The Album: Whitney Houston My Love Is Your Love (1998)
What was initially supposed to be a greatest hits compilation ended up being a full-on album. Whitney got everyone on this record. Babyface, Kelly Price, Faith Evans, Missy, and even Mariah Carey, all came into the studio to help create a true heat rock; four times platinum, six Grammy nominations, and the Oscar for Best Original Song/
Writer and critic Gerrick Kennedy joins Oliver and Morgan in the studio to talk about Whitney's move to hip-hop, her growth as an artist from her last studio album, and how this record helped celebrate black womanhood in a way that was so rarely heard at that time.
More on Gerrick Kennedy
- Gerrick's work at the Los Angeles Times
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- Website|Twitter
More on My Love Is Your Love
- 20 Years Later: Whitney Houston’s ‘My Love is Your Love’ Album Singles Ranked (Rated R&B)
- Whitney performing Heartbreak Hotel on Rosie O'Donnell
Show Tracklisting (all songs from My Love Is Your Love unless otherwise stated)
- My Love Is Your Love
- It's Not Right But It's Okay
- Lauryn Hill: Ex-Factor
- It's Not Right But It's Okay (Remix)
- Aaliyah: Are You That Somebody
- Brandy: Never Say Never
- Brandy: The Boy Is Mine
- If I Told You That
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Heartbreak Hotel (Live)
- Get It Back
- Total: Trippin'
- Deborah Cox: Nobody's Supposed to Be Here
- Whitney Houston: Tell Me No
- Oh Yes
- In My Business
- Heartbreak Hotel
- I Learned From The Best
- When You Believe
- My Love Is Your Love
- If I Told You That
- Oh Yes
- Get It Back
- When You Believe
- I Learned From The Best
- Kelly Price: Secret Love
- Deborah Cox: 2 Good 2 Be True
- Missy Elliot: All N My Grill
Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find there.
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