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After lengthy delays and some surprisingly low-performing singles, In a Perfect World... was issued in March 2009 and happened to sync up with Keri Hilson's first solo Top 20 hit, the coquettish trunk rattler "Turnin Me On." Prior to this, Hilson was quite familiar with high chart positions as a songwriter and featured vocalist. She co-wrote Mary J. Blige's "Take Me as I Am" and Omarion's "Ice Box," both of which went Top Five hip-hop/R&B, as well as Ludacris and Blige's "Runaway Love," Timbaland's "The Way I Are" (featuring Hilson on vocals), and Britney Spears' "Gimme More," all of which were Top Five pop hits. Throw in some other prominent features, including Xzibit's "Hey Now (Mean Muggin')," Diddy's "After Love," two additional highlights from Timbaland's Shock Value, and Nas' "Hero," and you have an established track record for a serious singing/songwriting threat -- Siedah Garrett to the tenth power or stiff competition for Ne-Yo and the-Dream. With all but three of the 14 tracks produced by some combination of Timbaland, Polow da Don, and Danja, In a Perfect World... nonetheless reflects the versatility Hilson demonstrated prior to its release. It's a songwriting showcase as much as it is a coming out for a full-blown artist, yet more about what Hilson can do than who Hilson is. If she wasn't so adept with her pen, didn't fill the songs with her beaming personality and casually fluid voice, and didn't have top-level producers providing mostly excellent beats, it would be a mess. Sonically and (especially) lyrically, the album covers most bases when it comes to pop-oriented R&B, all scattered across a set that is heavy on solid club tracks (including the kinetic clap-and-bounce of "Get Your Money Up," a female anthem) and passable-to-steamy ballads (ranging emotionally from seductive to regretful). The slower tracks don't match up to their opposites, or even the bittersweet midtempo cut "Alienated," but they're not enough of a snag to prevent the album from being one of 2009's most replayable R&B releases.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Keri Hilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
Lil Wayne, FeaturedArtist - Polow Da Don, Producer - J. Jones, ComposerLyricist - D. Carter, ComposerLyricist - Keri Hilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Z. Wallace, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
Trina, FeaturedArtist - Polow Da Don, Producer - J. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Keri Hilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - E. Hayes, ComposerLyricist - Keyshia Cole, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2009 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
Tim Mosley, ComposerLyricist - Balewa Muhammad, ComposerLyricist - Timbaland, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Keri Hilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ezekiel Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Patrick Smith, ComposerLyricist - Walter Millsap III, ComposerLyricist - Candice Nelson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
S. Smith, ComposerLyricist - K. West, ComposerLyricist - M. Araica, ComposerLyricist - K. Cossom, ComposerLyricist - Danja, Producer - Kanye West, FeaturedArtist - Keri Hilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - N. Hills, ComposerLyricist - Ne-Yo, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2009 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
Jim Beanz, ComposerLyricist - J. Spivery, ComposerLyricist - K. Logan, ComposerLyricist - Keri Hilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Justin Timberlake, ComposerLyricist - J. Harmon, ComposerLyricist - John Spivery, Producer, Co-Producer - King Solomon Logan, Producer
℗ 2008 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
J. Perry, ComposerLyricist - Polow Da Don, Producer - E. Dean, ComposerLyricist - J. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Keri Hilson, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
Tim Mosley, ComposerLyricist - Timbaland, Producer - Keri Hilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
Jim Beanz, ComposerLyricist - Keri Hilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Mosley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
Cory Bold, Producer - Keri Hilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - C. Bold, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Clayton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
M. Araica, ComposerLyricist - Danja, Producer - Keri Hilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - N. Hills, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
J. Perry, ComposerLyricist - M. Goss, ComposerLyricist - E. Dean, ComposerLyricist - J. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Keri Hilson, MainArtist - Akon, FeaturedArtist
℗ 2009 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
Sam Watters, ComposerLyricist - Louis Biancaniello, ComposerLyricist - The Runaways, Producer - Keri Hilson, MainArtist - Wayne Andrew Wilkins, ComposerLyricist - Rich Love, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
Timbaland, Producer - Keri Hilson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Mosley, ComposerLyricist - N. Hills, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
Album review
After lengthy delays and some surprisingly low-performing singles, In a Perfect World... was issued in March 2009 and happened to sync up with Keri Hilson's first solo Top 20 hit, the coquettish trunk rattler "Turnin Me On." Prior to this, Hilson was quite familiar with high chart positions as a songwriter and featured vocalist. She co-wrote Mary J. Blige's "Take Me as I Am" and Omarion's "Ice Box," both of which went Top Five hip-hop/R&B, as well as Ludacris and Blige's "Runaway Love," Timbaland's "The Way I Are" (featuring Hilson on vocals), and Britney Spears' "Gimme More," all of which were Top Five pop hits. Throw in some other prominent features, including Xzibit's "Hey Now (Mean Muggin')," Diddy's "After Love," two additional highlights from Timbaland's Shock Value, and Nas' "Hero," and you have an established track record for a serious singing/songwriting threat -- Siedah Garrett to the tenth power or stiff competition for Ne-Yo and the-Dream. With all but three of the 14 tracks produced by some combination of Timbaland, Polow da Don, and Danja, In a Perfect World... nonetheless reflects the versatility Hilson demonstrated prior to its release. It's a songwriting showcase as much as it is a coming out for a full-blown artist, yet more about what Hilson can do than who Hilson is. If she wasn't so adept with her pen, didn't fill the songs with her beaming personality and casually fluid voice, and didn't have top-level producers providing mostly excellent beats, it would be a mess. Sonically and (especially) lyrically, the album covers most bases when it comes to pop-oriented R&B, all scattered across a set that is heavy on solid club tracks (including the kinetic clap-and-bounce of "Get Your Money Up," a female anthem) and passable-to-steamy ballads (ranging emotionally from seductive to regretful). The slower tracks don't match up to their opposites, or even the bittersweet midtempo cut "Alienated," but they're not enough of a snag to prevent the album from being one of 2009's most replayable R&B releases.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:22
- Main artists: Keri Hilson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mosley - Interscope
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2008 Mosley Music/Interscope Records ℗ 2008 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
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