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- Date Released: November 4, 2003
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: R&B
- Label: Arista
- Copyright: (P) 2003 Arista Records, Inc.
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Most modern-day female pop singers start their careers doing their sexy, stylish dance-oriented material then settle into a career as an adult contemporary crooner. Toni Braxton didn't follow that route. She started the '90s singing elegant, refined quiet storm ballads and ended it singing sleek dance-pop tunes as she slinked around in skimpy outfits. She wasn't the only one of her peers to follow this trajectory -- Mariah Carey pretty much did the same thing, only to the extreme -- but it's a little odd to listen to Braxton evolve from the sophisticated urban contemporary crooner to oversexed R&B thrush, even if it's not a bad thing at all. One thing that elevated Braxton above her peers is that she was a controlled, powerful singer who rarely oversang, and she had a good selection of material, much of it written or co-written by Babyface. That's why her 18-track hits collection Ultimate Toni Braxton works well even through her shifts in style -- she is a confident enough performer to sell both the slow romantic ballads and material that swings harder. That's not to say that there aren't some slow spots here -- the previously unreleased cuts are no great shakes, and sometimes the abundance of slow numbers makes things sound too samey -- but she was one of the top urban soul singers of the '90s, and this is the album that illustrates why.
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| 01. |  |
Give U My Heart
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4:00 |
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| 02. | |
Love Shoulda Brought You Home |
4:57 |
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| 03. | |
Another Sad Love Song |
3:49 |
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| 04. | |
Breathe Again |
4:14 |
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| 05. | |
Seven Whole Days |
4:42 |
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| 06. | |
You Mean The World To Me |
4:00 |
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| 07. | |
How Many Ways |
4:26 |
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| 08. | |
You're Makin' Me High |
4:07 |
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| 09. | |
Let It Flow |
4:09 |
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| 10. | |
Un-Break My Heart |
4:30 |
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| 11. | |
I Love Me Some Him |
4:36 |
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| 12. | |
I Don't Want To
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4:18 |
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| 13. | |
He Wasn't Man Enough |
3:58 |
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| 14. | |
Just Be A Man About It |
4:10 |
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| 15. | |
Hit The Freeway
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3:48 |
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| 16. | |
Whatchu Need |
3:38 |
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| 17. | |
The Little Things |
4:31 |
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| 18. | |
Un-Break My Heart |
3:35 |
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18 Total Tracks, 75:28 Total Length
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Credits
- Babyface - Producer // Babyface - Guest Appearance // David Foster - Arranger // David Foster - Producer // Toni Braxton - Producer // R. Kelly - Arranger // R. Kelly - Producer // Ted Bishop - Producer // Jon Gass - Live Mixing // Vincent Herbert - Producer // Ernie Lake - Group Member // Herb Powers - Mastering // L.A. Reid - Producer // L.A. Reid - Live Mixing // Soulshock - Arranger // Soulshock - Producer // Daryl Simmons - Producer // Bo Watson - Live Mixing // Jim "Z" Zumpano - Engineer // Karlin - Arranger // Karlin - Producer // Rodney Jerkins - Producer // Soul Solution - Group // Soul Solution - Producer // Soul Solution - Remixing // Bryce Wilson - Producer // Daniela Federici - Photography // Bobby Guy - Group Member // The Neptunes - Producer // Loon - Guest Appearance // Joe-Mama Nitzberg - Creative Director // Bryan-Michael Cox - Producer // Richard Thomas Jennings - Art Direction // Allen D. Hong - Assistant
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Performers
R. Kelly // Pharrell Williams // Chad Hugo // Toni Braxton Featuring Loon // Toni Braxton Featuring Babyface
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