Whitney Houston

My Love Is Your Love

I Will Always Love Nippy!

Review Score:

(8/10)
I must admit that I was one of the many skeptics out there when I got wind of Whitney Houston's album My Love Is Your Love. She's been out of the studio album game for 8 years and had solidified herself as a soundtrack artist. And though the chart numbers for the album itself may not be amazing (peaked at #12) the singles off it...were a different story. "Heartbreak Hotel" was released and assaulted the Pop, R&B, and Adult Contemporary charts as did her Grammy and Oscar-nominated duet with Mariah Carey "When You Believe". All in all, the album produced 4 hit singles and earned Houston her first big airplay in a while. The album was full of Hip-Hoppy beats that added a perfect backdrop for Houston's golden vocals. And the songs were undoubtedly the best-written tracks that Houston has come into thus far in her career. A perfect balance of "he-done-me-wrong-now-he's-gonna-pay" songs ("It's Not Right, But It's Okay", "I Bow Out") as well as some great, vocal ridden ballads ("Until You Come Back", "You'll Never Stand Alone") The album's great hip-hop flavor come compliments of 2 Missy Elliot-produced tracks ("In My Business" & "Oh Yes") the Wyclef Jean written/produced hit title track, and the Lauryn Hill-produced bonus track, "I Was Made To Love Him". My Love Is Your Love was Whitney's triumphant return to mainstream R&B after an 8-year hiatus of movie soundtracks. With this album, she has broken the mold of `soundtrack queen' and put out the best R&B album of the year in 1999. The resulting 7 Grammy nominations (and one win for best female R&B vocal performance) hardly did the body of work justice. Then again, it was Houston's first Grammy in 6 years.

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