Still Da Baddest

Trina | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Slip N Slide
• ASIN: B0011WMI56
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,535 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Explicit Version. 2008 album from the R&B diva. On Still Da Baddest, Trina sings with guest artists; 'Look Back At Me' with Killer Mike, 'I Got A Thang For You 'with Keyshia Cole, 'I Got A Bottle' with Missy Elliott, 'Stop Traffic' with Pitbull, 'Phone Sexx' with Qwote. An exotic dancer turned emcee/sex symbol, Miami's Trina first debuted on Trick Daddy's hit 1999 single "Naan Nigga." Her solo album Da Baddest Bitch appeared the following year, flaunting raw rhymes in the same vein as Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown, but with a solid dose of Southern bump. More singles like "Pull Over" and "Take It To The House" solidified her growing rep, and she's since become one of the most impressive female rappers in the game.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 2½ stars - Half good, half bad, nothing really in between., May 18, 2008

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W. E. Phillips (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Still Da Baddest (Audio CD)

Believe it or not, this was my first time purchasing a Trina album. It's not that I haven't liked any of her songs in the past, because I have. I guess she was just never one of my top priority artists. I immediately took notice of her, though, with her 2000 (or maybe 1999) debut single, "Da Baddest Chick." I actually liked the song initially--although it sounds a bit dated today--and the video, which showed her smashing all kinds of things with a baseball bat, was pretty amusing, too. The next single was the summer-anthem, "Pull Over," which had my head bobbing for quite awhile. I pretty much enjoyed most of her singles, including "Told Y'All," the song she did with Tweet and Missy Elliott, and of course "Single Again." I've thought about buying her past three albums when each came out, but I became uneasy about them after listening to samples. They just didn't affect me the way her singles did and the production sounded a bit sub-par. However, the samples for this album sounded much better, and with her initial success with this album--debuting at her highest Billboard chart position ever--I decided to finally give one of Trina's album a try.

The album opens with a terribly stupid and useless intro, which is just here to take up an extra minute. The smarter choice would've been to just begin the album with the first full-length track, "Still Da Baddest." The superb production is upbeat and dramatically triumphant, a perfect canvas for Trina's confident and boastful lines about her survival and success in the music business. (Believe it or not, this female emcee has been in the rap game for one or two years shy of a decade). The first single, "Single Again," is also one of the best tracks from this set; it has a catchy chorus and is a bonafide ladies' anthem. I really can't understand why the song wasn't very successful. "Look Back At Me" should definitely be a future single, with its simplistic, dirty South production mixed with chopped and screwed vocals. "I Got A Bottle," which features a guest appearance from Missy Elliott, is a fun and playful club song. On "Clear It Out," Trina gives us a piece of her mind, stating how she is fed up with haters, critics, and aspiring female rappers who think the life is easy. And "Hot Commodity" is a great closing track; it's just as upbeat and proud as the opening song. Unfortunately, those were the only tracks that I was really pleased with. The rest are pretty unexciting. "I Got A Thang For You" and "Wish I Never Met You" both desparately try to replicate her most successful single to date, "Here We Go Again." (Which I didn't think was that great in the first place). The production isn't great, and Trina's rhymes are way too laid-back and lazy. "Killing You..." is bland and very repetitve and "Phone" is simply here for shock value, nothing more. Last, "Stop Traffic" suffers from subpar production and a really lame hook. (Yeah, yeah, yeah... I know green means "go" and red means "stop." That's not clever!)

The bottom line: So... I've finally bought a Trina album. While it's a bit better than I was expectting, Still Da Baddest is far from flawless. It has several excellent tracks that I thoroughly enjoyed, but there is no medium on here. It's either really good, or really bad, and there are just as many bad songs as there are good. Most of the time Trina's rhymes are okay and even sometimes great (except for the somewhat pitiful deliveries on the two ballads). What really causes this album to suffer is the lack of quality in production, hooks, or song ideas. If you're a Trina fan, buy it. If not, I wouldn't really recommend it. Sure there are some good tracks here, but they are barely worth it for me.

Key tracks: Single Again, Look Back At Me, Still Da Baddest, Hot Commodity.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Album Review: Trina, Is She Still Da Baddest B@#$!??, May 31, 2008

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L. Winfrey "Zo Knows" (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Still Da Baddest (Audio CD)

You damn skippy she is. Trina smashed back on to the scene earlier this year with her hot new album "Still Da Baddest B@$!". From the start of the album, Trina is in rare form hitting you hard and early with "Killing You Hoes", which is a track that tells all the chicks out there that are hating on here exactly what they can do. This one is definitely gone to the be the back up off me track of the summer for all the baddest chicks out there.

Then comes the first single off the album "I Got A Thang For Ya f/Keyshia Cole". This track has been out for a while but can still be heard bumping in cars all over the country. The track combines Trina being Trina mixed with that beautiful voice of Ms. Cole to create a song that just says all those things that sometimes you wish you could say but can never find the words. I know you like is he talking about Trina, but yep I am. This song is very well written and is Trina opening up and being very vulnerable.

I had to admit I was a little worried that this would spend to much time dissing former boyfriend Lil Wayne, but I was pleasantly surprised that it didn't. Don't get me wrong she doesn't let him off without saying her peace and she does. There is off course the banger "Single Again" which is the Diamond Princess proudly proclaiming that she is back on the market and hotter than ever. The only other song that she really seems to be talking about Weezy is on "I Wish I Never Met You", a track with her strongly describing some situations that you can't help thinking if she is talking about Wayne, but she never really says. Both tracks you can pretty easily tell that is talking about him but she does it in a way that shows that for how hard she acts she is a very classy lady.

Now you didn't think she was going to let you go without a few classic bangers and she doesn't. My favorite track of this type is "Clear It Out", I can see this one bumping in clubs all summer long. We folks start hating on you, tell em to clear it out. For all you hardcore Trina fans you will have noticed that she has very much cleaned up her flows, hardly ever getting as raunchy as the classic flows from her first few albums that made her famous and infamous all at the same time. But that is not to say that she don't bring it out a few times on this album and she does. Soon as "Look Back At Me f/Killer Mike" drops you know instantly that even though she doesn't use it as often she still has that razor tongue that she is known for. The song is well, all I am going to say is listen to it. She ain't playing. The other track that she kind of takes it there on is "Phone Sexx", where she basically describes how she has some fun by engaging in some very racy phone conversations.

Trina is definitely back with a vengeance. I don't know what happened with her and Lil Wayne but she is definitely handling it with grace and class and something tells me that Weezy may be missing her sooner than she will be missing him. In any case, this is the hardest rap album I have heard from female artist in a long time and with it, it seems that the Diamond Princess may be ready to take here as the Queen of the rap game.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars She didn't lie. She is Still da Baddest, April 6, 2008

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Julius Tombs - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Still Da Baddest (Audio CD)

On her fourth effort, Still Da Baddest, Trina has definitely proven that she is the best in her genre. While some fans are sitting around waiting on the releases of other female rappers, Trina manages to get another solid cd out and hold her place as the Queen Of The South.

The intro definitely is a great introduction. They are building Da Baddest Chick from scratch with her her assets. She kicks the door in with the Title Track Still Da Baddest and slays her competition effortlessly with Killing You Hoes. She proclaims her bachelorette status on Single Again which is probably the weakest track on the album but still manages to make an impact. She trades verses with Rick Ross on Hot Commodity and gets a helping hand from Rap/R&B veteran Missy Elliott on I Got A Bottle. Even on the songs with R&B newcomers Shonie (Wish I Never Met You) and the sexed up Phone Sexx with Qwote Trina manages to give her fans exactly what they want and need.

The only downfall is the two verse songs. Just when Trina has pulled you in you get a drawn out chorus and you're left with you mouth hanging low because you think she was gonna go in hard on that 3rd verse. This album is definitely a step up from the previous two and she has definitely proved that no one is taking her slot.