Natalie

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Personnel: Natalie ; Justin Roman. Texan singer Natalie emerged from Houston's Latium collective, which also spawned Frankie J and Baby Bash. Like the latter, she is not glued to one musical style and draws inspiration from diverse elements of the pop universe. A former Houston Rockets dancer, Natalie embarked on a career as a rapper before giving full sway to her sweetly sensual, limber singing voice, unveiled on her eponymous first album. Natalie admits to an adoration of 1980s icons such as Madonna and Janet Jackson, and her 2005 record feels like a throwback to that era, frolicking in that enchanted land between pop and R&B, and then pulling the vibe back to its present day with a hip-hop sensibility. The opening track and first single, "Goin' Crazy," embodies that innocence-versus-desire spirit with lush production, soft-jazz synthesizers, and an R&B/hip-hop interlude. Natalie brushes off the purity a few tracks later for the positively erotic "Ooh," where the singer coos seductively over a contemporary beat before cementing her MC cred on "You Don't Love Me No More." Natalie's skills are manifold, and she displays them vividly on this engaging debut.