Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Mixerr Album Reviews #159

This is Michal Mixerr. Today I will review the Boss Chick album by Nicole Wray. This album was released on Playmaker Music and Danizha from Atlanta, Georgia in 2010. A lot her music with Danizha was released digitally during the 00s and 2010s. A lot her music has been released independently.

Boss Chick is a collection of songs that Nicole Wray recorded from 2002 to 2010.  These songs were leftover cuts from her unreleased albums such as Lovechild, Changes, Nicole Wray, Young Talented & Beautiful, Miss America, and Kill Cupid. As well as her Independence Day album/mixtape in 2006 on FOE and Playmaker Music.

Nicole Wray fans always refer to this album as a mixtape even though it does not look like one. The word "mixtape" tends to cheapen things. I don't feel the same way though.

(This is the clean version of the album called Boss Bitch. It has different artwork and different songs that this one. The one I'm reviewing is the clean one. So pay attention closely and just listen.)


A lot of profanities were cut out from the ones that were on Boss Bitch and a couple of songs were altered and deleted for the clean one. The album cover is absolutely beautiful! I love it. It's better than the album cover for the explicit version in my opinion. (Miserable People was left out on this version.)

Callin' has either a Curtis Mayfield or a Isaac Hayes sample at the beginning. It needed a music video to go along with it. A 2010 song.
Dice Roll was on the 2006 Independence Day album. Dice Roll features rapper Young Fell. It's a bit shorter than the original version on the Independence Day album. It's a sad mid tempo song about real life and reality. Everyday is just another hustle.

The last song is Back Up Against The Wall. Back Up Against The Wall was a song that was supposed to be on the 2005 Lovechild album when Nicole Wray was signed to Rocafella Records and DDMG. As you all know that didn't happen due to the Jay-Z and Dame Dash feud between 2004 and 2006. Which sucked. Back Up Against The Wall features UK hip hop/rap group SAS. Back Up Against The Wall was recorded in 2002. Back Up Against The Wall needed to have a music video along with the song.
(SAS was signed to Rocafella as well when Nicole Wray was there. SAS was also known as Eurogang. SAS was also signed to Cam'ron's Diplomats Records in the mid 00s.)


Even though this album was mostly a collection of leftover studio sessions and unreleased songs as well as new songs, it's better than no album at all. Nicole Wray fans should be thankful this album got released. I know I am.
I rate this album, Boss Chick, 4/5*****!

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