Product Description:
Destiny's Child: Kelly, La Tavia, Le Toya, Beyonce (vocals).
Additional personnel: Missy Elliot, Next, Byron Rittenhouse (vocals); Gerald Thomas, Donald Holmes, Anthony Hardy, She'kspere (various instruments); Dwayne Wiggins (guitar, synthesizer, bass, programming); Charles Spikes, Sonny Lallerstedt (guitar); Vincent Lars (saxophone); Bill Ortiz (trumpet); Terry-T (keyboards, bass, drum machine); Platinum Status, Daryl Simmons (keyboards, programming); Ronnie Garrett, Raymond McKinnley (bass); Tony Williams (programming)
Producers include: Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Rodney Jerkins, Dwayne Wiggins, Chad Elliot, Missy Elliot.
Engineers include: Michael Calderon, Ramon Morales, James Hoover.
"Bills, Bills, Bills" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal and for Best R&B Song.
"Say My Name" won the 2001 Grammy Award in the categories of Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal and Best R&B Song. The song was also nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award in the categories of Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year.
Entertainment Reviews:
Entertainment Weekly - 7/16/99, pp.65-66
"...more capable of confident, inventive R&B than many of their contemporaries....close enough to the spirit of the Supremes to at least win them a callback." -
Rating: BQ - 11/02, p.124
4 stars out of 5 - "...It was onwards and upwards for Beyonce Knowles and sidekicks..."
Q - 8/99, p.104
3 stars (out of 5) - "...engaging and sassy..."
Muzik - 1/00, p.70
Ranked #16 in Muzik's "Albums Of The Year '99"
Muzik - 8/99, p.80
3 stars (out of 5) - "...smart and imaginative. A sleek, confident sophomore effort - praise be to Missy and Timbaland."
Vibe - 9/99, p.272
"...[a] winning sophmoric disc....funky, beat-savvy tunes guaranteed to offend certain fellas as the battle of the sexes rages on..."
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