Love & War

Jerzee Monet

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 16, 2002)
• Original Release Date: July 16, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dreamworks
• ASIN: B000069HKM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #194,413 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
In the aftermath of sweeping and topical works by Erykah Badu, Alicia Keys, and Lauryn Hill, the gauzy peace-and-love/think-of-the-children sentiments sketched out by R&B singer Jerzee Monet on her aptly titled Love & War debut seem positively quaint. True, the Jersey-reared performer gets assists from the Ruff Ryders crew--DMX, Eve, and Ja Rule guest on three tracks--but their contributions are largely cosmetic and unlikely to have much currency among those who'd be interested in this kind of smoothly flowing, adult contemporary release. That said, Monet has a terrific voice--honeyed and silky during the smoochy bits, salty during her sterner messages, and always forefront in the mix. Soulful, doe-eyed ballads like "Work It Out" and "Tonight Is the Night" are ideal after-dark snuggle anthems. Even the topical need a little loving now and again. --Kim Hughes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New Artist Jerzee Monet !!, July 21, 2002

By	keith (Virginia) - See all my reviews

...the album is kinda good for a New Artist with a hot song out now "Most High" with DMX,I love this song,she is really concered with todays young people as well you can tell from that song,she even have another song called "Respect" this is some of the things she say on this song she say "I never talked back to my mother/I always knew what a childs place was" and the chorus goes like this "if you want to learn respect/you gotta give respect/you gotta show the world what it is/if you want to get respect/you gotta give respect and share it with everyone that lives" what poweful words.

I do recommend jerzee Monet CD,it has something for everyone and for a price of [$$]you cant beat it,the only fall back I would say is that I wish some of the songs where longer to really show her vocals because she can sing and have a nice voice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can You Say... Slept On?, July 25, 2004

By	C. Sprague "CrazyBeautiful" (Phillipsburg, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

How this industry works I will never know. People like Ashanti and Beyonce are making millions selling songs about absolutely nothing, while great singers like Jerzee Monet and Tweet are slept on miserably. Jerzee Monet tells stories of love and war... and she paints a picture with her music. Her songs are meaningful and you know that this is true from the second you hear the single "Most High". However, Not even DMX appearing on her CD could save it from the wraths of flop-dom which so many potential-classic CD's suffer. In my opinion, buy this CD. I saw it used for only 25 cents... Though it's worth much more then that. Hopefully Jerzee will come out with a second CD, despite the poor sales of her first one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Debut.., December 13, 2003

By	"limeade04" (Meville, Shimon) - See all my reviews

I really feel bad because folks really slept on Jerzee Monet. I mean she yelled for attention with the message from Most High. "FAMILY SHOULD BE HIGH".. How could you miss that? Plus she was very cute in the face and had a unusual but sexy voice. I purchased her CD for my love of Most High alone and I was not disappointed. I think this CD is a must have for any collection, all the ballads are very well sung as well as the fast songs... Just a few of my favorite numbers are 1,3,& 4......