This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review the single Ta Da by Lil Mo. This was released on Elektra Records in 2000 in order to promote and popularize her debut album Based On A True Story. This single is also an album sampler as well that came with minute long to minute in-a-half long snippets of songs that are going to be/were going to be on Lil Mo's debut album Based On A True Story. (Some songs did not make the final cut of Based On A True Story.)
Think R&B/Soul ballads meet hardcore street raps on hip-hop beats. A lot of songs that are/were supposed to be on Based On A True Story were real life events that were based on Lil Mo's life. That goes for the songs on this single.
Ta Da was chosen by Elektra Records due to the lack of success from Lil Mo's previous singles 5 Minutes and If You Wanna Dance because those songs when they were released as singles did not chart. I remember there was a time that 5 Minutes and If You Wanna Dance were to be the leading singles for the Based on a True Story album. I agree with Elektra's decision that Ta Da was a good choice for the lead single of the debut Based On A True Story album. I was in favor of that particular decision back then in 2000 as well!
Ta Da is a lovely magical song dedicated and aimed to all the ladies out there men that are unfaithful and are cheating on other women. There is a point in females lives where they want to claim their independence. However the music video wasn't promoted as well as it should have been. Critics did think of the song Ta Da as male–bashing content. Ta Da was a good lead single that had a lot of potential for some radioplay. On a plus note, Pam Olivia of Vybe, D'Andrea Foster, and Shae Jones contributed in the role of background vocals.
My Story is the title track of this single and the Based On A True Story album. It is a positive and uplifting song about what she goes through because she's just like you. It's all Based On A True Story! She started off on Long Island in New York City. She hopes everybody know about her and knows her. The electronics used are great.
To me and most Lil Mo fans, Starstruck should have been a lead single. Starstruck had a lot of potential for some radioplay but Elektra disagreed with that option. Starstruck should've had a music video done. This song was based on a true story. Probably dedicated to former boyfriend or maybe it was a boy in Lil Mo's class when she was in high school. Missy Elliott does a superb herb job of doing her rap ad-libs as she always does!
The song Starstruck goes went to that boy who used to laugh at Lil Mo! He pulled her hair and snapped on her gear. Lil Mo knows she shouldn't have wrote this song but doesn't regret a thing about writing the song Starstruck. Now Lil Mo gave this boy something to laugh about now! This boy used to treat her badly. He didn't care what she had to say. This boy used to laugh at Lil Mo's petite shape (body figure). Now he say Lil Mo off the chain and that she blows him away!
Look how the tables turned. Now he's got so much to say about Lil Mo's fame and stardom. Could it be the money, videos, and fly cars? The boy wants Lil Mo because he's starstruck! Now he's trying to get backstage during Lil Mo's concerts and tours.Look at how things have changed. Lil Mo is now grown up and filled out in every place. He's all up in her face because he sees that Lil Mo is getting paid as a musician artist. But too bad! He can't be down with Lil Mo. If that boy had been much more good to Lil Mo then things would be different.
Enter stage Missy Elliott. She is the bitch like she told him. Why is that boy all up in Missy's grill like he knows her? She had all these clothing styles and personalities WAY before this boy did. That boy needs to stop talking all that junk and slow down. Missy Elliott used to be a nobody until 1996 when she blew up big on Gina Thompson's song The Things You Do. Every show Missy Elliott performs at, she earns $1 million for every appearance at every show in other words. Missy Elliott did make it hot like Nicole Wray did in 1998! She knows how to break it down to the floor.
To me and most Lil Mo fans, Saturday should have been a lead single also. Saturday had a lot of potential for some radioplay and a music video. It was a bright and upbeat fast paced song. Saturday is about how Lil Mo wants to meet up with someone each Saturday, but can't due to their busy schedules in life. Lil Mo makes it very clear that on Saturday that person is going to be with her.
I remember buying Ta Da in 2000 when it first came out on CD and cassette. (As well as vinyl too!) However most Lil Mo fans were upset when Starstruck and a handful of other songs did not make it onto Based On A True Story. I was pissed too. Ooh!
I rate this single, Ta Da, 5/5*****!!
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