VYP: Voice of the Young People - Lil' Mama
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6.3 out of 10

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  • Summary: The debut album includes Hot 100 single "Lip Gloss" released last year, as well as the Avril Lavigne remix of "Girlfriend."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Sure, Voice of the Young People can suffer from overblown production, as on the nursery-rhyming ''G-Slide (Tour Bus).'' But kids will dig smart, quick cuts like the Southern-fried snap of ''Shawty Get Loose,'' featuring Chris Brown, who adds the ''special'' to Mama's sauce.
  2. The Guardian
    80
    Such is the catchiness of this generally lovable record that it's easy to miss the bleak thrust of her lyrics.
  3. Spin
    80
    [The tracks are] thoughtful enough to help make this one of the year's best rap albums. [June 2008, p.104]
  4. Rolling Stone
    60
    The standout is "L.I.F.E.," a raw recollection of an addled childhood ("I ain't got no pictures of my mother/She was a crack fiend/Nothing like crack mother") that proves there's more to her than bubble gum.

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