later stuff has been just as solid with songs such as “How Could You…Feel My
Pain”, “Leave U” and “Trade Him In” employing the same sassy attitude. About 6
years before the release of her sophomore album, Burruss and her former bandmate
Tameka “Tiny” Cottle were working together under the alias of K.A.T. I don’t
know if they were planning on forming a duo or were writing these songs to
solicit to other acts but at least five of them surfaced on MySpace during the
late 2000s. The duo had written quite a few songs together in the past including
what was maybe Burruss’ biggest achievement to date TLC’s “No Scrubs” but to
have an actual name attached to them definitely makes me think that they were
more than just a writing partnership. The original version of “Whoot Dee Woo”,
which as a TLC song was always pretty mediocre, sounds great here as does the
original version of Kandi’s 2010 track “Superwoman” while slow tracks such as “Lace
Me” and “Do Things” definitely give me Xscape vibes. “Come Clean” is probably
my most favorite song of all though; there’s definitely something about Burruss
lamenting on a woman being fed up that gets me every time. I was very upset when
Xscape’s fourth album never materialized but listening to this CD is definitely
more than the next best thing. Fantastic
as always!
