Track Listing

1. Intro
2. What
3. Gangsta Lovin'
4. Irresistable Chick
5. Party In The Rain
6. Arguement (Skit)
7. Let This Go
8. Hey Y'all
9. Figure You Out
10. Stop Hatin (Skit)
11. Satisfaction
12. Neckbones
13. Double R What
14. Ryde Away
15. As I Grow
16. Eve-olution
17. Let Me Blow Ya Mind (Featuring Gwen Stefani)
18. U, Me & She

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54019 in Music
• Released on: 2003-05-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .24 pounds
• Running time: 63 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Eve-olution is the third album from Ruff Ryders member and former stripper Eve. As one of the few successful female rappers out there, she's made a name for herself by playing the boys at their own game. Eve spends most of this album proving she's as tough as the rest, particularly on the hard-bitten "Let It Go" and the funk-filled title track, in which she spits out her venemous lyrics in a way anyone familiar with her two previous albums (,Scorpion and First Lady) will be well attuned. Throughout Eve-olution Eve paints herself as the Hustler's moll, the Bitch, the savage partner to that other hip-hop staple The Dog. It's a mentality most clearly outlined on the 70s-style single "Gangsta Lovin" in which she croons alongside Alicia Keys and Angie Stone about the do or die emotions of loving a hoodlum. After the commercial hits with Gwen Stefani and Dr Dre ("Let Me Blow Ya Mind", "Who’s That Girl"), Eve can pull in further big names such as a typically lackadaisical Snoop Doggy Dogg on the laid back "Hey Y'All". As Eve turns stellar (she's in two forthcoming movies) there are fewer and fewer contributions from her Ruff Ryders crew members. DMX is particularly notable by his absence. This perhaps explains the weakness of tracks such as "What!" and "Ride Away" which are nothing more than average mainstream hip-hop pop. Eve does have her soft side as witnessed on the treacly "As I Grow", all synths and self-loving, but this album is for the hardheads, both male and female. Eve wouldn't want a better compliment than that. --Jake Barnes

CD Description
Following the success of her second album 'Scorpion' which was released in 2001, Eve's follow-up 'Eve-Olution' continues along the same lines fusing hip-hop with R&B and dance influences. It features an array of producers including Dr. Dreand Irv Gotti alongside guest appearances from Truth Hurts,Gwen Stefani, Nate Dogg and Jadakiss. Includes the single 'Gangsta Lovin', a duet with Alica Keys.

Customer Reviews

EVE-OLUTION INDEED!
I absolutely detested Eve's album 'Scorpion'. I loathed it. So I don't know what possessed me to buy this album. And I was pleasantly surprised by it, too...
Eve Jeffers is a real r'n'b/rap artist, she writes her own music, she can sing as well as rap, and she produces her own stuff. And she deserves to be up there with the likes of Missy and Lil' Kim in the popularity stakes.
Smash hit single Gangsta Lovin' (with Alicia Keys) is unlike most of the other tracks on the album, being a primarily r'n'b-centred affair, but current single Satisfaction is different altogether. It is kinda mainstream rap. The rapping is audible, not just a bunch of words spat out at two thousand miles per hour, and the chorus is insanely infectious.
Neckbones is great as well, as is Figure You Out, kinda a boy versus girl thing, in the vein of Dilemma, but with both parties rapping. The skits are great, especially the Argument skit. I was splitting my sides with laughter. Party In The Rain (feat. Mashonda) is a song that would surely become a hit if released. Most of the other songs on the album are top quality rap, and the best track on the album, only just beating Satisfaction, is Irresistible Chick. It's an upbeat song in the terms of that you can dance to it, it's not your average 'look at me I'm from the ghetto' stuff. It's just a cool song.
This album is quality rap, not as mainstream as Missy's Under Construction album, but not as hard as Lil' Kim's La Bella Mafia album. Eve is a true talent who is on her way up, up and up some more.

Bombshell Blowing Up!!!
After her dramatic progression on last album "Scorpion", Eve is well and truly in control on "Eve-olution". From the opening track "What?" she sets the standard (and the mood) for the rest of the album. Featuring Truth Hurts she raps hard about who she is and does not let anyone get in her way. The massive Irv Gotti produced single "Gangsta Lovin'" with Alicia Keys continues the high standard and add potential huge hits "Irresistible Chick" and "Party In The Rain" to the mix and you're off to a flyer within twenty minutes!! With fewer guest appearances than before, most notably, no DMX, Eve is given time to shine and through writing all her own material you really feel what she is saying. Using different producers than before for many tracks gives a varied edge, the Neckbones being the most obvious example. Even when events are slowed down on "Ryde Away" and "As I Grow" Eve loses none of her venom and gets to talk more through her music. The title track definitely leaves you on a high and is a standout. Add the two bonus tracks to this from previous albums and this is a very good buy, even if you've never heard an Eve album before. Move over Kim and Foxy there's a new Queen of Rap!!

good r n b and rap marred by skits
Eve lays out some excellent popchart fodder here, adding some R n B (in the modern Destiny's Child meaning of the phrase, rather than Koko Taylor's or John Lee Hooker's style) to her rapping repertory. all good stuff, with interesting duets. Unfortunately, the staged drama skits that interrupt the songs wear thin very quickly, and if you haven't got a remote for the stereo, sit (or dance) close enough to it to be able to slap fast forward when these boy-girl arguments come on. Without these, this would be a four star review, or better