All Hail the Queen [Collectors' Choice]

Artist	Queen Latifah
Format	CD
Genre	Rap
Label Name	Collectors' Choice Music
Producer	KRS-One, The 45 King
Release Date	2006
Song List	1: Dance for Me (3:45) 2: Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children (4:28) 3: Come into My House (4:17) 4: Latifah's Law (3:52) 5: Wrath of My Madness (4:16) 6: The Pros (5:46) 7: Ladies First (3:57) 8: A King and Queen Creation (3:38) 9: Queen of Royal Badness (3:28) 10: Evil That Men Do (4:06) 11: Princess of the Posse (3:53) 12: Inside Out (4:11)
Style.Categories	Golden Age, House, Hip-Hop

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As strong a buzz as Queen Latifah created with her debut single of 1988, "Wrath of My Madness" and its reggae-influenced B-side, "Princess of the Posse," one would have expected the North Jersey rapper/actress' first album, All Hail the Queen, to be much stronger. Though not a bad album by any means, it doesn't live up to Latifah's enormous potential. The CD's strongest material includes "Evil That Men Do," a hard-hitting duet with KRS-One addressing black-on-black crime and other social ills; the infectious hip-house number "Come into My House"; the rap-reggae duet with Stetsasonic's Daddy O "The Pros"; and the aforementioned songs. Unfortunately, boasting numbers like "A King and Queen Creation" and "Queen of Royal Badness" aren't terribly memorable. Especially disappointing is "Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children," a duet with De La Soul that, surprisingly, is both musically and lyrically generic. To be sure, Latifah's rapping skills are top-notch -- which is why All Hail the Queen should have been consistently excellent instead of merely good. [A Collectors' Choice edition was released in 2002 with the three bonus remixes removed.] ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide