Mikaila

Mikaila Artist: Mikaila
Label: Island
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731454272629
EAN: 0731454272629
ASIN: B00005A8IM


Release Date: 2001-03-06

Mikaila


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Tracks:

  1. So In Love With Two
  2. Straight To My Face
  3. Forever, For Always, For You
  4. Playground
  5. Talkin' Bout Me
  6. It's All Up To You
  7. Perfect World
  8. My Dream Is Gone
  9. My Heaven
  10. Emotional
  11. Because Of You
  12. My Heart Can't Let You Go

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Amazon.com

If Britney Spears built a vocal style on Janet Jackson's mannerisms, former Spears opening act Mikaila further thins the formula with a debut album fully cloned from the Britster's musical model. From hip-hop-lite workouts to cheeseball ballads, the teen-queen wannabe spews melisma and kittenish moans all over a dozen songs--most so cliché-packed they sound as though they'd been scribbled by the singer herself during study hall rather than custom-built by pros. Till the clocks run out of time, the stars refuse to shine, the rivers all run dry, and the sun falls from the sky, she's all yours, she vows. With the teen-pop boom waning, that's a lot longer than this career thing looks to last. Hope Mikaila didn't sell her textbooks. <I>--Rickey Wright</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Amazing Debut!.......2006-10-30

This CD is absolutely amazing! Mikaila has a wonderful voice and every song on this CD is great, no fillers! If you like pop and r&b music, your gonna love this! The best songs are So In Love With Two, Playground, Perfect World, My Dream Is Gone, My Heaven, and Because Of You! She should really try another CD becuase she's great.

1 out of 5 stars Ewwww!.......2005-12-17

I remember loving "So In Love With Two" when I first heard it. But OMG the rest of the songs? Utter CRAP. Save your money, folks. Her music is drenched in roquefort cheese. It's very blah. Sure, she's talented; too bad her songs suck.

4 out of 5 stars Good teen pop album--just a little too late.......2005-10-01

Too bad Mikaila didn't come out a year before she released her first (and eventually last) album in early 2001; because, had she done so in 2000, she would've had more success than she's had now. Heck, I don't think anybody knows who she is unless they heard the irresistibly catchy "So In Love With Two" on radio stations in December 2000. Nonetheless, Mikaila's debut record packs a glistenly punch, mixing the uber-success of original teen pop superstar Britney Spears with archrival Christina Aguilera-like vocal melismas. MIKAILA is drenched in teen sexuality backed by the aforementioned Spears, and though it may come off too raunchy at times for the tweenybopper crowd that follows the bubblegum pop market, the CD features a couple un-sexualized ballads as well (parents take a breather). Mikaila definitely has talent, and she can sing pretty well, especially for a girl of such a young age, but the problem isn't in her or her songs, but the time she came out. Too bad, too, because like 2004's 13 year-old belter JoJo (where is she now?), Mikaila has slipped through the cracks in the musical sidewalk like so many before her.

5 out of 5 stars She Should Truly Be A Superstar.......2005-08-28

It's hard to imagine that Mikaila actually recorded this album when she was 13, first of all because of her gorgeous, rich voice, and secondly because of her bluntly sexual lyrics. (i.e. Playground, My Dream Is Gone) Nevertheless, she can sing like no other 13 year old, and her songs are all catchy and great.

1. So in Love With Two - Mikaila's first single is a winner. With a good beat, a catchy chorus, decent lyrics, and a great voice to go along with those, I promise you you'll play this one over and over again. 10/10
2. Straight to My Face - It's hard to beat the intro to this song. It's got a good pop tune and a perfect beat. 9/10
3. Forever, For Always, For You - Mikaila's first ballad is slow and beautiful. It's one of my favorite songs because of its amazing vocals and touching lyrics. It would fit right into Christina Aguilera's debut CD. 10/10
4. Playground - Mikaila's infamous song has a great beat, and an instantly catchy chorus. If you don't like hearing a 13 year old singing provactive lyrics, I don't suggest you listen to this one. 9/10
5. Talkin' Bout Me - I love the Latin intro here, but it quickly loses that Spanish-pop sound and goes into a full blown R&B song. Probably the worst song on the album, which is good, because it's not that bad. 7/10
6. It's All Up to You - Another ballad. Like Forever, For Always, For You it has touching lyrics and slow, beautiful tune. 9/10
7. Perfect World - A sassy pop song with a touch of R&B. It's simple yet catchy chorus mixes perfectly with the backround music. 9/10
8. My Dream Is Gone - Everything about this song is perfect. The beautiful piano intro, the pop beat, the vocals, the upbeat, catchy chorus, great. 10/10
9. My Heaven - You guessed it, another ballad. Not as good as the first ballads, but still really nice. 8/10
10. Emotional - An upbeat pop song. This is the track that made me buy Mikaila's album. I personally think this should've been the second single, rather than Straight to My Face. It's so good that the American Juniors re-made it. 10/10
11. Because of You - A calm, laid-back track. Mikaila's voice doesn't shine so much on this one, but it has a nice sound to it. 8/10
12. My Heart Can't Let Go - The perfect close to a great album. Her voice is beautiful with the Spanish guitar in the backround. Simply great. 10/10

Mikaila deserves to be huge by now. It's too bad she was brushed off as just another wannabe pop act. Her voice is very individual, with a richness that's rare in this kind of music. Overall album grade: 9/10

5 out of 5 stars

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