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Product description ------------------- Tracks: "7" Interlude 0:38 / Where My Girls At 3:10 / You Don't Know 4:08 / Make Time 4:24 / "0" Interlude 0:40 / You'll Just Never Know 5:00 / Finally 4:30 / Tell Your Girl 3:48 / Gotta Leave 5:08 / Don't Go Breaking My Heart 3:59 / "2" Interlude 0:44 / What More Can He Do 3:49 / Seven 4:44 / Will You Be OK 4:23 .com ---- When Missy Elliott ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/73030/%24%7B0%7D ) wants to pretend that she's a one-woman Holland/Dozier/Holland writing and producing hits for the Supremes ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/55282/%24%7B0%7D ), she hooks up with 702, the female R&B trio named after the area code for their hometown of Las Ve. Elliott crafted four songs for 702's 1996 debut, No Doubt ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001AB7/%24%7B0%7D ), including the hit "Steelo." For this overdue follow-up, Elliott has come up with two more, including the Top 10 pop smash, "Where My Girls At." The single boasts an irresistible push-and-pull rhythm that intersects cleverly with the sing-along chorus, and 702 gives this warning to would-be man stealers a youthful vulnerability that the tougher Elliott could never have managed herself. Elliott's two tracks are the highlights, but Kameelah Williams and sisters Irish and Lemisha Grinstead have made a successful transition from high-school-age prodigies to college-age pros. They don't have overpowering voices, but do display a sure sense of pitch, a surer sense of rhythm, and a seductive sweetness on the catchy new-jack tunes created for them by Whitney Houston ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/30043/%24%7B0%7D ) cohorts Soulshock and Karlin, Dru Hill ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/52074/%24%7B0%7D )'s Warren "Smiley" Campbell, and Rick "Dutch" Cousin of Ice Cube ( /exec/obidos/ts/artist-glance/81891/%24%7B0%7D ) fame. --Geoffrey Himes

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