The debut album from Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott disciple Nicole is virtually a textbook primer on Elliott's stylistic touch and influence on end-of-the-millennium hip-hop (she raps on, writes songs for, produces, and executive produces Make It Hot -- and it's on her custom label).
Along with pal Timbaland, Elliott transforms young Nicole's somewhat standard bow into a stuttering slab of post-rap R&B that's as sleekly modern as it is customarily cold.
Little of Nicole actually peeks through on Make It Hot, however, essentially making the album, and Nicole herself, an Elliott pet project.
Some of it does work -- the title tune featuring Elliott and Mocha is slippery sexy, as is the solid "I Can't See" -- but too often the artist herself gets buried beneath the overwhelming splendor of her ubiquitous mentor.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SeventeenMissy Elliott | Nicole | Play | 04:53 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Traffic JamAnthony Dent, Weird Al Yankovic | Nicole | Play | 01:22 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | I Can't SeeBrian Alexander Morgan | Nicole | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Pressure | Nicole | Play | 01:13 | 2 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Boy You Should ListenMissy Elliott, Nicole Wray | Nicole | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Eyes Better Not WanderS. Garrett | Nicole | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Radio DJMichael Allen, Darryl McClary | Nicole | Play | 01:03 | 2 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Silly Love SongMichael Allen, Darryl McClary | Nicole | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Raise Your FrownS. Garrett | Nicole | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Borrowed TimeMichael Allen, Darryl McClary | Nicole | Play | 05:01 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Testing Our Love (Suga)S. Garrett | Nicole | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | The Time Is Now (feat. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) | Nicole | Play | 01:39 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | In da Street (feat. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott & Mocha) | Nicole | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | Curiosity (feat. Lil' Mo & Dent) | Nicole | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | Make It Hot (feat. Missy Elliott & Mocha) | Nicole, Missy Elliott, Mocha | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 16 | I Can't See (Prelude) | Nicole | Play | 00:43 | 1 MB | 0 MB |
| 17 | Nervous (feat. Lil' Mo) | Nicole | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 58 mins | 134 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude "Swifty" Achille | Engineer, Mixing |
| 2 | Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander | Mixing |
| 3 | Michael Allen | Composer |
| 4 | Chuck Bailey | Assistant Engineer |
| 5 | Davis A. Barnett | Viola |
| 6 | Big Baby | Producer |
| 7 | Merlin Bobb | Executive Producer |
| 8 | Kevin KD Davis | Mixing |
| 9 | Dent | Featured Artist |
| 10 | Anthony Dent | Composer |
| 11 | Jimmy Douglas | Engineer, Mixing |
| 12 | Missy Elliott | Arranger, Composer, Executive Producer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer, Producer, Vocals |
| 13 | Paul J. Falcone | Engineer, Mixing |
| 14 | Nat Foster | Arranger, Engineer, Mixing |
| 15 | S. Garrett | Composer |
| 16 | Larry Gold | Arranger, Cello |
| 17 | Kevin Hicks | Producer |
| 18 | Donald "Lenny" Holmes | Bass, Guitar, Producer |
| 19 | Eddie Hudson | Engineer |
| 20 | Emma Kummrow | Violin |
| 21 | Lil' Mo | Featured Artist, Guest Artist |
| 22 | Steve Macauley | Assistant Engineer |
| 23 | Darryl McClary | Composer |
| 24 | Mocha | Featured Artist |
| 25 | Brian Alexander Morgan | Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Producer |
| 26 | Timothy Mosley | Composer, Producer |
| 27 | Rob Murphy | Assistant Engineer |
| 28 | Nat "The Great" | Beatbox |
| 29 | Nicole | Primary Artist, Rap, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 30 | Herb Powers | Mastering |
| 31 | Jason Rea | Assistant Engineer |
| 32 | Ted Reiger | Engineer |
| 33 | Sylvia Rhone | Executive Producer |
| 34 | Senator Jimmy D | Mixing |
| 35 | Igor Sewic | Violin |
| 36 | Jon Smeltz | Engineer |
| 37 | Smokey | Producer |
| 38 | Steve Sola | Engineer |
| 39 | Suga Mike | Producer |
| 40 | Timbaland | Guest Artist, Producer, Programming |
| 41 | Nicole Wray | Composer, Vocals (Background) |
| 42 | Weird Al Yankovic | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |