It sold a respectable half a million copies, but it didn’t live up to the platinum success of A New Beginning or the multiplatinum success of their debut, It’s About Time. And in fact, much of the album outside of a few tracks felt generic and could have been sung by anyone.ĭespite featuring some of the biggest names in music at the time, Release Some Tension was not the monster album you’d expect. Lead singer Coko was even quoted as calling the Puff Daddy-produced “Someone,” the first official loosie from the project, "a half-a**ed single.” In truth, it did feel like a song that Mariah Carey passed on. “Love Like This” featuring Lil Cease, which used the same beat as “Crush On You,” and “Give It Up” featuring Lil Kim felt derivative instead of innovative.
However, a number of tracks followed the tried, true and, at this point, tired New York mafioso hip-hop sound. Even the Timbaland and Missy copycat track "Come and Get Some" featuring E-40 wasn't unwelcome on the tracklist. Songs like “Lose My Cool” featuring the grimy Redman and “Can We” featuring Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, originally a hit off of the Sprung soundtrack, were welcome surprises from the divas.
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