The Best of Me

Artist: Andrea Martin
Label: Arista
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette

UPC: 078221902045
EAN: 0078221902045
ASIN: B00000DHLR

Release Date: 1998-10-13

The Best of Me

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Tracks:

Let Me Return the Favor
Baby Can I Hold You
Share the Love
Steppin'
Breaking of My Heart - Andrea Martin, Ivan Matias
Best of You
Do You Really?
Set It Off - Andrea Martin, Organized Noize, Queen Latifah
Hung Up
How Could You Forget
Dear Lord
Best of You [I-Boogie Mix]

Customer Reviews:

ANDREA YOU DID "SET IT OFF" ON THIS ALBUM...THIS WAS THE BEST OF YOU!! THE INDUSTRY IS SLEEPING ON YOUR ABILITIES!!.......2005-07-10

ANDREA MARTIN WILL PUT SOME OF THESE ROOKIE-SINGERS 2 SHAME!! THEY SHOULD THANK HER 4 NOT DOING ANOTHER ALBUM BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ROOKIES WOULD HAVE 2 FIND NEW WORK!! HER & LAURYN HILL HAS THE SAME SOUL-FULL VOICE THAT TOUCHES YOUR HEART... **I'M PISSED BECAUSE SHE'S UNDER-RATED WITH A STRONG VOICE THAT SHE HAS!!** WHEN "THE BEST OF ME" DROP I SAID "WHERE HAS THIS SISTA BEEN HIDING 4 SO LONG"? ~~~I KNEW THAT ANDREAS' VOICE & ALBUM WOULD BE LOVED (BECAUSE ALL OF THE REVIEWS HAS BEEN NO LESS THAN 4 STARS)... "SO SHE OBVIOUSLY DID HER JOB", I LOVE YOU SISTA "PLEASE" WE NEED 4 YOU 2 DO ANOTHER ALBUM! ***THERE WASN'T A SONG THAT I DIDN'T LIKE!!*** HOWEVER THE SONG THAT MADE ME SEARCH 4 HER ALBUM AVAILABILITY WAS OF COURSE "LET ME RETURN THE FAVOR"!!---HOTT, HOTT 2 DEATH!!!!!!

I HEARD HER VOICE A WHILE BEFORE SHE DROP THIS ALBUM... I NOTICE HER SINGING ON THE "SET IT OFF SOUNDTRACK" & I ASKED A FEW PEOPLE "WHO IS THAT WITH QUEEN LATIFAH"? NO ONE KNEW AT THAT TIME BUT TIME TOLD THE PUBLIC THAT "ANDREA MARTIN IS A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH"!!!! ANDREAS' SKILLS WERE SO GREAT THAT THE RADIO STATIONS GAVE AT LEAST 3 OF HER SONGS REGULAR PLAY!!!! ***WITH HER TALENT ALONE I'M OVERWHELMED THAT SHE'S SO UNDER-RATED!! WHEN "THE BEST OF ME" DROPPED ANDREA SPOKE UP 4 THE FEMALES & MALES THAT WERE DOING THEIR BEST 2 COPE WITH BREAK-UPS & STRESS-FULL RELATIONSHIPS (SHE DID IT WELL)!!!! ~~~I'M NOT SURE WHERE SHE WENT BUT I LOVE HER VOICE & R&B COULD USE MORE SOUL-FULL ARTIST LIKE: HER, LAURYN HILL, QUEEN LATIFAH, ERYKAH BADU, FLOETRY, JILL SCOTT, ANGIE STONE, AMEL LAURIEAUX & AMERIE!

~~~ANDREAS' DEBUT CAME WITH SUCH A STRONG IMPACT LIKE IT WAS 4 AMERIES' "ALL THAT I HAVE"!!!! ~~~ I LOVE HOW ANDREA HAD THAT "WEST INDIAN FLOW", SHE REPRESENTED 4 THE WEST INDIES LIKE "LAURYN HILL" & "QUEEN LATIFAH"--MUCH LOVE! I'LL SAY THAT IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE "THE BEST OF ME" THEN YOU SHOULD NEVER LISTEN 2 ANY R&B AGAIN--PERIOD!!!! >>>GET THE ALBUM OR GET LOST<<<

>>>>>>>>HERE ARE THE "L A V A" TRACKS:<<<<<<<<
1. ***LET ME RETURN THE FAVOR PLEASE*** (20/20)
2. **BABY CAN I HOLD YOU** (20/20)
3. SHARE THE LOVE (18/20)
4. *STEPPIN'* (20/20)
5. **"BREAKING OF MY HEART"** (20/20)
6. ***BEST OF YOU*** (20/20)
7. *DO YOU REALLY* (18/20)
8. ***"SET IT OFF"*** (20/20)
9. *HUNG UP* (18/20)
10. HOW COULD YOU FORGET (18/20)
11. ***"DEAR LORD"*** (20/20)
12. ***BEST OF YOU*** (BOOGIE MIX) (20/20)

I still love this album! .......2005-01-07

I remembered getting and hearing this album in 1998! I wished that she would have broken bigger, given that she had written for some other artists. She has such a nice singing voice, that shifts from normal singing to a reggae style. I still love the funky Let Me Return the Favor--I thought that Puffy produced this song, but it was Rodney Jerkins. I liked Best of Me, Baby Can I Hold You, Set It Off (from that '96 movie), Dear Lord, and some other numbers that are just as solid. I liked the Soulshock and Karlin songs as well as the Organized Noize, and some other names on here. It's still a good first effort, and Andrea, if you're listening, I hope that you put out a new album soon.

GREAT ALBUM.......2004-03-31

This is a great album and Andrea is a terrific song writer. Nuff said.

Strong, Soulful Delivery.......2003-05-15

"The Best of Me" may have come out in the late 90's but it's getting heavy rotation on my CD player right now. Andrea Martin is so talented yet is virtually unknown in the R&B world. Why mainstream radio skips over talented songstess such as this is a wonder to me.

The upbeat tempo on these tracks are really contatious. I'm diggin' her version of "Sorry". The only thing I'm not so moved by is the Rap addition on the track "Set It Off."

I, for one, truly hope that it won't be long before Andrea comes out w/her Sophomore CD.

So Firece and So Under RATED.......2003-05-02

Andrea Martin is one of a kind.For those who dont know she has written for Toni Braxton, Monica, Envogue and SWV. I have had this album since it came out. .Anyone one who wants to be a part of this industry as an artist or songwriter should listen to it and learn from her vocal arrangements. lyrics and melodies. She been underrated for years. Everyone who hears it ,end up stealing it from me, and I still buy it over and over..She is "God sent "when it comes to her vocal ablitiy ,a songstress and a DIVA in her own world what talent..I hope to hear more fom her as an artist. If you have an ear for great music, this is one for you.

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