Glamorest Life

ヒップホップ界の“エロ・テロリスト”にして史上最強のビアッチ、トリック・ダディら＝Slip-N-Slideの紅一点、トリーナが遂に始動！レペゼン・マイアミのビアッチ・ラッパーが3年ぶりの3rdアルバムを発売！エキゾチックなルックスに拍車をかける○禁リリック！お得意のバウンシーなサウンドに乗せ、“エロ・テロリスト”の名に恥じぬ最強ビッチぶりを発揮！

Self-crowned "baddest bitch" of hip-hop, Trina uses her overt sexuality-as-power style crafted by two of her role models Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown, to make her third record, THE GLAMOREST LIFE, a solid, tough-as-nails hardcore rap experience. A mix of slow jams, the Kelly Rowland (Destiny's Child) -assisted "Here We Go", and club anthems like "Shake", an ode to the destructive Crunk sounds of Lil' Jon, confirms the fact that Trina is a leading lady of the hardcore rap scene of the early 21st century.|

Trina's righteous raunchiness is more than a little exhausted on Glamorest Life, the Miami MC's third album. She seems to know it too, sounding distanced and not nearly as energized as she was on 2002's Diamond Princess. That puts more weight on the productions and guest verses. Despite contributions from names like Mannie Fresh, Jazze Pha, Needlz, and rising duo Cool & Dre, the productions are routinely just as lacking. Take Mannie's "Da Club," in which he more or less jacks the misty-eyed backing for Faith Evans' "Hope." Mannie also pitches in with a wistful reminiscence about a stripper, while Trina helps relate the tale and remains, as always, the one calling the shots: "He wanna cram it and jam it/Put the pickle in the middle, motherf*cker, not fanny." Ironically, one of the better tracks -- roughly the umpteenth track to interpolate Force M.D.'s' "Tender Love" -- takes on a sullen tone, even though Trina's more defiant here than at any other point in the album: "I shed so many tears, can't believe how many years the baddest bitch put up with your dusty ass." Lil Wayne, Lil Scrappy, Snoop Dogg, and Trey Songz provide vocal support, but very little of it raises the material's quality level. ~ Andy Kellman

ヒップホップ界のエロテロリストにして、マイアミが生んだ最強のビヤッチ・ラッパー、トリーナ嬢の新作。いつものダーティー系以上に、しとやかなピアノをバックにデスチャのケリーが優美なフックを披露する“Here We Go”、マニー・フレッシュの鼻歌が最高な“Da Club”、トレイ・ソングズ参加の“50／50”など、歌を絡めた哀愁曲が沁みる作り。クール&ドレー、スヌープらも参加し、エロさにも高級感が漂う逸品です。
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