Glamorest Life

Trina | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B000AYEI86
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,129 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Trina aka The Baddest Bitch aka The Diamond Princess returns! The true queen of the south is back with her 3rd album Glamorest Life. Trina has graduated to a new level in her career as a gorgeous, classy artist and savvy business woman but still keeping that sexy edgy side that her fans know and love. Trina puts it down hard her third time around kicking it off with her new single "Don't Trip" featuring Mannie Fresh. Also coming out to show support is Snoop Dog, Trey Songz, Kelly Rowland, Lil Scrappy and Teedra Moses and production by Cool and Dre, Jazze Pha, Kanye West, Jim Jonson and Big D and many more!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Glamorest Life, Indeed!, October 4, 2005

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K. Fehribach (Owensboro, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glamorest Life (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of Trina's since her guest stint on Ludacris' "What's Your Fantasy (Remix)" and have been following her career ever since. And even though she's my favourite female MC, I'll admit she may not be the best in the game; what I will say, though, is that even though she may not write all of her own rhymes, when she steps up to the mic, she makes them hers. And this has never been better demonstrated than with GLAMOREST LIFE.

This is Trina's first release since 2002's DIAMOND PRINCESS. Fans have seen plenty release dates come and go, and we've also heard a lot of the tracks written for the original incarnation of the album, many produced by Pharrell Williams: "Heated," "Big Ol' D*ck (Leaving You)," "Feels Good," "Put It On Top," and "Spend." All of these have been left off the album in favour of more recently recorded material, and while I must admit I was a bit disappointed when I first learned none of them had made the final cut, I can honestly say I believe this to be a wise decision. While every track blazed and showed major improvement from the material on her previous two albums, I don't believe they would've worked well alongside the newly recorded tracks.

Trina has stepped her game up here. She's cut out all of the filler songs and all of the usual skits, leaving the listener with thirteen tracks of straight fire. She's also shifted her focus from money and sex (even though both themes are still present, 'cause come on, it's the Diamond Princess!), giving her a wider range of subject material to work with. And while all but one of the thirteen feature at least one guest artist ("Reach Out" being the exception), you still know this is Trina's album.

Standout tracks include the first two singles, "Don't Trip (ft. Lil Wayne)" and "Here We Go (ft. Kelly Rowland, who replaced the original vocalist and songwriter, Teedra Moses)," as well as "Sum Mo (ft. Dre)," "Da Club (ft. Mannie Fresh)," "So Fresh (ft. Plies)," and "Reach Out."

If Trina keeps her releases this tight from here on out, she'll definitely have the game on lock.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What's so glamorous?, November 7, 2005

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notorious_15 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glamorest Life (Audio CD)

Hey i like Trina and I dig some of her songs, but I've always found her albums to be wack. I haven't heard Baddest Bitch, but i did buy Diamond Princess (because of the song B R Right) and i was majorly disappointed, i think thats the only cd i've ever thrown away! Glamorest Life is a step up from Diamond Princess, but that isn't saying much. There are a few decent tracks on here but to be quite honest the majority of the cd is pretty laughable. I think Trina is stronger when she is a featured artist on tracks, but when it comes down to holding down her own tracks she doesn't seem to be able to pull it off. I recommend getting Lil' Kims The Naked Truth or Missy's Cookbook over Glamorest Life, because they're actually worth the money you spend on them.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Yipeee!! The grammatically challenged ho returns!, December 1, 2005

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Rich King's Breakfast Nook "Gretna is a great... (East Gretna, NE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glamorest Life (Audio CD)

Boy oh boy is this an original album. Evidentally Trina has yet to understand how to use the english language. Da Baddest B**ch was top notch spelling and she managed to lower herself back to second grade with the glamorest life? Sheila E. needs to backhand this joke of a rapper. Hmmmm, what does Trina talk about on this album? Yup, the same stuff she talks about on her previous albums. The message is, hey teenage girls you need to portray yourself as a complete ho and simply focus on money and material things. Go to bed with some guys and don't worry about learning to read or write. Yeah Trina, you've set black women back even further than your last record. Congrats, you're dumb!

A huge thumbs down to full force or whoever owns the rights to "Tender Love" for letting this potty mouthed tramp use one of the prettiest songs of the 80s for a backdrop to her babbling.

I'm so down with the rap sound, here's what I did today. I went out and filed unemployment because for some reason no one will hire me when I walk into an interview with so much jewerly on my teeth that I can't form a sentence the interviewer can comprehend. When he told me they weren't interested I told him that I don't care if he is educated with a real job, I gots a sweet Grill. I then get in my candypaint buick lesabre and bump some D4L at full blast. I am so junk.