Xscape Traces Of My Lipstick CD

This album finds Jermaine "JD" Dupri behind the boards for four tracks, including "All About Me" and "My Little Secret." Other producer/writers on the project include Diane Warren ("The Arms of the One Who Loves You"), Daryl Simmons ("The Runaround") and Babyface ("Your Eyes"). The vocals of Kandi Burruss, Tamika and LaTocha Scott and Tameka "Tiny" Cottle are mature, reaching far beyond the massive teen appeal that surrounds them. TRACES OF MY LIPSTICK finds the girls soft and sultry at times ("Softest Place on Earth"), while the Jeep-beat stomp of "Do You Know" shows their vocal diversity. With this brilliant recording, Xscape avoids the pitfall of urban music's "here-today-gone-tomorrow" syndrome by providing solid vocal performances of groove-steady compositions.

Additional personnel includes: Warryn Campbell (various instruments); George Wadenius, Michael Thompson, Gregory Russell, Tommi Martin (guitar); Guy Roche (keyboards, synthesizers, programming); Sean Hall (keyboards, programming); Ralph Stacy, Preston Crump (bass); Daryl Simmons (keyboard & drum programming, background vocals); Allan "Grip" Smith (keyboard programming); William Thomas (drum programming, sound effects); Bobby Crawford (drum programming); Joe Thomas, Babyface (programming); Jagged Edge, Ol Skool (background vocals); Foxy Brown.

Producers: Jermaine Dupri, Joe Thomas, Guy Roche, Daryl Simmons, Keith Sweat, SOZO! Entertainment.

Engineers include: Brian Frye, Everett Eplugg Ramos, Mike Sciezi, Rich Tapper, Chris Puram.

Xscape: Kandi Burruss, Tamika Scott, LaTocha Scott, Tameka "Timy" Cottle.



This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Entertainment Weekly (6/5/98, p.84) - "With their third album, Xscape have learned what every old bluesman already knows: Infidelity makes good grist for a torchy slice of soul music..." - Rating: B
The Source (6/98, p.179) - "...Like any good album, each song here is distinct from the next....Rich, throaty and clear, they're strong enough to carry a song with the most minimal of beats..."