Music Capsule Review

Born to Reign (2002)

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WHEN THERE'S A WILL...there's an album of rap for the Disney set

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Release Date: Jun 25, 2002; Lead Performance: Will Smith; Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

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By Chris Willman

Chris Willman

Chris Willman is a senior music writer for Entertainment Weekly

''Time off to be an Oscar nominee/Now it's back to the M-I-C!'' Detractors might append that couplet with a ''...k-e-y M-o-u-s-e.'' But Smith's third post-Jazzy Jeff album, Born to Reign, is perfectly pleasant -- if somewhat jiggy-deficient -- Radio Disney-friendly rap. R&B crooner Tra-Knox commandeers the choruses way too often, but Mrs. Smith displays surprisingly sweet pipes on the couple's agreeably self-involved duet, ''1,000 Kisses.''

Posted Jun 24, 2002

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