Just No Other Way

Chinese born. California raised. International music star. CoCo Lee's first English language album (the only one in her whopping 24-album catalog) is Sony's endeavor to bring the Mariah Carey of China stateside. Her first release "Do you want my love" with its funk guitar licks has a styled R&B dance flavor that shows her Carey influence. The theme of "love" is saturated throughout six of the 11 song playlist-making this one of those CDs you pick up so that you could dub its songs for the cheesy slow jam tape for your girl. Her slower tracks rustle up the vibe of mid-'90s by touching upon the aura's of, among others, Boys to Men, Total, Groove Theory and, of course, Mariah. On the flipside, the uptempo's take different turns in a proboble water-testing plan, bouncing between the sounds of hip-hop inspired R&B and club-fashioned house. What Sony will find is that CoCo performs exceptionally well at both speeds.