Supernova (Lisa Lopes album)

Supernova
Studio album by Lisa Lopes
Released	August 14, 2001 (2001-08-14) (see release history)
Recorded	1997-1998: October 2000 - April 2001[1]
Genre	Hip hop R&B pop rap
Label	Arista
Producer	Lisa Lopes, Antonio "LA" Reid, & Mark Pitts
Lisa Lopes chronology
FanMail (1999) Supernova (2001) N.I.N.A (2002)
Singles from Supernova
"The Block Party" Released: July 8, 2001

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
MTV Asia	[3]
Slant	[4]

Supernova is the debut and only solo studio album by Lisa Lopes of TLC.

Album information

The album was originally titled "A New Star is Born", but changed before release to "Supernova". The album was not released in the United States due to poor sales overseas and mixed reactions, although it was released in other countries. The first single, "The Block Party", was sent to radio in July 2001, becoming a top 20 hit in the U.K., but it did not perform well in the U.S. singles chart. The second single would have been "Hot!", as was made clear at the end of her music video. However, when the album release was canceled in the United States, all further singles were canceled. The promo single for "Hot!" would later be leaked online in October 2001. Though the album was canceled by Arista, Lopes tried selling the album on her website Eyenetics, but to no success. Since the album was not released in the United States, Lopes had already started to work on new material before her death in 2002.

The intended release date for the album was August 16, 2001, the day of her father's birthday, as well as her grandfather's death. This is alluded to in the lyrics of the song "A New Star Is Born". The release date of the album was ultimately pushed back several times. The U.S release date was intended to be October 29, 2001, but the album's U.S release was cancelled.

The album was remixed for Lopes' second solo album, N.I.N.A in 2002. The album was cancelled after Lopes' death, but was leaked online in 2011. Songs from the album were re-released in a remixed form in 2009 as Eye Legacy.

Track listing

B-sides

• "Tampered With" (featuring Wanya Morris and Shamari Fears) (B-side on "The Block Party" single) – 4:24

Outtakes/Leftover Tracks

Lisa has stated in a radio interview that 25 songs were written for the album, and that only half of them were recorded.^[5]

• "Bounce"
  • The original version never surfaced. Released on "Eye Legacy with guest vocals from Chamillionaire and Bone Crusher"
• "Crank It" (featuring Tangi Forman)
  • Leaked; originally recorded in July 1998, Released on "Eye Legacy" with guest vocals from Reigndrop Lopes.
• "Cherry Cherry" (featuring Mr. Drick)
  • Leaked;^[6] originally recorded in July 1998, remixed on the Japan-exclusive version of "Eye Legacy".
• "Left Pimpin" (featuring Brett)
  • Leaked;^[7] The song was later sampled for the song "Quickie", which is featured on TLC's fourth album, 3D.
• "Through the Pain" (featuring Ryan Toby and Claudette Ortiz)
  • Released on "Eye Legacy". The first verse of this track was later re-recorded for the song "Who's it Gonna Be", from the European reissue of TLC's fourth album "3D".

Release history

References