Best Album [Import]

Christina Milian | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 14, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: PID
• ASIN: B000IJ7KHY
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #671,664 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Please Tell Me This Is A Joke!, December 3, 2006

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CrazyWhacko_88 "Music Addict" (Not Telling You :P) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Album (Audio CD)

If you want to know the tracklisting, either look it up on the internet or check out Amanda Richards' review (on another note, love said person's reviews :P ).

As for this album, I'm surprisingly disappointed. Without a doubt, she's one of my favourite female artists and the only female artists who I knowingly and continuously put above her are Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill & Beyonce. However, there's no changing the fact that this compilation album, which comprises of singles and "hand-picked" tracks from Christina Milian's three previous albums (Christina Milian - 2001, It's About Time - 2004, So Amazin' - 2006), was poorly constructed.

For starters, why is there only 1 track (the anthemic, uplifting "Say I", featuring Young Jeezy) from "So Amazin'"? I understand that it was the weakest-selling album of her career, but do you really expect to soar into Gold or Platinum sales in a matter of months when you've got weak promotion and your lead single is one of the album's lesser tracks ("Say I", is good, but there was definitely better)? "Who's Gonna Ride (feat. Three Six Mafia)", "She Don't Know", "Gonna Tell Everybody", her two duets with Dre from Cool & Dre on "So Amazin'" and "Hot Boy"...those kinds of tracks (all from album "So Amazin'") best display Christina at her highest and most honest, combining hot beats with hypnotic vocals and undeniably intense sexuality. Her entire third album was definitely a lot better than the cruddy Pop she supplies from her self-titled debut (excluding the infectious lead single "AM To PM")- "Spending Time" is easily as forgettable as guest artist Charli Baltimore (btw, who the Hell is that?) ; "When You Look At Me", despite decent lyrics, is way too "poppy" and bland for my tastes ; and "Get Away" mainly fails because Ja Rule has no problem reminding us why so many critics thought he sucked when he was still commercially prominent.

Thank God she added some of the better tracks from "It's About Time - the sexy "Dip It Low", the Hip-Hop/Pop of the Milian/Joe Budden duet "Whatever U Want", the sweet ballad "I'm Sorry" and the emotional "Someday One Day", which has grown on me after more focused listens - but adding the second Milian/Budden duet "L.O.V.E.", along with long-forgotten international bonus tracks like "Down For You & "7 Days", only helps to bring this compilation album down.

Altogether, this compilation album really isn't that good. "Best Of Christina Milian"? Pfft, Hell no! Cop "So Amazin'" or check out the lights from "It's About Time" ("Dip It Low, "Whatever U Want", "I Need More", Someday One Day" & "I'm Sorry") if you want to see what this chick can really do! 2 stars!

5 Best Tracks:
"Dip It Low"
"Say I (feat. Young Jeezy)"
"Whatever U Want (feat. Joe Budden)
"Someday One Day"
"I'm Sorry"


P.S. Dear Christina,
I might be wrong for saying this, but I think you missed a good promotional opportunity. You could've easily chucked in the previously mentioned tracks from "So Amazin'" for the sake of quality AND promotion. You could've re-released "Gonna Tell Everybody" or even release a video for any of the other new tracks you made this year. Earlier on this year, you could've released "Who's Gonna Ride" as a single because as explicit as the lyrics occasionally are, the song easily fits into clubs, it's got a much stronger "street" vibe than "Say I", it gained you strong media attention and Three Six Mafia were on the track, meaning you could've fed off their popularit as well because they won a damn Oscar this year! I love you Christina, but what the Hell were you thinking?!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a best of at all..but a low point, December 16, 2006

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Rob Ez (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Album (Audio CD)

Christina Milian is still young enough, talented enough and beautiful enough to gain fame for all these attributes. She's had modest success as an actress and singer and its a shame her ex-record label has released this CD inplying she's done.

Clearly she's not ready for a "Best Of", especially a CD that does not collect anything other than whats on her records. She's had songs on mixtapes and soundtracks and none are found here. So who'se going to buy this? Clearly no one, as those interested in her one worldwide smash ("Dip It Low") have already bought the single and the fans have nothing here for them to grab.

Hopefully her career will rise from these ashes and this CD will be seen as her lowest point in her career.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too little, too soon, November 28, 2006

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Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Album (Audio CD)

The track listing for this CD is as follows:

1. "L.O.V.E." (featuring Joe Budden)
2. "Say I" (featuring Young Jeezy)
3. "Whatever U Want" (featuring Joe Budden)
4. "Dip It Low" (featuring Fabolous)
5. "AM to PM"
6. "Down For You"
7. "When You Look At Me"
8. "Spending Time" (featuring Charli Baltimore)
9. "I'm Sorry"
10. "Get Away" (featuring Ja Rule)
11. "7 Days"
12. "Someday One Day"

Christina Milian has three albums under her belt so far - Christina Milian (2001), It's About Time (2004) and So Amazin' (2006). These three albums have spawned seven singles - three from the first and two each from the other two - and six of them are on this CD, along with six other songs "hand-picked" by Milian for the album.

If you're a Christina Milian fan you already own all three albums(or at least the first two, as the third one wasn't that good) making this CD somewhat redundant, and really not worth the price tag.

Amanda Richards, November 28, 2006