Monica - The Boy Is Mine ( Vinyl 2LP ) 1998

On her second album, The Boy Is Mine, Monica is given a little more room to strut her own stuff. Previously, she was an inexperienced vocalist whose raw talent was sculpted by a bevy of producers. Here, she sticks with Dallas Austin; not only does he give her songs immaculately crafted musical backdrops -- both ballads and up-tempo dance numbers sound irresistible -- but he helps her cultivate her voice so she sounds more mature than her 17 years. That doesn't exactly camouflage the uneven material, but it does make it easy to swallow. She does have a better, more consistent batch of songs here than she did on Miss Thang, and the best songs -- such as the Brandy duet "The Boy Is Mine" or the bouncing "Street Symphony" -- are as good as mainstream urban R&B gets in 1998.

CONDITION: USED LIKE NEW! Vinyl Mint. Storage wear on front and back cover.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Street Symphony
A2 The Boy Is Mine
A3 Ring Da Bell
B1 The First Night
B2 Misty Blue
B3 Angel Of Mine
C1 Gone Be Fine
C2 Inside
C3 Take Him Back
D1 Right Here Waiting
D2 'Cross The Room
D3 I Keep It To Myself
D4 For You I Will