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| Artist: Eve
Label: Interscope Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 52913
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 490845
UPC: 606949084523
EAN: 0606949084523
ASIN: B000053GU0
Release Date: March 6, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro - Eve | | • | Cowboy - Eve | | • | Who's That Girl? - Eve | | • | Let Me Blow Ya Mind - Eve, Gwen Stefani | | • | 3 Way (Skit) - Eve, Stevie J. | | • | You Had Me, You Lost Me - Eve | | • | Got What You Need - Drag-On, Eve | | • | Frontin' (Skit) | | • | Gansta B****** - Da Brat, Eve, Trina | | • | That's What It Is - Eve, Styles, Styles P | | • | Scream Double R - DMX, Eve | | • | Thug in the Street - Drag-On, Eve, The LOX | | • | No, No, No - Eve, Damian "Junior Gong" Marley, Stephen Marley | | • | You Ain't Gettin' None - Eve | | • | Life Is So Hard - Eve, Teena Marie | | • | Be Me - Eve, Mashonda Tifrere |
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Give Eve credit for not succumbing to hip-hop's fickle feminine fetishization. While Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim have degenerated into scantily clad cliches, Eve (the self-described "pitbull in a skirt") has maintained her rougher edge without sacrificing a whit of her sexy energy. "Pretty with the heels on, or shitty with the Timbos," is how she puts it on "Gangsta Bitches," one of the standout tracks from this, her second, album. Eve's clearly progressed as a lyricist, though her flow is occasionally on-the-beat clunky. That aside, she switches easily from anti-hater anthems ("Cowboy") to bitter revenge fantasies (the power-guitar-driven "You Had Me, You Lost Me") to straight-up bragging ("Got What You Need"). Throughout, she's assured and poised, matching Teena Marie's manic torch-song energy on "Life Is So Hard" and outshining most of her Ruff Ryder partners elsewhere. But, secure as she may be, Eve realizes that the game doesn't always last: "I'm trying to make a quick flip, nigga. Can you dig this?" she asks on "Cowboy." Sexy and smart. What's not to dig? --Jon Caramanica
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Eve goes for the Killer sting on this one! March 7, 2001
I.B. (Westampton, NJ)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This new one from Eve is far from a sophomore jinx. Overall I like this album better than the first. The only reason I didnt give it 5 stars is because some of the beats could have been better. She gives us a lot more lyrically this time around with tracks like "Be Me", "Life is so hard" and "Let me blow ya mind". The best duets on the album are with Dmx and Gwen Stefani of No doubt. These 2 tracks should be released. Dr. Dre hooked up the track with gwen with a tight beat that will probably be a big hit for eve. After hearing this you imagine what her album would be like if dre produced the whole thing. Dmx and Eve run through it on Double R. It sounds like it could be another ruff ryders anthem. There is a lot of different kinds of music on this. Soul, reggae, calypso, hip-hop, R+B, and some down south music. I think she was going for a cross-over album with this one. The songs I like the most are: 2,3,4,16,14,13,11,10, and 11. This album grows on you so the more you listen I think the more you will like it. Dont sleep on this album any longer...get it!
 Italian Ice May 12, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If there is one thing to say about most follow up albums is that they [stink]. Eve's doesn't [stink], but contrary to what I have read other places, it is not the best I have heard. I am starting to get sick of every Ruff Ryders album having lame skits, lame guest appearances, and the same beat, for the most part. What keeps this album alive is tracks like "You Had Me, You Lost Me", "Let Me Blow Ya Mind", and the song that she does with Damian & Steven Marley called "No, No, No". Weak appearances from The Lox, Drag-On, Da Brat, and Trina dilute this album and make it only three stars.
4.5 stars December 18, 2006
W. E. Phillips (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
With most rappers, after having a double platinum debut they lose their hunger and become way too cocky. This is not the case with Eve. On her sophomore album, she is more hungry than ever before. She is confident, not cocky, and delivers some of the best rhymes ever to come out of the mouth of a female emcee. (And she even does some singing on here! And she can actually carry a tune.) The beats on here, once again, are top notch on every song. There are a few too many guest appearances, but that really proves to be this album's only flaw. This album is a huge improvement from her okay first, Let There Be Eve... In my eyes, this is a hip hop classic and everyone should at least give it a listen. I bump this one start to finish. I highly recommend.
 Buy her debut instead March 19, 2006
stevey wundar (Houston)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I actually own this Eve album and not her debut.
Funny thing is, somebody in Eve's camp told her to soften her image and go pop to sell albums. If that's all you want from hip hop, party/club/radio-friendly music (not meant to sound condescending or belittling, but just stating facts) then buy THIS album.
However, even though I wasn't a fan and never was a hardcore Eve fan, I recognize game.
Eve was on a whole 'nother level on her debut "Ruff Ryder's First Lady (1999)."
She was still down with DMX 'n crew, and her music, in my opinion, was better 4 it.
Hearing tracks on her debut album like "Love Is Blind" (which also had a great video to match the song's tale of women not toleratin' domestic violence), it's hard to hear her rappin' along side Gwen Stefani (great artist) on the poppy, popcorn-flavored "Let Me Blow Ya Mind."
She just totally went from one extreme to the next and her music lost the edge and the sociopolitical bite it otherwise had.
I don't mind the pop, crossover kinda music (it does have its place), I just find myself purchasing and championing more of the underground, real hip hop stuff b/c it doesn't get played on the radio anymore if a rapper's not maintaining the radio status quo.
wildly inconsistent September 7, 2001
Tiffany B Brown (Stankonia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i couldn't even make it through the whole cd. the singles were supa-hot, but the rest of the CD is a disappointment. it's unfortunate. eve has a lot of talent and potential, but this album mixes too many styles and doesn't do it well. the result is an incredibly inconsistent, amazingly disappointing follow-up album. please let #3 be better.
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