★★★★★
"Lost In Emotion." "I Wonder If I Take You Home." "Let The Beat Hit Em'." And who can forget the angst-ridden "All Cried Out"? For those of us who came of age in the 80's, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, a trio from Brooklyn, NY and assembled by the artist/production crew known as Full Force, were responsible for some of the era's catchiest and most diversified hits...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
No text for this review; see http://robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
By naming her new album Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen ? a funny takeoff on Straight Outta Compton by the infamous rap posse N.W.A ? Latin pop-dance star Lisa Lisa apparently wants to let us know she's up on what's hip. For the first half of the album, she hired the trendy C+C Music Factory, who subordinate her big voice to their skiddy funk beats and retro-gospel climaxes...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
This includes the Top-40 hit "Little Jackie Wants to Be a Star."
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
'90s dance music on the cutting edge of something yet defined.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Full Force were still hot as they produced a second consecutive platinum LP for Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. This time, the group scored two number one pop hits with "Head to Toe" and "Lost in Emotion," and even "Someone to Love Me for Me" had its moments. Lisa Lisa was an ingenue one moment and a tough, hardened survivor the next. The album peaked at number seven on the pop charts, but was also the apex of their union...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28