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Given Faith Evans' somewhat spotty track record and Puff Daddy/P. Diddy's slippage since his name change, it might have made some sense to greet Evans' third album, Faithfully, with a bit of skepticism. As it turns out, such doubts were unwarranted, since this is her grittiest, funkiest, best record to date. There are so many collaborators on each track and so many producers -- usually around five songwriters for each track (but if a song is sampled, as many as 14 writers are credited) -- that it seems a minor miracle that it holds together at all, but Faithfully gels better than any previous Faith Evans record, in large part because so much of it is devoted to hard-edged, funky dance numbers, whether it's hip-hop-influenced cuts like "Alone in This World" or the wonderful neo-disco "Back to Love." This switch from her previous album, which emphasized ballads and mid-tempo grooves, gives the album more character, since the dance numbers mix well with the sultrier numbers and they both work equally well. If the album is hurt by anything, it's its length -- like most modern hip-hop-related albums, it runs too long -- but it is rich with vibrant songs, lively production, and Evans' best singing to date on what ultimately is not just her best album, but another excellent female urban R&B album in a year overflowing with them.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Sean "Puffy" Combs, ExecutiveProducer - Roosevelt Harrell, Writer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, VocalProducer, ExecutiveProducer - Bink, Producer - Wayne Allison, Recorded by - P. Diddy, Background Vocals - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Paul Logus, Mixer - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Jack Knight, Writer - Mechalie Jamison, Writer - Nashiem Myrick, Writer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Jon Nettlesbey, AssistantEngineer - Sean Combs, Writer - Christopher Wallace, Writer - P. Diddy, Mixer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Producer, VocalProducer, ExecutiveProducer - MARIO WINANS, Writer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Herbert Magidson, Writer - Allie Wrubel, Writer - Scott Kieklak, AssistantEngineer - Paul Logus, Mixer, Recorded by - MARIO "YELLOWMAN" WINANS, VocalProducer - Rob Paustain, Recorded by - Michael Carlos Jones, Writer - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - Adonis Stropshire, Background Vocals
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
A. Wilson, Writer - Andre Wilson, Background Vocals - P. Diddy, FeaturedArtist - FAITH EVANS, Background Vocals, MainArtist, Co- Producer - Brian Kraz, AssistantEngineer - Paul Logus, Mixer - Loon, FeaturedArtist - Dominick Mancuso, AssistantEngineer - F. EVANS, Writer - K Williams, Writer - M. Saulsberry, Writer - Markus Ulibarri, Recorded by - Meelah Williams, Background Vocals - Michaelangelo Saulsberry, Producer, Background Vocals, All Instruments - M. Jamison, Writer - T. Coleman, Writer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Chauncey Hawkins, Writer - Charles Hugo, Writer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, Writer - Serban Ghenea, Mixer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, ExecutiveProducer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Andrew Coleman, RecordingEngineer - Loon, FeaturedArtist - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - Meelah Williams, Background Vocals
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
A. Best, Writer - I. Hayes, Writer - B. Springsteen, Writer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Jim Janik, Recorded by - J. Lopez, Writer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Producer, ExecutiveProducer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - BUCKWILD, Producer - Hi Jack, Keyboards - Brian Kraz, AssistantEngineer - Paul Logus, Mixer, Recorded by - MARIO "YELLOWMAN" WINANS, Producer - F. EVANS, Writer - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - M. Jamison, Writer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Mechalie Jamison, Writer - Prince Charles Alexander, Mixer, Recorded by - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Producer, ExecutiveProducer - MARIO WINANS, Writer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - MARIO "YELLOWMAN" WINANS, Producer - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Mechalie Jamison, Writer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Jon Nettlesbey, AssistantEngineer - Jim Janik, Recorded by - Sean Combs, Writer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Producer, ExecutiveProducer - MARIO WINANS, Writer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer, Co- Producer - Roger Che, Recorded by - Paul Logus, Mixer - MARIO "YELLOWMAN" WINANS, Producer - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - Mike Cleveland, Writer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Chucky Thompson, Producer, Writer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Cheri Dennis, Writer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, ExecutiveProducer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Paul Logus, Recorded by - Rob Paustain, Mixer - Dominick Mancuso, AssistantEngineer - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer, Co- Producer - Fatih Evans, Writer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Harold Lilly, Writer - Hubert Laws, Writer - Prince Charles Alexander, Recorded by - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Jim Janik, Recorded by - Sean Combs, Writer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, VocalProducer, ExecutiveProducer - MARIO WINANS, Writer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - John Thomas, Recorded by - Paul Logus, Mixer, Recorded by - MARIO "YELLOWMAN" WINANS, Producer - Rob Paustain, Recorded by - Alfred Figueroa, RecordingEngineer - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - Grayson Sunby, AssistantEngineer - Tommie Hicks Jr., Recorded by
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Antwan Patton, Writer - André Benjamin, Writer - Adonis Shropshire, Writer - Jack Knight, Writer - Rico Wade, Writer - Patrick Brown, Writer - Prince Charles Alexander, Recorded by - Ray Murray, Writer - Willie Knighton, Writer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Robert Barnett, Writer - Jon Nettlesbey, AssistantEngineer - Jim Janik, Recorded by - Sean Combs, Writer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Producer, ExecutiveProducer - MARIO WINANS, Writer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Brian Kraz, AssistantEngineer - Paul Logus, Mixer, Recorded by - MARIO "YELLOWMAN" WINANS, Producer - Rob Paustain, Recorded by - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - Meelah Williams, Background Vocals - Kameelah Williams, Writer - Michael Carlo Jones, Writer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Mechalie Jamison, Writer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, ExecutiveProducer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer, Co- Producer - Rob Paustain, Mixer, Recorded by - James Mtume, Writer - BATTLECAT, Producer - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - Markus Ulibarri, Recorded by - Kameelah Williams, Writer - Kevin Gillium, Writer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Kip Collins, Producer, Writer - Mechalie Jamison, Writer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Jon Nettlesbey, AssistantEngineer - Sean Combs, Writer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Producer, ExecutiveProducer - MARIO WINANS, Writer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - ED RASO, RecordingEngineer - Paul Logus, Mixer - MARIO "YELLOWMAN" WINANS, Producer - Michael Carlos Jones, Writer - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - Won Allen, Recorded by
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, ExecutiveProducer - FAITH EVANS, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Rob Paustain, Mixer, Recorded by - Dominick Mancuso, Mixer, Recorded by - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - Michaelangelo Saulsberry, Producer, Writer - Marcus Smith, Recorded by
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Sean "Puffy" Combs, ExecutiveProducer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Jon Nettlesbey, AssistantEngineer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - FAITH EVANS, Producer, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Michael Franks, Writer - Paul Logus, Mixer - Rob Paustain, Mixer, Recorded by - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - Hozay Clowney, Producer, Writer - Rasheem Pugh, Writer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Harold Lilly, Writer - Kamaal Fareed, Writer - Kejuan Muchita, Writer - Jonathan Davis, Writer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Sean Combs, Writer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, VocalProducer, ExecutiveProducer - MARIO WINANS, Writer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - AXEL NIEHAUS, Recorded by - Brian Kraz, AssistantEngineer - Paul Logus, Mixer, Recorded by - MARIO "YELLOWMAN" WINANS, Producer - Rob Paustain, Recorded by - ALBERT JOHNSON, Writer - Alfred Figueroa, RecordingEngineer - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - Renee Moore, Writer - Mayfield Small, Writer - Terance Perry, Writer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Sean "Puffy" Combs, ExecutiveProducer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Vada Nobles, Additional Keyboards, Writer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer, Co- Producer - Paul Logus, Mixer, Recorded by - Rob Paustain, Recorded by - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer - Hozay Clowney, Producer - Gerard Barnes, Keyboards - Renee Antelmann, AssistantEngineer - Rasheem Pugh, Writer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
M. Jones, Writer - J. Knight, Writer - A. Cruz, Writer - J. Baxter, Writer - C. Taylor, Writer - Wayne Allison, Recorded by - S. Combs, Writer - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Producer - M. Winans, Writer - FAITH EVANS, Background Vocals, MainArtist - Lynn Montrose, AssistantEngineer - Stephen Dent, Recorded by - Carl Thomas, Background Vocals, FeaturedArtist - A. Young, Writer - MARIO "YELLOWMAN" WINANS, Producer, All Instruments - Rob Paustain, Mixer, Recorded by - Dominick Mancuso, AssistantEngineer - N Jones, Writer - M. Jamison, Writer - Ariel Burujow, AssistantEngineer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Chucky Thompson, Producer, Writer - Sean "Puffy" Combs, ExecutiveProducer - Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, ExecutiveProducer - Chris Athens, MasteringEngineer - FAITH EVANS, Vocals, Writer, Background Vocals, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer, Co- Producer - Rob Paustain, Mixer, Recorded by - Todd Russaw, ExecutiveProducer
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
Album review
Given Faith Evans' somewhat spotty track record and Puff Daddy/P. Diddy's slippage since his name change, it might have made some sense to greet Evans' third album, Faithfully, with a bit of skepticism. As it turns out, such doubts were unwarranted, since this is her grittiest, funkiest, best record to date. There are so many collaborators on each track and so many producers -- usually around five songwriters for each track (but if a song is sampled, as many as 14 writers are credited) -- that it seems a minor miracle that it holds together at all, but Faithfully gels better than any previous Faith Evans record, in large part because so much of it is devoted to hard-edged, funky dance numbers, whether it's hip-hop-influenced cuts like "Alone in This World" or the wonderful neo-disco "Back to Love." This switch from her previous album, which emphasized ballads and mid-tempo grooves, gives the album more character, since the dance numbers mix well with the sultrier numbers and they both work equally well. If the album is hurt by anything, it's its length -- like most modern hip-hop-related albums, it runs too long -- but it is rich with vibrant songs, lively production, and Evans' best singing to date on what ultimately is not just her best album, but another excellent female urban R&B album in a year overflowing with them.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:03
- Main artists: Faith Evans
- Label: Bad Boy Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2001 Bad Boy Records ℗ 2001 Bad Boy Records
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