Music Review

Kina (2012)

EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Kina; Genre: Pop

Revenge fantasies don't come catchier than Kina's ''Girl From the Gutter'' from her self-titled album. With its rousing guitar lines, soaring vocal, and ''triumph over adversity'' lyrics, ''Gutter'' has the goods to be this year's ''You Oughta Know'' — and it's not the only hot track on her solo debut. The onetime member of Brownstone has forsaken her old girl group's R&B style for a bright pop-rock sound. Few black women have succeeded at carving out careers in rock & roll; Kina certainly deserves to. B+

Originally posted Jul 28, 2000 Published in issue #551-552 Jul 28, 2000 Order article reprints

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