| Destiny Fulfilled | 
 enlarge | Artist: Destiny's Child
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  584 reviews
Sales Rank: 3653
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.5 x 0.5
MPN: 92595
UPC: 827969259528
EAN: 0827969259528
ASIN: B000643A5M
Release Date: November 15, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Lose My Breath | | • | Soldier | | • | Cater 2 U | | • | T-Shirt | | • | Is She the Reason | | • | Girl | | • | Bad Habit | | • | If | | • | Free | | • | Through With Love | | • | Love |
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Some thought it would never happen, but after solo successes and a three-year hiatus the ladies of Destiny's Child have reunited for the eagerly-anticipated Destiny Fulfilled. The Houston-based trio of Kelly, Michelle and some girl named Beyonce follow up their mega successful Survivor with another album full of infectious dance grooves and melancholy tales of women done wrong. Lead single "Lose My Breath" is their first offering of the former. Backed by a kinetic marching band sample, they sing with an urgency that bolsters the Rodney Jerkins-produced track. Current single "Soldier" is more of the same. Featuring T.I. and Lil' Wayne, the song allows the trio to sing the praises of the kind of men they like. Despite this one-two uptempo punch, DC does do ballads. They go old-school on the moving "If." Michelle, who has several impressive solos throughout, and Beyonce trade lines about finding and holding on to love. However, on "Bad Habit" the trio goes for the paint-by-numbers woman finding her inner-strength theme. Other highlights include the 9th Wonder and Beyonce-produced "Girl" and the midtempo gem "Free." --Rashaun Hall
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 Looks like their destiny has been fulfilled... November 16, 2004
95 out of 145 found this review helpful
...as crap.
What happened to their energy and their unique sound?? All the songs on here are all extremely generic R&B songs. Granted I can see that they wanted to mature their sound a bit or something, but come ON. This is slow...and useless. I could pick up ANY girl R&B group, and get the same effect as this album.
I like Lose My Breath and Through With Love. That's about it. All the other songs are just kind of their, and I just don't get my groove on with any of it.
I have to say I'm disappointed. It leaves me wondering if Beyonce killed the group's sound with her solo CD, because THAT sounded just like Destiny's Child. Makes sense though, since Beyonce's father is their manager. Go figure.
I wouldn't buy this. I don't like it. It unfulfilling, and generic smokescreen.
Ah well, what can you do. *shrugs*
Very Disappointing November 16, 2004
60 out of 87 found this review helpful
From a casual fan's perspective, this album really wasn't that good at all. There are many things that one comes to expect with a Destiny's Child albums.
1. Interesting, poignant lyrics.
2. Funky beats.
3. Beautiful vocals.
The vocals may be there, but I truly expected Michelle to do more than sing the bridges. Heck, you can look in the booklet and see that she just doesn't have that much to sing. What, Beyonce...is she not good enough to do lyrics? Her voice doesn't sound enough like yours?
The trademark beats, the ones that got us hooked with songs like "Say My Name", "Bug-A-Boo", "Bootylicious", etc, are strangely absent. That's a hard pill to swallow, expecting fans who loved those songs to deal with...a slow album.
To be honest, I didn't care enough about most of the album to listen to the lyrics. I can't comment on those.
Overall, the disc has two good songs. "Lose My Breath", which completely misleads any fan into thinking this album has any true musical merit, and "Through With Love" that proves they still have a chance to make up for this disaster of a musical attempt.
Try having a different producer! ::shakes head::
 Destiny Fulfilled Still Leaves Some Unfullfillment November 16, 2004
30 out of 41 found this review helpful
Destiny's Childs latest edition to their cd empire, "Destiny Fulfilled" maybe one of their most listenable cd's to date. "Survivor" had its ups and a lot of downs, so it only felt refreshing to have "Destiny Fulfilled" as it is. With its hyperactive beats in "Lose My Breath", and its old-school style beats like on "Is She The Reason" and "Girl".
After an absence from the trio, and a major success for Beyonce's solo career, the three are back to bring us their new style. Howvever, There is so much that the three forgot this time around that make this album so much less of an enjoyment. On previous albums, Destiny's Child had impowering songs on being strong women, something that is not shown on "Destiny Fulfilled". Most of the songs are conveying the message that these three will do anything, and i mean ANYTHING for their men.
And with some annoying, repetitive songs that become obnoxious to listen to. "Bad Habit", "Free", and "Cater 2 U" are just a few prime examples of this.
One of the best, if not the best, song on the album is "Through With Love". It presents Kelly, Beyonce, and Michelle's very best with a very strong and sturdy message. The song shows that even though Destiny's Child may be giving it all away on this cd, they still know how to be somewhat independent.
Overall, not their best work. There are many "filler" tracks, but there are as well many "listenable" tracks. Hopefully the trio will learn from any mistakes from this album and comeback powerful next time around.
 no no no November 28, 2004
13 out of 23 found this review helpful
Reunion albums are tricky, especially when it is in the Destiny's Child magnitude. Not only did the overrated Beyonce conquer last year with Dangerously in Love, while the underrated Kelly received minor appreciation for Simple Deep, but the hits this time around aren't as evident.
The lead single "Lose My Breath" is a grandiose dance number - one of the best tracks the trio has ever recorded. Aside from that breath-taking first, the rest of the album settles for a muddle of midtempo numbers.
Nothing else on Destiny Fulfilled shines. "Soldier" is a misery and "T-Shirt" is redundant. It comes as a surprise that Destiny's Child would release such a middle-of-the-road (MOR) R&B album when they heavily relied on strong staccato hits like "Survivor" and "Bills, Bills, Bills."
Still, there is no excuse for "Cater 2 U" and the forgettable "Girl." Just when you think you've heard enough schmaltz, they go on with the significantly stupid "If."
Destiny's Fulfilled begins to mildly pick up with the chilled-out "Free" and the electronically enhanced "Through with Love." However, that slight rise is not good enough to save the disgrace of this album. Maybe that was Beyonce's way of putting an end to the group thing and getting back to being a naughty girl.
Reunion "Fulfilled", Nothing Else (2.5 Stars) December 7, 2004
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Was anybody seriously expecting a good album by Destiny's Child? All of their previous albums have remained to be the same; a trifecta of catchy singles with the rest of the tracks being fillers. After 2001's superfluously substandard "Survivor", all signs point to the same direction; nothing spectacular is to be expected. An assumption like this would be inferential and truthful, evident with this album, "Destiny Fulfilled". It's not the fact that the album is more slow-paced than the usual "Destiny Child" album; that's hardly the case. Instead, the problem lies in sub par lyrics, which range from the lazy hook in "T-Shirt", the clichéd "Cater 2 U", the fake "Soldier", and the annoying self-feministic proclaiming in "Girl", which is so sappy that you can actually see syrup dripping out from the speakers. Vocally, there is nothing bad nor perfection. The only thing positive to say is the production. The drums in "Lose My Breath" are simply too catchy to not like while the old-school feel of "If" is reminiscent of an old "Supremes" song. Also, the bass heavy sensualistic vibe in "T-Shirt" makes it alluring while the catchy beat of "Through with Love" makes an otherwise boring track appealing. Apparently, Beyoncé co-produced ten out of eleven songs, which probably explains the slight simplicity in most of the production. Somehow, the album feels like an experiment; to see if Beyoncé can stretch out her résumé by saying she's a "producer". She does the job, not necessarily an excellent job, since the album barely meets mediocre standards; if more time and effort was put into making this album, it could've been much better. When it comes down to it, this is just another typical Destiny's Child album.
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