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By the time of her proper debut full-length, 2012's Ora, Kosovan-born, London-bred popstar Rita Ora was already primed to take over the pop culture throne. Enormously huge in Europe although lesser-known in the States, Ora began collaborating with label head Jay-Z, as well as R&B phenom Drake in 2009, and the host of big-name guests and producers who helped build Ora is as impressive as any roster of mainstream Top 40 artists circa 2009-2012. The album boasts production from Stargate and the-Dream, cameo appearances by will.i.am, Tinie Tempah, and J. Cole, as well as songwriting help from Ester Dean who's penned hits for Li'l Wayne, Katy Perry, Niki Minaj, and countless other superstars. Every element is in place for Ora to be a dazzling piece of disposable radio pop, and no part of the album's 12 tracks disappoints. Ora's pristine R&B vocals walk some of the same mega-diva territory as Beyoncé or Rihanna, but with defiantly thuggish undertones in the form of a casually profane demeanor and a certain kind of tough venerability in both lyrical and vocal delivery. The production is the sonic equivalent of any Hollywood blockbuster movie, with huge beats, precision songwriting, and performances so perfect they'd be sterile if Ora's larger-than-life personality wasn't the biggest part of the equation. Singles like "R.I.P.," "How We Do (Party)," and "Shine Ya Light" are all meticulously constructed anthems of partying, empowerment, and romance, crafted by the same minds responsible for dozens of other radio hits. Ora manages to be more captivating than her peers by merit of her real approach to her songs, but sonically the album is somewhat interchangeable with any number of Top 40 artist making their name in R&B-tinged-pop. Ora will either be taken as a delightful example of perfect ear candy or a Beyoncé knock-off, depending on how closely it's investigated. Repeat listens will expose a masterpiece of unrepentantly commercial pop on the same level as anything by better-known names, and with more interesting stories to tell than most of them.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
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James Fauntleroy, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevin "KD" Davis, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Rita Ora, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Switch, Producer - Marcos Tovar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Agel, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Harley Justice Wertheimer, ComposerLyricist - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
Mark Gray, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PHIL TAN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Damien Lewis, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Thrall, Co-Arranger, Vocal Arranger, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rita Ora, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Porter, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Daniela Rivera, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Katz, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason "JayBull" Patterson, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - J. Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Harr, ComposerLyricist - Bob West, ComposerLyricist - Andre Davidson, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Wallace, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Madrid, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kuk Harrell, Producer - Bonnie McKee, ComposerLyricist - Rita Ora, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Galland, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Runners, Producer - Hal Davis, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Villanueva, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Osten Harvey Jr., ComposerLyricist - Josh Gudwin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Delicata, Co-Arranger, Guitar, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Sheehan, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Wheat, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Davidson, ComposerLyricist - Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Monarch, Producer - W. Hatch, ComposerLyricist - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
Tor Erik Hermansen, ComposerLyricist - Nneka Egbuna, ComposerLyricist - Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, ComposerLyricist - Saul Milton, ComposerLyricist - PHIL TAN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tinie Tempah, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Kinelski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aubrey Graham, ComposerLyricist - Farhad Samadzada, Composer - StarGate, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Damien Lewis, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rita Ora, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Kennard, ComposerLyricist - Chase & Status, Producer - Renee "Shi" Wisdom, ComposerLyricist - Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, Author - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
Greg Kurstin, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - PHIL TAN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sia Furler, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rita Ora, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Shatkin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Daniela Rivera, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
Laura Pergolizzi, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Beatriz Artola, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JIM CARUANA, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fraser T. Smith, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, Programmer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Rita Ora, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Ugarte, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Loco, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Nikki Flores, Producer, Co-Producer - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
Tor Erik Hermansen, ComposerLyricist - Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, ComposerLyricist - J. Cole, FeaturedArtist - David Quiñones, Producer - PHIL TAN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JIM CARUANA, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ester Dean, ComposerLyricist - StarGate, Producer, Co-Arranger, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Ora, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jermaine Cole, ComposerLyricist - Anna Ugarte, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Daniela Rivera, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David "DQ" Quinones, Producer - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
Makeba Riddick, ComposerLyricist - Shea Taylor, Producer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrea Martin, Producer - Kevin "KD" Davis, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - StarGate, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rita Ora, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marcos Tovar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jules De Martino, Producer, ComposerLyricist - K. White, ComposerLyricist - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Dresdow, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - will.i.am, Producer, Drums, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Rita Ora, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexis Latrobe, ComposerLyricist - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
Michael Linney, Co-Arranger, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lil Eddie, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - PHIL TAN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rita Ora, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Edwin Serrano, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Linney, Co-Arranger, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Xavier Stephenson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Daniela Rivera, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Rabin, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Linney, Producer, Assistant Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Linney and Brandon Linney, Producer - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
PHIL TAN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrea Martin, Producer - Damien Lewis, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Thrall, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Ariel Rechtshaid, ComposerLyricist - Diplo, Producer - Rita Ora, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Switch, Producer - Marcos Tovar, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Wesley Pentz, ComposerLyricist - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, ComposerLyricist - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rita Ora, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Stein, ComposerLyricist - The Invisible Men, Author, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DJ Fresh, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Wez Clarke, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roc Nation Records, LLC, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
Albumbeschreibung
By the time of her proper debut full-length, 2012's Ora, Kosovan-born, London-bred popstar Rita Ora was already primed to take over the pop culture throne. Enormously huge in Europe although lesser-known in the States, Ora began collaborating with label head Jay-Z, as well as R&B phenom Drake in 2009, and the host of big-name guests and producers who helped build Ora is as impressive as any roster of mainstream Top 40 artists circa 2009-2012. The album boasts production from Stargate and the-Dream, cameo appearances by will.i.am, Tinie Tempah, and J. Cole, as well as songwriting help from Ester Dean who's penned hits for Li'l Wayne, Katy Perry, Niki Minaj, and countless other superstars. Every element is in place for Ora to be a dazzling piece of disposable radio pop, and no part of the album's 12 tracks disappoints. Ora's pristine R&B vocals walk some of the same mega-diva territory as Beyoncé or Rihanna, but with defiantly thuggish undertones in the form of a casually profane demeanor and a certain kind of tough venerability in both lyrical and vocal delivery. The production is the sonic equivalent of any Hollywood blockbuster movie, with huge beats, precision songwriting, and performances so perfect they'd be sterile if Ora's larger-than-life personality wasn't the biggest part of the equation. Singles like "R.I.P.," "How We Do (Party)," and "Shine Ya Light" are all meticulously constructed anthems of partying, empowerment, and romance, crafted by the same minds responsible for dozens of other radio hits. Ora manages to be more captivating than her peers by merit of her real approach to her songs, but sonically the album is somewhat interchangeable with any number of Top 40 artist making their name in R&B-tinged-pop. Ora will either be taken as a delightful example of perfect ear candy or a Beyoncé knock-off, depending on how closely it's investigated. Repeat listens will expose a masterpiece of unrepentantly commercial pop on the same level as anything by better-known names, and with more interesting stories to tell than most of them.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:30
- Main artists: Rita Ora
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Roc Nation Records, LLC
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC ℗ 2012 Roc Nation Records, LLC
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