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Monica - New Life - Music Head - 11-04-2012 online listen every once in awhile I have to subject myself just to see if I am misssing anything I guess not not as bad as I expected though if it wasn't for all that vibratto not much dance stuff just r&b 1.3 from me and a converted 2.1 from the pros at allmusic from the album - Until It's Gone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awHY-IRGu8U released Apr 10th, 2012 Bio - from allmusic Atlanta R&B vocalist Monica debuted in 1995 with the platinum Top Ten singles "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" and "Before You Walk Out of My Life." After appearing on LL Cool J's Mr. Smith later that year, she recorded another killer duet with Brandy, "The Boy Is Mine," which spent several weeks at the top of the singles charts during summer 1998. Her second album, also titled The Boy Is Mine, was released in July 1998. She scored a few more chart successes through the following spring, but a long period of silence marked time between albums. The much-delayed After the Storm finally hit stores in the spring of 2003 and reached the top of the Billboard 200, while the following Makings of Me took three years to materialize and hardly suffered for it, reaching the Top Ten. Still Standing, released in 2010, was preceded by a BET reality series of the same name, which debuted the previous October. It was her second consecutive number one R&B album, and her fourth consecutive Top Ten Billboard 200 release. She followed that success in 2012 with New Life which featured her re-pairing with Brandy on the single, "It All Belongs To Me." Album Review - from allmusic Two years after releasing her sixth studio album, Still Standing, and its accompanying hit reality TV show, singer Monica returned with 2012's New Life. Once again working with a bevy of producers from Still Standing, including Palow tha Don, Missy Elliott, Bryan-Michael Cox, and others, Monica delivered a sophisticated and mature collection of contemporary R&B that found the onetime '90s teen superstar finally moving on from her former fiancé and father of her two sons, rapper Rocko (Rodney Hill Jr.), from whom she split in 2010. Here, Monica delves into the pitfalls of adult relationships gone bad where kids are involved and complex modern lives filled with houses, cars, clothes, and even Macbooks -- as Monica points out in "It All Belongs to Me," her reunion with '90s duet partner-in-crime Brandy -- must be sussed out. However, the strong survivor that Monica reveals herself to be here doesn't quibble with details and instead takes the approach that her man should simply pack his bags and get out, because "all that sh*t belongs to me." It’s just this kind of saucy, spirited, and soulful vibe that makes New Life such a refreshing and focused female soul album. Monica's voice is also in top form here, recalling both her '90s heyday and the burnished, swaggering approach of such icons as Mary J. Blige and Toni Braxton. This is especially true on such tracks as the pleading slow burn of "Daddy's Good Girl," the Elliott-produced single "Anything (To Find You)" (a bonus track on the Deluxe Edition), and the anthemic ballad "Until It's Gone." These are slick but straightforward productions that mix a deft synth and drum program studio vibe with a warm, overall earthy vibe. Track Listing 1. New Life (Intro) 2. It All Belongs to Me 3. Daddy's Good Girl 4. Man Who Has Everything 5. Big Mistake 6. Take a Chance Feat. Wale 7. Without You 8. Until It's Gone 9. Amazing 10. Cry 11. Time to Move On 12. New Life (Outro)