Another must have cd for the '00. Get it!


.... Believe the hype   May 25, 2000
J. Highsmith (Mitchellville, Maryland United States)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful

Sometimes, every now and then a artist or a group will come out and their release is hyped up and then you get the CD and its mediocre or nothing that you expected it to be. Lucy Pearl, which is composed of, Raphael Saadiq, from Tony!Toni!Tone!fame, Dawn Robinson, from En Vogue fame, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, from A Tribe Called Quest fame. Now if that's not a supergroup, then let me know what is. The debut CD from Lucy Pearl lives up to all expectations and then some. The music appeal is comparable to what a 2000 Tony!Toni!Tone! CD might have been. With Raphael Saadiq and Ali Shaheed Muhammad sharing most of the production duties, you'll be bouncing like "Check The Rhime", "Electric Relaxation" and "Award Tour" had you bouncing in A Tribe Called Quest's heyday. Most of the tracks on Lucy Pearl's CD are dance tracks, but that doesn't hurt anything. Raphael's and Dawn's vocals blend like they have been together in the same group for years. The best example of this, is the 1st single, that was also on the "Love And Basketball" soundtrack, "Dance Tonight". There are other gems as well: "Trippin'", "Can't Stand Your Mother", "Good Love", "La La", etc. The year 2000 has already had a few tight R&B CDs so far: D'Angelo, Amel Larrieux, Joe, Carl Thomas, Dwayne Wiggins, as well as, Ms. Braxton herself, but the vibe that Lucy Pearl has created will be hard to stop for many years to come. I haven't seen a combination this good since chicken and mambo sauce.


HOT   May 31, 2000
Tony_Tone (Washington, D.C., District of Columbia United States)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful

As the summer heats up so does the music.. Lucy Pearl much anticipated debut cd has finally arrived and it was pretty much worth the wait.. With a line up like Raphael Sadiq ( from one of the best R&B outfits ever Tony Toni Tone) Dawn Robinson ( From one of the hottest female groups ever Envogue) Ali Shaheed Muhammad from A Tribe Called Quest you know it has to be hot! .. Their sound is basically has that Tony Toni Tone vibe Raphael Sadiq and Ali Shaheed Muhammad handle all the production.. If you like Tony Toni Tone I am sure you will no doubt love Lucy Pearl.. There is so much to chose from basically every song on this cd could be release as a single and be a major hit.. Among the highlites which are many to chose from Dance Tonight, Trippin, Everyday, Good Love( My personal favorite on the entire cd) Lucy Pearl's Way ( very reminicent of Tribe Called Quest's Electric Relaxation)... This is a must for all music fans to add this to your collection.. Another one of these cds you can put on a just let it play.. Pick It Up Enjoy !


excellent   May 26, 2000
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

1.LUCY PEARL's WAY-lets everyone know that they have moved on and shows their ability(4/5)

2.TRIPPIN'-has ba really good opening and chorus (4/5)

3.DANCE TONIGHT-my #1 favorite song awseome chorus and great vocals(5/5)

4.LALA-This song is okay not the best but they sing good on it(3.5/5)

5.EVERYDAY-this is a good slow song gets kinda old though(4/5)

6.CAN't STAND YOUR MOTHER-this is an awseome song funny,and Dawn has good vocals on this(5/5)

7.GOOD LOVE-this is a good slow song(4/50

8.WITHOUT YOU-a good love song that sounds old school(5/5)

9.DON'T MESS WITH MY MAN-a song for girls mostly but i like the bridge(3/5)

10.HOLLYWOOD-a awseome song with a truth to it(5/5)

11.REMEMBER THE TIMES-great song about growing up in poverty(4.5/5)

12.THEY CAN't-good song about playa haters good chorus(4/5)

13.DO IT FOR THE PEOPLE-my least fav. on the cd it is just hummuing and stuff(2/5)

14.YOU-it is a good love song with snoop dogg and q tip(4/5)

15.LUCY PEARL TELLS-it s just talking and a remix to dance tonight(3.5/5)

all in all it is a good cd and i'm glad i bought it!


Hot Album!   September 13, 2001
J. M. Zuurbier (Canada)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

Doing for soul what bands like Crosby, Stills & Nash and Cream did for rock & roll, Lucy Pearl is a supergroup culling personnel from different corners of the rap and contemporary R&B world. The brainchild of Tony Toni Tone's Raphael Saddiq, the band is rounded out by Ali Shaheed Muhammad of hip-hop innovators A Tribe Called Quest, and former En Vogue vocalist Dawn Robinson. Lucy Pearl fits squarely into the '90s nouveau soul movement that countsD'Angelo (replaced in Lucy Pearl by Robinson following schedule conflicts) and Lauryn Hill as members. This trio infuses its debut with plenty of rolling beats, funky licks and crackling rhythms.

The vocal ying and yang Saddiq and Robinson provides throughout these 15 tracks is particularly apparent on numbers like the harmonically rich "Trippin'," and the buttery smooth "Dance Tonight." DJ Ali's programming skills also come to the fore on the thumping "They Can't," and the bouncy "Don't Mess With My Man," featuring Dawn Robinson tearing a vocal hole through the roof. Other highlights include the lyrical trade-off between Snoop Dogg and Muhammad's former Quest running partner Q-Tip on the head-bobbing "You," and the rock guitar-laden "Hollywood," a stylistic cousin to En Vogue's "Free Your Mind."