# ~~ 1 ~~ Let Me Show You The Way Out - Cute, decent vocal prowess. 4/5


# ~~ 2 ~~ Give It Back - Features Baby. It's a grower. She kinda "pouts" through it, with that whisper, whisper voice, but it's OK. 3.7/5


# ~~ 3 ~~ A Better Man - Hottest beat E-V-E-R. Producer laced it, and Toni's vocals are perfectly suited for this major Kiss-Off! Her best song by far!! Surely, She's also proud of this one..? 6.25/5


# ~~ 4 ~~ Hit The Freeway - A nice mid-tempo/upbeat number. Features the sexy, SEXY Loon, and a decent rap from Him. They have some good chemistry, surprisingly... 4.25/5


# ~~ 5 ~~ Lies, Lies, Lies - Great song. Toni drops the S-bomb at least 3x, while commanding all the control. A guitarist, riffs His way through this one, and it only enhances the experience. 4.9/5


# ~~ 6 ~~ Rock Me, Roll Me - I heard this one for the first time last year some time. Liked it the first time it hit My ears, and someone told Me I would. Can't wait to actually buy this one! 4.125/5


# ~~ 7 Selfish - OK, not that great. And not much to speak about. Worst track here. 3.3/5


# ~~ 8 ~~ Do You Remember When - Super pleasant, and mid-tempo. Heavenly, upper register notes, and just lovely, all-around. Love this joint! Sounds like Janet Jackson's "Nothin' Better Than", a Glenn Lewis Joint, or a Javier Colon Joint. "Beautiful U R" comes to mind! 5/5


# ~~ 9 ~~ Me & My Boyfriend - Not a bad version. Not the best (Jay and B, killed it!) 3.7/5


# ~~ 10 ~~ Tell Me - A great, love-drenched ballad. Nice, smooth vocals & sexy lyrics. Should have went down, as one of Her infamous classics. Ah well, as long as it's still good, doesn't matter all that much! 6/5


# ~~ 11 ~~ And I Love You - Another ballad. Simply amazing. Hip-Hop beat, Love-soaked, almost as much as Tell Me. Nice way to nearly close things off. 4.2/5


# ~~ 12 ~~ Always - Not much to say. It's slow, and I thought I liked it, but even Give Me Back in more entertaining...She just doesn't really say much that I wanna hear. One of the VERY FEW downers here... 3.5/5

Looks like this CD, is S-E-R-I-O-U-S-L-Y underrated! Many slept on this, while others didn't believe. Well, both are DEAD-WRONG.


Cover Art: A-
Songwriting: B+
Vocals: B-
Vocal Emotion: B+
Production: A+
Overall: B-

52.925/12 = 4.41

4.41 stars.

This is one of her finest pieces in years in my opinion the heavy hip hop sound in the introductory track just presents Toni in a fresh modern (She has been around for a while) sound and look. She's great. I still consider her my top ten favorites and she still brings her A game when others came and went, some stayed a while but couldn't keep the pace. Excellent.

A lot of people (including Toni herself) consider this TB's worst album. I'll admit that out of all of 6 albums (Not counting remix and hits albums), this one ranks at number 6 but it wasn't that bad. Her vocals were on point. Most of the lyrics were on point. More Than A Woman is not her best album but I think it is worth owning.

The majority of these songs are relatively good ideas, but are not executed properly. While the songs are alright, they are not strong enough to stand on their own. Toni Braxton lacks ad-libbing where it is necessary to hold your attention. A song, no matter how good, is not interesting if it lasts four minutes with the same verse-chorus-verse structure without any alterations. Some of the production is out of place and the two tracks produced by Robert Smith, Brandy's ex-husband, sound way too similar, and they are not great to start with. It sounds so ridiculously Brandy, and that is just not for Toni. The best track on here is "And I Love You." It is produced by Babyface and it shows his flexibility/versitility. He is able to fit Toni's new sound while still having some of her old school melodies and harmonizing. One can only imagine how much better this album could've been if she worked more with Baby face...

Right from the beginning of this LP, a Toni Braxton fan would know that she has come out of her element with her fourth musicial effort, "More Than A Woman". She strays away from the sound she is known and loved for, and goes for a different, and worse approach. I didn't like the sound she had on this album. I am used to Toni singing ballads and mid tempo love songs, not this plethora of upbeat songs. Most of the ballads on this album, though, are good. Toni can sing a ballad, thats just a given.

The irony of this album is that she is happily married to Keri Lewis of the music group Mint Condition, but this LP contains mostly breakup songs and songs about an unhappy woman. Speaking of Keri, he did a nice job producing "Tell Me". This song is an album highlight. It samples Anita Baker's hit, "Sweet Love", and actually sounds a bit like Janet Jacksons's "Funny How Time Flies". As mentioned previously, a lot of the songs have a sad feel to them. The album's first 3 songs, "Let Me Show You the Way Out", "Give It Back" and "A Better Man" are all about an oppressed woman. "Give it Back" is a bit creative, especially the chorus, but contains a weak rap from Baby from Cash Money Records. "Hit the Freeway" was the only song released from this album, but it is so not Toni. The song didn't fit this great artist. Loon performed a lackluster rap and the production was just bland and this is not a memorable track. "Lies, Lies, Lies" is quite eerie. This song has a rock feel and it is about a woman leaving her man because of his excessive lying. Again, this song does not fit Miss Toni Braxton. "Me and My Boyfriend" had no business being done three times. 2 Pac, Jay Z, and Toni have all done this song. All of the versions are weak, so I don't know why it keeps being remade. Toni's version is the worst, though. Toni let us hear her sensual side with "Rock Me, Roll Me". I particularly enjoyed the lyrical sexual undertones although the entire song is great.

Toni Braxton is not a hit and miss artist. When she come out with new material, she gives you something to remember for years after its release. This is her most lackluster work, but even it is listenable. I understand she tried something different with this, but I prefer the Toni I am used to any dsy.

Mikeisha's Top 5
1. Rock Me, Roll Me
2. Selfish
3. Tell Me
4. Hit The Freeway
5. Give it Back