Love the Woman is the fifth solo album singer
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, and first without husband
Kenny LattimoreKenny Lattimore is an American R&B singer. Among his most popular hits were "Never Too Busy" and "For You".- Early career :...
as a duet partner since the release of 2000's
ExposedExposed is the fourth solo album from singer Chanté Moore. The first single "Straight Up" became a moderate hit in some European countries, but failed to make waves in the U.S peaking at #83 on the Billboard Pop Charts...
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Overview
With her first album in several years, Moore proves herself to be a singer beyond category.
Love the Woman finds Moore reuniting with producer/musician
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Anita BakerAnita Baker is an American R&B/soul jazz singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit....
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). Production duties are also shared with
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winner
Raphael SaadiqRaphael Saadiq is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Saadiq has been a standard bearer for "old school" R&B since his early days as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Toné! He also produced songs of such artists as TLC, Joss Stone, D'Angelo, Mary J...
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Mary J. BligeMary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...
,
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) and
Warryn CampbellWarryn Campbell is an American record producer. He specializes in gospel music and R&B.-Career:His work includes production and songwriting credits for Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Xzibit, Yolanda Adams, Dayna Caddell, Mos Def, Missy Elliott, Kierra Sheard, Brandy, Dave Hollister, Men of Standard,...
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Jamie FoxxEric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a...
,
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), with the result that
Love the Woman encompasses
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,
jazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, and
popPop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, and also finds Moore personalizing songs by two influential past artists:
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("Give Me Time") and
Nancy WilsonNancy Wilson is an American singer with more than 70 albums, and three Grammy Awards. She has been labeled a singer of blues, jazz, cabaret and pop; a "consummate actress"; and "the complete entertainer." The title she prefers, however, is song stylist...
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Love the Woman features the singles "It Ain't Supposed to Be This Way" and "My Eyes".
It has sold 25,000 copies in the U.S. as of November 2008 and is her lowest-peaking solo album to date there, reaching number one hundred and ten on the
Billboard 200The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
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Track listing
- "Always Gonna Be Somethin'"
- "Can't Do It"
- "Special"
- "It Ain't Supposed to Be This Way"
- "My Eyes"
- "Give Me Time"
- "Do for You"
- "Love the Woman"
- "Love Action"
- "First Kiss"
- "Guess Who I Saw Today
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U.S. Circuit City edition
- "This Could Be the Start of Something
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Japanese edition
- "Love Fell on Me"