Persona * by Queen Latifah (CD, Aug-2009, Flavor Unit)

Album Features
UPC:	684329555559
Artist:	Queen Latifah
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2009
Record Label:	Flavor Unit
Genre:	Contemporary R&B, R&B

Track Listing
1. Light, The
2. Fast Car
3. Cue The Rain
4. My Couch
5. Take Me Away (With You) - (featuring Marsha Ambrosius)
6. With You
7. Hard To Love Ya - (featuring Shawn Stockman/Busta Rhymes)
8. What's The Plan
9. Long Ass Week
10. Runnin
11. People
12. If He Wanna - (featuring Serani)
13. Over The Mountain
14. World, The
15. Fair Weather Friend

Details
Contributing Artists:	Busta Rhymes, Shawn Stockman, Marsha Ambrosius, Serani
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Photographer: Mike Ruiz.Following a pair of vocal showcase albums that involved classy yet fun spins on the likes of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Nina Simone, and Billy Strayhorn, Queen Latifah enlists producers Cool & Dre to help concoct PERSONA, a willfully schizophrenic set of pop-oriented material. As anyone familiar with her recent screen and studio work would expect, Latifah's shifts from character to character are not rocky. "What's the Plan" is an obvious Cheryl Lynn circa-"Encore" impersonation, albeit one streaked with Dre's vocal effect-driven gibberish. "Cue the Rain" works a rocking backdrop--not unlike a fist-pumping cut off a mid-'80s soundtrack--with quotes from Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain." One of the more contemporary tracks, the sleek and flirty "Take Me Away (With You)," features Marsha Ambrosius and is surprisingly effective. Just about all of it is enjoyable. Few vocalists who can sing and rap display such versatility on one album.

Editorial Reviews
[T]he highlight is 'Fast Car,' where Latifah and Missy Elliott channel the goofy exuberance of OutKast's 'Hey Ya!'
Billboard