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Star Kitty's Revenge
Release Date: 2002 03 19
Label: Universal

It boasts perhaps the greatest title of any album released in 2002, but Joi's solo debut, Star Kitty's Revenge, isn't as assured as its name, or its cover art, for that matter. It's a fairly standard piece of contemporary urban soul, filled with skits and interludes, songs that have "interpolations" of classic soul songs (the almost-opener "It's Your Life" quotes Sly Stone's "Running Away"), and a bit of naughtiness throughout. Some of it is sort of ambitious and kind of interesting, like the breakbeat breaks on "Techno Pimp," which isn't the same thing as being successful, of course. Usually, the album works best when the ambition is used as flavor instead of the modus operandi, like the slinky, funky "Crave." If the album had been streamlined a bit, cut back from its 18 tracks (including interludes), while jettisoning meandering cuts like "Munchies for You Love," it would have the sexy swagger Joi intended it to have, but, as it stands, it's sporadically entertaining and intermittently interesting -- less of a revenge than a tentative first step forward. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Alright, I'm Back	Gipp	0:55
2	It's Your Life	Gipp, Murray, Stewart, Wade, Brown	3:36
3	17" of Snow	Gipp, Ozuna, Saadiq, Wooten, Standridge	5:25
4	Y'all Better Be Glad	Gipp	0:39
5	Techno Pimp	Butler, Gipp, Austin, Brown	3:47
6	Crave	Rucker, Alvarado	3:31
7	Munchies for Your Love	Clinton, Collins, Cooper, Shider	2:42
8	Lick	Gipp, Murray, Bennett, Wade, Brown	6:28
9	What If I Kissed You Right Now?	Gipp, Ozuna, Saadiq, Standridge	4:46
10	Why They Do What They Do	Gipp	1:07
11	Get On	Gipp, Betts	3:20
12	You're a W***E	Gipp, Ozuna, Wooten, Saadiq, Standridge	4:07
13	I'm a Woman	Washburn	3:25
14	He's Still a N***A	Gipp	0:39
15	Nicole	Gipp, Fleming, Pettaway	5:02
16	Missing You	Gipp, Austin	4:28
17	Agnus Dei	Gipp	1:14
18	Jefferson St. Joe	Gipp, Saadiq	4:26
19	Keypsiia, Age 4 [*]	Gipp	1:44