Author: LIL' KIM

Format: Import

PartNumber: MFR075678357220#VG

Release Date: 04-03-2003

Details: Amazon.ca First, the bad news; La Bella Mafia is still wall-to-wall smut, and there is nothing to suggest that Kimberley "Lil' Kim" Jones has enhanced her subterranean level of self-esteem. All the same, this third album is rather fine. The 4' 11" emcee has generated many times her own height in column inches since the death of her mentor and sometime lover, the Notorious B.I.G.. Her breast enlargement has been a more fevered topic of debate than her rapping skills, which are generally considered negligible. Yet Kim has a fine rap voice, husky and resonant, and on La Bella Mafia a cornucopia of production talent furnishes her with beats that allow her to flaunt the most under-appreciated of her assets. The best thing here is "Magic Stick", an infectious head-nodder built from a B.B. King loop that features 50 Cent, and is better than anything on his own album. Kim comes across like a super-libidinous Missy Elliott on "Shake Ya Bum Bum" and "The Jump Off", and "Hold It Now" even samples the same Beastie Boys track Elliott used on her Under Construction LP. Yet when Missy herself turns up, for the spectacular "(When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now?", Kim is far from overshadowed. --Angus Batey Product Description Everyone's favorite hardcore female rapper, Lil Kim's new album La Bella Mafia features guests Method Man, Missy Elliot, and Timberland. Her last album, Notorious K.I.M, went platinum. Lil Kim has proved to be a multi-faced superstar with unlimited potential, an icon whose irresistible persona looms larger than ever before.

UPC: 075678357220

EAN: 0075678357220

Model: MFR075678357220#VG

Languages: english

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood