Brooklyn's Don Diva

Artist	Foxy Brown
Format	CD
Genre	Rap
Label Name	KR Urban
Producer	Willie Fulton, Bob Perry, Arnold Mischkulnig
Release Date	2008 05 13
Song List	1: Brooklyn's Don Diva (2:35) 2: We Don't Surrender (4:05) 3: We're on Fire (4:23) 4: Dreams of F****** a D-Boy (3:09) 5: When the Lights Go Out (3:34) 6: Never Heard This Before (4:11) 7: Too Real (2:53) 8: Star Cry (4:30) 9: Why (4:11) 10: She Wanna Rude Bwoy (3:30) 11: The Quan (3:46) 12: Bulletproof Love/One Love (3:48) 13: How We Get Down (4:29) 14: We Set the Pace (4:24) 15: The Quan [Hip Hop Mix][*] (3:44)
Style.Categories	Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap

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You'd think seven years -- turbulent years that involved a bout with near-total deafness and in-public temper issues that led to some time behind bars -- would allow Foxy Brown more than enough time and experiences to make Brooklyn's Don Diva anything but a reheated version of 2001's Broken Silence, but that is what it most resembles, as opposed to a bold step forward or a reclamation of her power. A couple tracks and a few stray lines aside, these verses could have been dashed off by the MC at just about any earlier point in her career -- a shame since the hypnotizing likes of "Too Real," featuring snaking and skanking production from Statik Selektah (and a verse from AZ), and "Star Cry" hint at how potent the album could've been, given the soul-searching tension between anger, sadness, and swaggering combativeness. During the latter, she temporarily rejects her possessions and fame, fights back tears through "I'm just like y'all, but I probably hurt more/After 13 years I feel I deserve more." But these moments are few and far between, moderately satisfying only for those who have been eager to get their hands on a new Foxy Brown album since the 2005 single "Come Fly with Me" (unfortunately not included here). Retraced steps, backed by an assembly line of knockoff production work, are the rule. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide