In a Word or 2 by Monie Love (Cassette, Mar-1993, Warner Bros.)

Album Features
Artist:	Monie Love
Format:	Cassette
Release Year:	1993
Record Label:	Warner Bros.
Genre:	Dance, R&B

Track Listing
1. Wheel of Fortune
2. Greasy
3. Sex U All
4. Mo' Monie
5. I'm a Believer
6. Let a Woman B a Woman
7. Full Term Love
8. Born 2 B.R.E.E.D. (Build Relationships Where Education and Enlightenment Dominate)
9. In a Word or 2
10. There's a Better Way
11. 4 da Children
12. Born 2 B.R.E.E.D. - (hip-hop mix)

Details
Playing Time:	50 min.
Distributor:	WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Monie Love (rap vocals); Darren Lighty (keyboards); Levi Seacer, Jr. (percussion); Kirk Johnson (drum programming); William "DJ" Graves (scratches, background vocals); K-Def (scratches); Mary McClurkin, Mary Brown, Jevetta Steele, JD Steele, Jearlyn Steele, Kathleen Johnson (background vocals).Producers: Marley Marl, Monie Love, Prince, Aaron "Freedom" Lyles, Steve "Silk" Hurley.Engineers include: George Karras, T. Marlow, Everett Ramos.Recorded at Marley's House Of Hits, New York, New York and Paisley Park Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota.Monie Love's second CD was more ambitious, taking a harder, less pop tone and approach. She spoke frankly and with clarity about such topics as promiscuity and self-esteem, while her rapping was more focused, her beats starker and more forceful, and the rhymes less gimmicky. ~ Ron Wynn

Editorial Reviews
7 - Very Good - ...a very fine pop record....Monie grins devilishly and rattles through any number of subjects...
NME

...an admirable quotient of sass and a 9mm delivery...
Musician (19930501)

3 Stars - Good - ...tackles tough issues of infidelity, safe sex, and society's gender roles....a solid album filled with positive, pro-woman, pro-human lyrical politics...
The Source (19930401)

4 Stars - Excellent - ...it's refreshing to hear a defiantly female perspective sticking up for herself....a powerful inducement to dispense with tawdry rap stereotypes...
Q (19930501)

...Marley Marl's Stax horn squeals, snapping beats, and skittery scratches make guest producer Prince seem modest... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (19930409)

2.5 Stars - Fair Plus - ...Monie Love is a good storyteller, an adept rapper and a mediocre songwriter...
Rolling Stone (19930610)