Name: Ultimate by Toni Braxton
Brand: Toni Braxton
SKU: 828765748520
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (168 reviews)

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Un-Break My Heart (Frankie Knuckles Franktidrama Club Mix)

08:36

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08:36

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You're Makin' Me High (Norfside Remix)

04:18

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04:18

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How Many Ways (R. Kelly Remix)

05:46

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05:46

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I Don't Want To (Franktified Club Mix)

10:57

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10:57

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Hit The Freeway (Goldtrix Full Vocal Edit)

07:17

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07:17

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He Wasn't Man Enough (Forces Of Nature Remix)

05:50

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Most modern-day female pop singers start their careers doing their sexy, stylish dance-oriented material then settle into a career as an adult contemporary crooner. Toni Braxton didn't follow that route. She started the '90s singing elegant, refined quiet storm ballads and ended it singing sleek dance-pop tunes as she slinked around in skimpy outfits. She wasn't the only one of her peers to follow this trajectory -- Mariah Carey pretty much did the same thing, only to the extreme -- but it's a little odd to listen to Braxton evolve from the sophisticated urban contemporary crooner to oversexed R&B thrush, even if it's not a bad thing at all. One thing that elevated Braxton above her peers is that she was a controlled, powerful singer who rarely oversang, and she had a good selection of material, much of it written or co-written by Babyface. That's why her 18-track hits collection Ultimate Toni Braxton works well even through her shifts in style -- she is a confident enough performer to sell both the slow romantic ballads and material that swings harder. That's not to say that there aren't some slow spots here -- the previously unreleased cuts are no great shakes, and sometimes the abundance of slow numbers makes things sound too samey -- but she was one of the top urban soul singers of the '90s, and this is the album that illustrates why.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

Ultimate

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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 2

3. How Many Ways (R. Kelly Remix)

5. Hit The Freeway (Goldtrix Full Vocal Edit)

4. I Don't Want To (Franktified Club Mix)

1. Un-Break My Heart (Frankie Knuckles Franktidrama Club Mix)

2. You're Makin' Me High (Norfside Remix)

6. He Wasn't Man Enough (Forces Of Nature Remix)

Volume 1

1. Give U My Heart (feat. Babyface)

10. Un-Break My Heart (Classic Radio Mix)

12. I Don't Want To (Classic Radio Mix)

13. He Wasn't Man Enough (Radio Edit)

14. Just Be A Man About It (Radio Edit)

5. Seven Whole Days (Live Version - Radio Edit)

7. How Many Ways (Radio Edit)

2. Love Shoulda Brought You Home

3. Another Sad Love Song (Radio Edit)

4. Breathe Again (Radio Edit)

6. You Mean the World to Me (Radio Edit)

8. You're Making Me High

9. Let It Flow (Radio Edit)

11. I Love Me Some Him (Radio Edit)

16. Whatchu Need

17. The Little Things

18. Un-Break My Heart (Soul-Hex Anthem Radio Edit)

15. Hit the Freeway (feat. Loon) (Radio Version with Rap)

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