17. Like This and Like That (ft. Mr. Malik)
Miss Thang
The final song that features a rapper. LTALT serves also as a double-sided single with "Before You Walk Out of My Life". Surprisingly, the song held it's own on the R&B charts, and it the first song on this rate that actually charted in the UK!! Latinazza loves the sassiness of it.
Awww, Like This and Like That is my second fave single from her debut. I know it's not much of a fan favorite but I was hoping for top 15. Close enough I guess
16. For You I Will
The Boy is Mine & Space Jam Soundtrack
This song right here is the main reason why I dubbed Monica as THE QUEEN OF AD-LIBS, because everything about this song is on point?! HOW COULD YOU?! This song deserves to be #1 for the fact that nothing about this song is flawed. Diane Warren was amazing, Monica's vocals were amazing, the whole production was AMAZING!!
A while back, I was reading a review for this song, and the critic stated how this song was like a "suicide note". OH PLEASE!! The point of For You I Will is about being there through thick and thin with someone. Also, I think this is actually the first song where Monica knew what to do with her voice because on Miss Thang, she played with her voice throughout the album.
It brings back memories from my movie Space Jam, which I'm sure was everyone's movie back as a kid, when the credits came and the song played. Still remember hearing it as a kid
And the SEXY PURPLE HAT , don't even get me started on the music video! I actually agree with one of the comments made on YouTube, saying that the videos made for R&B music in the 90s had absolutely nothing to do with the song, but it didn't matter because the song rocked hard!! I wish some of you would have really listened to this masterpiece!! The reason it got two 11s. Buyonce agrees with me. 90s slay!!
Obviously there are SHs on this rate if you put this ICONIC song this low. Sideline Ho is the anthem of dismissin' trifilin' b******* and putting them in their place (Latinazza & KAK)!!! Honestly, it doesn't matter how good or bad this song did, all of her fans loved it! Monica even sent out a petition online to film a music video for it, and if I had known about it then, I would've definitely signed it!!
In an interview with Billboard about the song, "the record was about "me being in a relationship years ago and somebody just disrespected to the fullest. An ex of mine blatantly, openly cheated - as if people didn't know who his girlfriend was! And just the sound of her name would make my flesh crawl. So he was like, 'Well what did you call her?' I said, 'She has no name. She has no importance [...] I always referred to her as the 'sideline ho,' because she was too comfortable with her position."
Bottom line, if you have no BENEFITS, CREDIT CARDS, HOUSE KEYS, you'se a SIDELINE HO!!!
Until It's Gone became a powerful ballad to me when at first, I wasn't really into the song. This song is a similar message to Brandy's "Do You Know What You Have", but better The music video was powerful too, involving betrayal, death, and heartbreak. Anyone who has someone special, you better hold on to him/her before it's gone.
After the failure of Anything, Until It's Gone was promoted as the album's lead single, until it failed and got bumped down. New Life is not a good album but KAK says, "In an album filled with mediocrity, this basic ass song is somewhat decent. Jazmine should've kept it. Monica didn't really do it justice." I think it would have stayed better with Monica.