Track Listing

1. life is like a park (featuring carl thomas)
2. hot!
3. the block party
4. let me live
5. jenny (featuring jazzy pha)
6. i believe in me
7. rags to riches (featuring andre rison)
8. true confessions (featuring angela hunte)
9. untouchable
10. head in the sky (featuring blaque)
11. the universal quest (featuring esthero)
12. a new star is born (featuring tangi forman)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43119 in Music
• Released on: 2001-10-29
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
Supernova, the debut album from this famously combustible member of R&B group TLC isn't the out of this world experience its title suggests, though it has its stellar moments. The singer who pleaded guilty to arson on her boyfriend's home, visited rehab twice and dueted with Mel C positions herself firmly as a rapper not a singer. This is a problem because she can't really rap. Which may explain why Tupac spookily pops up on "Untouchable", a track he apparently produced. Tupac died in September 1996, which gives you some idea of how long Left Eye's solo project has been in gestation. Supernova's best cut is undoubtedly the oriental influenced first single "Block Party" with its high-pitched Chinese chorus. Also good and very much in the P Funk for the new millennia vein of Outkast is "Jenny" and the introspective "Universal Quest" which benefits from Esthero's sharp background vocals. However tracks such as "I Believe In Me" and "A New Star" Is Born have as much depth as cardboard as Ms Lopes blurts out self-affirmation after self-affirmation. Fame and too much Oprah Winfrey have turned her into a rap version of Ronald Dahl's "me me me!" character Veruca Salt. Unlike other artists such as Missy Elliot or India.Arie, Left Eye isn't saying anything. The clichéd "Rags To Riches" gives a potted personal history (I was a drug dealer, had a poor background etc.) but Lopes could be reading from a crib sheet. Compare this to Macy Gray's "Sweet Baby", which doesn't lean on a personal CV to convince you of her artistic credibility. Sadly Supernova doesn't contain a cover of Talking Heads' "Burning Down The House". --Jake Barnes

CD Description
Debut album from former TLC member Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes. Afusion of R&B, pop, soul and hip hop. Includes her hit single 'The Block Party' and a previously unreleased 2Pac song which Lisa has reworked.

Customer Reviews

Unique
This album is very unique. It has deep lyrics and party tracks. There are some tracks that grow on you, but most are great songs that are catchy and you love them from the start!

R.I.P left eye
a beautiful album by a beautiful person. with her debut solo album she really has left her mark on the planet - Block Party is a wicked song reflecting her fun and bubbly personality. Let me a Live is a great song. a great writer, so talented, and her real thoughts have been put into this amazing record. The Universal Quest is also a brilliant song. slightly different from any TLC track, but in a good way.

Not just the L in TLC
I got this cd from my grandma after asking for it for Christmas. I love TLC, lisa is my favorite, and I loved seeing the galz i concert. Anyway, this Supernova is nothing like a TLC album, and I believe that is the effect Lisa Was going for. I respect her for trying out new stuff to promote herself as a solo artist, not just the offspring of a famous group. Now, respects aside, I'll comment on the album. At first, I was like, what is this? I haven't heard anything like it. I am not a fan of rap, so this stuff was new to me. This is an upbeat, definitely laid-back kind of album, smooth, rolling beats that compliment Lisa's voice. However, if you look deeper, the lyrics are actually quite meaningful. Songs like "Hot" express Lisa's disdainment with the media. "Life is Like a Park" compares life to a see-saw, an excellent similie if there ever was one. "The Universal Quest" is a plea to just hear people out, and a hope for a better world. Other songs, like "The Block Party" and "Jenny" are just plain fun, good for a party. And others, like "Let Me Live" and "I believe in Me" are odes to being herself and telling people to let her be who she wants to. "Rags to Riches", although a popular subject with many, is a very cool tune, and it does have meaning, whether it is auto-biographical or not. The best song here, in my opinion, is "True Confessions". It talks about living with a man who always has a lot of other women. It is a very gutsy song, and has a very infectious beat, too. "Head to the Sky" and the bonus track, "Breathe" are inspirational tunes that tell listeners to keep their dignity with them and to let yourself to forget problems. "..Sky" features lisa's proteges, Blaque, a top girl group. Overall, Lisa does a nice job of seperating herself from previous work, and will hopefully gain recognition for her effort.