''Born for This!'' is a studio album by American singer
Stephanie Mills. It was released by
Lightyear Entertainment
Lightyear Entertainment, headquartered in Studio City, California, is a distributor of independent motion pictures in theaters, on DVD, Blu-ray, Video On Demand, as well as a distributor of music and music videos on CD, DVD, and digital distribut ...
on August 3, 2004 in the United States. The album features re-arranged productions of Mills's hit songs such as "
Never Knew Love Like This Before" and "
Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)" as well as new songs she had not recorded before.
[Billboard ]
Stephanie Mills - Chart history
. It debuted and peaked at number 25 on the US
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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.
Critical reception
In his review for
AllMusic
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, editor Andy Kellman called the album a "solid album of contemporary R&B, most of which differs thematically (i.e., heartbreak, devotion, romance) from 1995's gospel-oriented ''
Personal Inspirations''. Surrounded by associates of
Whitney Houston
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,
Faith Evans
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, and
Will Downing
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Biography
Downing enrolled in Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn ...
, Mills has made an album of mostly subdued and lightly upbeat material that will please her grown-up fan base. Mills is in such fine, with-the-times form that you could be fooled into thinking that she never went away."
Track listing
Charts
References
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2004 albums
Stephanie Mills albums
Lightyear Entertainment albums