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██ artist....: Fantasia Barrino ██
██ album.....: Fantasia ██
██ label.....: J-Records ██
██ genre.....: R&B ██
██ type......: Album ██
██ album year: 2006 ██
██ rip date..: Dec-19-2006 ██
██ streetdate: 000-00-0000 ██
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██ tracks....: 14 ██
██ size......: 72,1 MB ██
██ language..: English ██
██ bitrate...: VBR Kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo ██
██ source....: CDDA ██
██ ripper/sup: UTB / ██
██ grabb/enco: EAC /Lame ██
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██ url.......: n/a ██
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██ Fantasia Barrino's first album, Free Yourself, wasn't ██
██ exactly a flop but it wasn't a hit, either. It debuted in ██
██ the Top Ten and had four singles in the Billboard R&B ██
██ charts, which is far from a disaster but it was a ██
██ disappointment by American Idol standards, particularly for ██
██ a vocalist who was considered by many viewers, as well as ██
██ judge Simon Cowell, the most talented singer to yet appear ██
██ on the show. Talented Fantasia certainly was, but talent can ██
██ be hard to sell, and Fantasia's problem boiled down to this: ██
██ she had enough raw vocal power to draw comparisons to such ██
██ classic soul divas as Aretha Franklin, which is what ██
██ appealed to the legions of middle-America fans of the show, ██
██ but that's not a style that has much to do with contemporary ██
██ R&B, so she was given a modern makeover on Free Yourself. It ██
██ was a cautious one, though, leaving remnants of her Idol ██
██ persona ù most evident on a reprise of her show-stopping ██
██ interpretation of Gershwin's "Summertime" ù surrounded by ██
██ hip-hop-inflected urban soul like the single "Baby Mama," ██
██ which was precisely the kind of thing that made fans of ██
██ "Summertime" recoil. And recoil they did. They wound up ██
██ avoiding the album, and "Baby Mama" didn't win enough ██
██ converts to make up for the Idol audience's absence, so ██
██ Fantasia and company took the only logical step for her ██
██ eponymous sophomore album: they made it strictly R&B. ██
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██ Since it adheres to just one style of music, Fantasia is a ██
██ more consistent album than her debut; it has a sense of ██
██ purpose and it takes greater risks in the production, two ██
██ things which make it a bolder, better album than Free ██
██ Yourself. Fantasia is a hard R&B album through and through, ██
██ a distinction made clear by the album-opening "Hood Boy," a ██
██ dynamite single built on a blaring Supremes sample and ██
██ featuring a rap from Big Boi that sets the tone for the rest ██
██ of the record. Like Destiny's Child in Soldier, Fantasia is ██
██ celebrating thugs, and with the day-glo Supremes sample ██
██ skipping and stuttering in circles, "Hood Boy" sounds not ██
██ unlike an updated version of Ike & Tina, as Fantasia ██
██ desperately pledges her devotion to strong men. It's ██
██ inspired in concept and delivery, as Barrino puts her all ██
██ into it and it works: with this one track, she sheds her ██
██ AmIdol past and remakes herself into a vibrant, vital diva. ██
██ Even when things slow down for the ballads Fantasia never ██
██ sounds schlocky; the songs sound made for DJs and clubs, ██
██ which is why the album is at its best when it sticks close ██
██ to that updated '70s soul feel, as on "Baby Makin' Hips" ██
██ which doesn't hit as hard as "Hood Boy" but it's equally ██
██ alluring in its cool reserve. So, the sound is right on ██
██ Fantasia, as is Barrino's performance: she delivers on the ██
██ promise she displayed on the show, sounding like a ██
██ full-throttle powerhouse on the faster songs and smoldering ██
██ on the slower ones. That leaves the only problem of the ██
██ record: the songs aren't all that great. There are ██
██ exceptions ù the previously mentioned "Hood Boy" and "Baby ██
██ Makin' Hips," of course, but also a handful of others, such ██
██ as the slow-burning "Two Weeks Notice," co-written by Missy ██
██ Elliott ù but this is a record that rides on its sound, ██
██ whether it's coming from Fantasia or from the producers, who ██
██ always present her at her best. This is enough to make ██
██ Fantasia better as an album and statement of purpose than ██
██ Free Yourself, but no matter how good tracks like ██
██ "Uneligible" sound ù and with its fuzz-toned instrumental ██
██ breaks and skeletal beats, the track does sound pretty great ██
██ ù it's hard not to wish that there were hooks as memorable ██
██ as the production. That said, Fantasia does its job: it may ██
██ not be perfect, but it fully breaks Barrino free of her ██
██ American Idol persona, giving her a sound and style that she ██
██ can build a career upon. ██
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██ If you enjoyed this REC, BUY IT! otherwise delete it please ██
██ because the Artist deserves your support! ██
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██ 01.hood boy (feat. big boi) 03:35 ██
██ 02.when i see u 03:37 ██
██ 03.i nominate u 04:34 ██
██ 04.baby makin' hips 03:21 ██
██ 05.not the way that i do 03:36 ██
██ 06.only one u 04:00 ██
██ 07.i feel beautiful 03:33 ██
██ 08.i'm not that type 04:07 ██
██ 09.uneligible 03:00 ██
██ 10.two weeks notice 04:43 ██
██ 11.surround u 03:19 ██
██ 12.bore me (yawn) 02:55 ██
██ 13.sunshine 03:48 ██
██ 14.bump what ya friends say 04:44 ██
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▓▓ * We are always looking for: ▓▓
██ - Talented Music Rippers (allyear, allgenre, promo, vinyl ██
██ and radio livesets) ██
██ - prefered 100Mbits affiliated sites (NO! 10mbit bbb!!) ██
██ ██
██ * We are currently looking for: ██
██ - A Dump site ██
██ - iRC BNC Supplier ██
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██ And if you think that U can help us to make a better group ██
██ don't hesitate, contact us! I hope you know how do that =) ██
██ since we are a closed group so... ██
██ - we DON'T have any contact detail here ██
██ - we DON'T have a public irc channel ██
██ - we DON'T offer releases ██
██ - we DON'T have a web page (try http://www.utb.de) ██
██ - we ARE UNTOUCHABLE... ██
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██ Well, now here is a small update of our nfo...blablabla ██
██ 1. Yes we thought about makin a "secure" nfo like other big groups ██
██ but we thought there still should be that flair for our friends ██
██ (And yes we like to look at other nice and creative nfos) ██
██ 2. We are 3 years in this formation in scene now, it's a fucked ██
██ situation in here, but we still love it :) ██
██ 3. We thank everyone who supported and supports us(Rippers, Ops,..)██
██ 4. We hope u enjoyed any of our over !4000! rips ;) ██
██ 5. We will still going on, ever and ever and ever ............... ██
██ 6. Still watch out for UTBDVD for some nice Music-DVDs ██
██ 7. and last -> We love you all! Now go out and listen to our music!██
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██ Greetz fly out to: ██
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██ to all ppl and groups ██
██ that support the scene and us ██
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██ and to our friends at: ██
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