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Destiny Fulfilled by: Destiny's Child

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Publisher: Columbia
Release date: 15th November, 2004
Media: Audio CD

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Track List

• Lose My Breath
• Soldier - Featuring T.I. And Lil Wayne
• Cater 2 U
• T-Shirt
• Is She The Reason
• Girl
• Bad Habit
• If
• Free
• Through With Love
• Love
• Game Over

Editorial Review

Destiny Fulfilled reunites the wayward solo members of R'n'B trio Destiny's Child, bringing Knowles, Rowland and Williams back together for another long overdue outing as the hyper-successful female group. While the R'n'B scene seems to have stagnated since they solo-ed out, the girls themselves were plenty busy, no more so than the ubiquitous global brand that is now Beyonce, now famously more dangerously in love with herself than anything else. This reunion can't have been easy, but things get off to a more than promising start with the harsh and immediate "Lose My Breath", which comes across as a battle cry to their contemporaries (watch out, Christina Milian) and a rousing call to arms to their legions of fans, which is continued by 'Soldier."

However, the album takes a different path at this point, opting for a sweeter contemporary sound that mimics their current peers. The vocals on these smoother, more sedate numbers stagger – aided by clean production, the harmonies interact with each other in a way that demonstrates the blissful chemistry between the girls, transcending all egos. The only letdown is "Cater 2 U", in which the girls muse about all the things they will do to please their men and continue to slush about the virtues of wearing his T-shirt in bed ("T-Shirt"). Are these really the same independent women that brought feminism to twelve year olds? Still, it seems they're growing up and calming down – which might be a good thing for the men of the world. --Ben Johncock

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Rating: - music lover

For those who like Destiny's child will like this cd. Great harmonies and mellow sounds; nice on a Sunday morning or an evening when you're chilaxing.

Rating: - Glossy, occasionally entertaining, but far from fulfilling

If there's one thing you can say about Destiny's Child; they don't do half measures. This is an all-out slick, shiny, up-market effort for their 4th and final album, and If you're looking for tiresome R&B clichés exhausted to their limits, then you need look no further. Still, there's no doubting the abilities of Michelle, Kelly or that other one whose name I forget. No, Beyoncé is, of course, the star of the show and her expressive range and power is what sets her apart from the others- don't doubt it: most singers wouldn't stand out alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, and it's also worth remembering that if you're looking for a group of stunning vocalists who are prone to moments of brilliance, then DC are your group. Once (or if) you can get past the lack of direction and prolonged spells of confused and meaningless songwriting that 'Destiny Fulfilled' throws at you, you've got a pretty enjoyable album on your hands.

The opener, 'Lose My Breath' runs the risk of getting the listeners hopes up and it's a better song than any of the catchy hits on the lauded pop-fest 'Survivor'. 'Soldier', momentarily resuscitated by Lil Wayne (not so much T.I.), is produced by Rich Harrison but certainly not reminiscent of any of his (formidable) body of memorable work ('1 Thing', 'Crazy in Love'). In fact, for a half-hour long extravaganza, it's incredible how little actually happens in 'Soldier', which is pleasantly minimal but devoid of variety and electronically lifeless.

If 'Soldier' hasn't induced a mild coma, by the time you get to 'Cater 2 U' you'll wish that it had done - this is a simply dire song and anyone with the misfortune/insomniac tendencies to stay awake during it has to endure Beyoncé singing about her devotion to pleasing her man - a bit of an inexplicable U-turn from the happier, empowering days of 'Bills, Bills, Bills', 'Nasty Girl', etc. 'T-Shirt' continues in the same vein, but somehow manages to be even worse. As I said, Destiny's Child don't go half way and they don't mess about with subtle sexual metaphors- in fact I don't think 'metaphors' come into the equation: think "give it to me deeper", "keep it right there, oooh" (genuine lyrical excerpts).

Fortunately, 9th Wonder, who has done good work with Erykah Badu and Jay-Z amongst others, saves the day and provides the soul-powered beat to the excellent 'Is She the Reason' (possibly the best song here) and to a lesser extent 'Girl' which (the clue is in the title) probably isn't really aimed at male listeners such as me, so I won't comment. 'Bad Habit' is dull, in a word, and produced by WyldCard (me neither). 'If' is instantly forgettable as well. 'Thorough with Love' is pretty simple and could be forgivable were it not for the gospel choir clichéing their way in towards the end, combined with the line about "finding a new love in God". The hypocrisy I mentioned in the themes of 'Cater 2 U' etc. is surpassed at the end of the album, where the song 'Love' immediately follows 'Through With Love'. The bizarre choice of putting 'Love' here on the album is the only reason it's worth mentioning.

'Free', at first glance could be lost under the overwhelming quantity of tedious ballads here, but it shouldn't as it is actually Destiny's Child's best and most accomplished ballad. OK, so that may sound a bit like saying "it's Arnie's most convincing acting performance", but this song nearly delivers on subtlety for once, and testament to its quality is that Beyoncé's twice repeated hook "No no no no, get up outta here" at the end is almost surplus to requirements, despite the fact it's memorable and catchy. Pop hooks are sparse on 'Destiny Fulfilled'; if you're looking for catchy songs, try an earlier album. But if you can get it cheap, this is just about worth the space in a CD rack, if only for a few of the songs. (And if you've got plenty of space for CDs).

Rating: - jam! Jam!! JAM!!! - WOW!!!! Grown Sizzlin' & Sexy!!!!! Uh-Huh

just not enough songs - otherwise its a 5star album
the girls are now women oozin' a lotta sex appeal - no more girly stuff
the songs are very topical - very relevant - very current - very cross-roads - this just has to be their best album - they must have been very busy - busy as a bee can be - they all did real well - 'twas nice to see solange in there too - just not enough

Rating: - MEN Complaining about music geared towards the girls!!!

Not to be rude buy I notice that a lot of negative reviews about this album are coming from MEN. This is not a heavy metal album or hard rock it's R and B. Do you know what that means, obviously not and you need to look it up. It is also for the GIRLS, (feminism) so there is not going to be too much for you to like on this album as it does spend a lot of time letting us know what women have to go through with men!!!

Anyway I as a woman and a real fan of R and B mid tempo or fast really love this album!!!!!! I think you do need to be black to really get this type of music some of you might like to try it and if it's not for you then you always have Madonna!!!!!

Rating: - Pleasant pap

...but nothing more than that. Shame really, I was expecting a bit more...

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