Make It Hot
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[3] |
| Rolling Stone | |
Michael Gallucci from AllMusic wrote that Make It Hot "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."[1] Entertainment Weekly journalist Rob Brunner gave the album a B rating and concluded: "Even if the distinctive Missy-Timbaland sound is getting a little old, Hot proves the formula hasn’t gone cold just yet."[3]
Chart performance
Make It Hot reached number forty-two on the US Billboard 200 and number nineteen on the R&B album chart.[5][6] The first single, "Make It Hot", reached number five on the Hot 100 chart,[7] number two on the R&B singles chart,[8] and was certified gold.[9] The second single, "I Can't See", reached number thirty-six on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart.[10] In 1999, the third and final single from the album, "Eyes Better Not Wander", reached number seventy-one on the R&B singles chart.[11]
Track listing
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Limited Edition bonus disc
- Clipse - "We Get Money (Got Caught, Pt. 2)"
- Flipmode Squad - "Everything"
- Yo Yo - "Do You Wanna Ride?"
- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott - "Get Contact" 1
- Coko - "He Be Back" 1
- En Vogue - "No Fool No More"
1 Denotes demo version
Personnel
Credits are taken from the album's liner notes.[12]
- Instruments and performances
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- Technical and production
- Executive producers: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Merlin Bobb, Sylvia Rhone
- Producers: Big Baby, Merlin Bobb, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Kevin Hicks, Donald Holmes, Brian Alexander Morgan, Tim Mosley, Sylvia Rhone, Suga Mike, Timbaland
- Vocal producer: Nicole Wray
- Vocal assistance: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
- Engineers: Claude "Swifty" Achille, Jimmy Douglas, Paul Falcone, Nat Foster, Eddie Hudson, Ted Reiger, Jon Smeltz, Stevie Sola
- Assistant engineers: Chuck Bailey, Steve Macauley, Rob Murphy, Jason Rea
- Mixing: Claude "Swifty" Achille, Kevin Davis, Jimmy Douglas, Paul Falcone, Nat Foster, Senator Jimmy D
- Programming: Timbaland
- Mastering: Herb Powers
- Arranger: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Nat Foster, Larry Gold, Brian Morgan,
Charts
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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Release history
| Region | Date | Label |
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| Japan | August 20, 1998 | Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content. |
| United Kingdom | August 24, 1998 | |
| United States | August 25, 1998 | |
| Germany | September 14, 1998 |
References
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- ^ a b AllMusic review
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Nicole".
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rob (September 4, 1998). "Brunner". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Rolling Stone review Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Make It Hot (The Billboard 200 chart), Billboard,[November 7, 1998.
- ^ Make It Hot (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart), Billboard, December 5, 1998.
- ^ "Make It Hot" (Hot 100 chart), Billboard, November 28, 1998.
- ^ "Make It Hot" (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart), Billboard, December 26, 1998.
- ^ RIAA database Script error: No such module "webarchive". (search "nicole" under "artist")
- ^ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/Script error: No such module "WLink". "I Can't See" (Rhythmic Top 40 chart), Billboard, November 21, 1998.
- ^ "Eyes Better Not Wander" (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart), Billboard, June 19, 1999.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Make It Hot (CD liner). Nicole Wray. Elektra Records. 1998.
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