

Released by Capitol Records, it marked Evans' debut (and her only release) on the EMI subsidiary, following her departure from Bad Boy Records in 2003. Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden (Limited Edition). The First Lady is the fourth studio album by American singer Faith Evans.Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It (1995).Battle Beast - Battle Beast (Limited Edition) (2013).Accept - Restless & Wild (1995 Reissue).Hurt by anything, it's its length - like most modern hip-hop-relatedĪlbums, it runs too long - but it is rich with vibrant songs, livelyīest singing to date on what ultimately is not just her best album, butĪnother excellent female urban R&B album in a year overflowing with The sultrier numbers and they both work equally well. Gives the album more character, since the dance numbers mix well with Her previous album, which emphasized ballads and mid-tempo grooves, This World" or the wonderful neo-disco "Back to Love." This switch from Record, in large part because so much of it is devoted to hard-edged,įunky dance numbers, whether it's hip-hop-influenced cuts like "Alone in Miracle that it holds together at all, but Faithfully gels better than any previous Faith Evans Sampled, as many as 14 writers are credited) - that it seems a minor Usually around five songwriters for each track (but if a song is There are so many collaborators on each track and so many producers. Unwarranted, since this is her grittiest, funkiest, best record to date. Diddy's slippage since his name change, it might have made some sense to greet Evans' third album, Faithfully, Given Faith Evans' somewhat spotty track record and Puff Daddy/ P.
