Ultimate Smash Hits [Enhanced]

1. The Game Of Love - Santana feat. Michelle Branch
2. Family Portrait - Pink
3. I'm With You - Avril Lavigne
4. Just Like A Pill - Pink
5. What Happened To That Boy - Baby feat. Clipse
6. Grindin' - Clipse
7. When The Last Time - Clipse
8. Never Scared - Bone Crusher feat. Jadakiss & Busta Rhymes
9. I Need A Girl (Part One) - P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family feat. Usher & Loon
10. I Need A Girl (Part Two) - P. Diddy & Ginuwine feat. Loon, Mario Winans & Tammy Ruggeri
11. U Don't Have To Call - Usher
12. Hit The Freeway - Toni Braxton feat. Loon
13. One Of Those Days - Whitney Houston
14. Damaged - TLC
15. I Love You - Faith Evans
16. Burnin' Up - Faith Evans feat. Loon
17. Breathe - Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul
18. The Whole World - Outkast feat. Killer Mike
19. I'm With You - Avril Lavigne
20. Family Portrait - Pink
See all 24 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

The Game Of Love - Santana Featuring Michelle Branch
Family Portrait - Pink
I'm With You - Avril Lavigne
Just Like A Pill - Pink
What Happened To That Boy - Baby Featuring Clipse
Grindin' - Clipse
When The Last Time - Clipse
Never Scared - Bone Crusher Featuring Jadakiss & Busta Rhymes
I Need A Girl (Part One) - P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family Featuring Usher & Loon
I Need A Girl (Part Two) - P. Diddy & Ginuwine Featuring Loon, Mario Winans & Tammy Ruggeri
U Don't Have To Call - Usher
Hit The Freeway - Toni Braxton Featuring Loon
One Of Those Days - Whitney Houston
Damaged - TLC
I Love You
Burnin' Up - Faith Evans Featuring Loon
Breathe - Blu Cantrell, Featuring Sean Paul
The Whole World - Outkast Featuring Killer Mike

Customer Reviews:

Totally Hits 2002.5?.......2005-02-06

"Ultimate Smash Hits" is one perplexing album; it's cobbled together out of parts of "Totally Hits 2002, 2002:More Platinum Hits and 2003", and a few other songs. It feels like a "TH" album (it's also from the same labels), yet it seems very unnessesaary and not that satisfying. A number of the artists appear twice on it, so it seems like an odd compilation. The Arista label had alot of success in 2001 and 2002; but this is not the best sampling of it.
(1) Santana feat. Michelle Branch "The Game Of Love" A-. No one expected this to equal "Smooth"; and it doesn't, but it is able to stand by itself. Carlos and Michelle have created a relaxing, breezy, enjoyable light rock song. Not a great song, but a very likeable one.
(2) P!NK "Family Portrait" B. Much grittier than P!NK's usual work; but that's kinda good because we get to see a different side of her. It isn't as enjoyable as "Get The Party Started" or "Most Girls", yet it makes no intentions to be. Pretty good, but not my top choice.
(3) Avril Lavigne "I'm With You" A. As usual, Avril hit with another powerful and deep pop song, very well done. By keeping a more toned down beat, Avril allows the emotions to slowly wind out and consume the listener. The song is both joyus and sad at the same time.
(4) Pink "Just Like A Pill" B+. Not as deep as "Don't Let Me Get Me", but just as stormin' as "Get The Party Started". The song wisely stays at a short length; thus it doesn't get boring. Breaks no new ground, yet it is a small fun dance song.
(5) Baby feat. Clipse "What Happened To That Boy" C+. Baby was always one of the weaker artists on the Cash Money label, and hasn't gotten much better. Despite a clever beat and style (especially the "Birdman" part), the track never becomes anything memorable. It's a fun listen once, then not much more.
(6) Clipse "Grindin'" C+. Catchy standard material that became a fairly big hit. Atleast the skill of the artists keep it from being a total waste and offer some talent. Clipse just doesn't have what it takes to stand on their own.
(7) Clipse "When The Last Time" C. Even the Neptunes can't make Clipse sound any better than average. In a time where rap can offer deep, cutting edge content; this comes off as tired and dated. Clipse are OK in small doses, like on Justin Timberlake's "Like I Love You",but are derivetive by themselves.
(8) Bone Crusher feat. Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes "Neva Scared" D+. Busta and Jadakiss are very talented but this song gives them nothing to work with. It is annoying and degrating to the ears. Poorly made; as it shows all the shortcomings of "southern crunk".
(9) P.Diddy feat. Usher & Loon "I Need A Girl Part I". A-. For a change from most music, Parts I & II are actually different! Part II may be the more involving one, but this part still has a whole lot of charisma and likability to it. Another entry in for the era of positive hip-hop (almost R&B).
(10) P. Diddy feat. Ginuwine, Loon, Mario Winans & Tammy Ruggieri "I Need A Girl Part II" A-. A terrific R&B/rap track with a positive tone to it. Five artists may seem like too many, but everyone is giving a good amount of time to create this blissful track off one of the few remix albums that doesn't suck.
(11) Usher "U Don't Have To Call" C+. The 3rd single off "8701", and also the weakest one. A good effort that lacks the impact and fun of Usher's other singles. You also expect a bit more from a song Pharrell was attached to. Not nessecary, but still listenable.
(12) Toni Braxton feat. Loon "Hit The Freeway" B-. An OK song, although it's a little dissapointing to hear Toni doing hip-hop. Her music always kept a classic R&B feel; and it feels as if she's changing for popularity. Loon does no damage, but is not very compelling as a singer.
(13) Whitney Houston "One Of Those Days" C-. The "Just Whitney" LP showed how Whitney is slipping as an artist, and this song is why. It has no depth and feels written by the numbers; the exact opposite of what her earlier work had. More to the point: the album and it's singles flopped, why is this on here?
(14) TLC "Damaged" B+. Not the best work from TLC, but still a very good one and a decent final track for "Left Eye". It enters some of the same territory as "Waterfalls", and carries some depth in it's tone. If nothing else it shows how TLC shaped modern R&B.
(15) Faith Evans "I Love You" C. She is just an average singer, and this song was standard on the R&B front back in the 60s. Apparently she didn't pick up much from her husband; the late, great Notorious B.I.G.. You would expect more considering the people who wrote and produced it.
(16) Faith Evans feat. Loon "Burnin' Up" C. Has the same exact problems as track #12 and #15. Faith Evans and Loon are both just too plain and boring for the music industry.
(17) Blu Cantrel feat Sean Paul "Breathe" B. Pretty good, but not the best song out there. It lacks the "jucie" of "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!), but Sean Paul adds his dancehall talents to create a nice blend with Blu Cantrel.
(18) OutKast feat. Killer Mike & Joi "The Whole World" A-. The new record from thier Greatest Hits album, serves as a nice reminder of why OutKast is one of the greatest groups in rap history. This captures all the funk and fun that is expected when Big Boi and Andre 3000 spit thier biting lyrics.
Bottom Line: **. The album is too much of a mixed bag to be called a success. For every good song, there is a bad one; the album is particularly weighed down because of the good chunk given to Faith Evans and Clipse. Maybe Arista should have included some other artists, such as The Calling, P.O.D., Alicia Keys, Michelle Branch and Sean Paul. As it is the album is a mess that just isn't worth the time.
NOTE: The "Bonus Edition" includes a DVD with six videos. The videos for "I'm With You" and "Just Like A Pill" are very good. The ones for "Family Portrait", "Hit The Freeway", "Grindin'" and "The Last Time" are not as memorable.

good mix of today's pop/rock/hip hop/and rb.......2003-07-09

Hi! I will rate the first five songs on this cd by F by being the worst and A being the best.They will be rated by how big of a hit it was and how good it sounds.

1.The Game Of Love-Michelle Branch ft.Santana- A it was a huge hit on the adult contemparary chart. It charted on for over 40 weeks.

2.Family Protrait-Pink- B it is kind of an earlier hit but it did score on the top 10 on billboard hot 100.

3.I'm With You-Avril Lavigne (see number 2)

4.Just Like A Pill-(once again see number 2)

5.What Happened To That Boy-Baby ft.Clipse- D Ugh! This is a terrible song + it didn't chart above 50 on billboard hot 100 so it wasn't an ultimate hit.

First 5 Songs-Various Artists B there were some hits,some of them are old but most of the songs are good.

The Full CD-Various Artists B (four stars) (see first 5 songs)

Well,what are you waiting for?
Buy it today!

Between R&B and Rap.......2003-07-07

There is just so much within the rankings of Rap & R&B today. It seems as if Hip Hop and Rap are really everywhere, while Contemporary R&B is slowly making a comeback. Still, it just is going to take some time to get both sides to get even all over again. Still, Arista has been known for their R&B vibe for the past few years, while Rap's vibe becomes a little too much within airplay. For any fan anyway, it can be both, if you know what you're enjoying it.

The 2003 Ultimate Smash Hits, is a sampler record of the past couple of years Arista has made it in the industry with Rap & Hip Hop, with mostly acts of Hip Hop dominating the collection like Pink, with Family Portrait and Just Like A Pill, P. Diddy with I Need A Girl Parts 1&2, add Clipse and Bone Crusher to the mix and you're satisified. For the R&B fanataic, there is just a little bit missing. Still, you do get a little bit of joy in the compilation, with TLC, sadly Damaged without Lisa still around, Whitney Houston's tribute to The Isley Brothers with One Of Those Days, and Toni Baxton's only single issued from her unfortunate dissapointment More Than A Woman, Hit The Freeway. There is also a liitle bit of room for Pop fans too, but not as heavily as R&B and Hip Hop. There are some great Pop songs on there such as Santana and Michelle Branch with their massive collaboration, The Game Of Love, and Avril Lavigne with I'm With You.

Still, there is just a little something for everybody on Ultimate Smash Hits. Sadly, there could've been a liitle bit less of Rap & Hip Hop on this record, and a few different artists rather than too many having more than one song on a collection. Hopefully, the next one will live with those standards.

One more great compilation!.......2003-06-19

Instead of Whitney Houston and her not-so-great hit, I would prefer to listen to one of those two hits by Sean Paul - and why not both?

One way or another, a compilation like the 'Now' and 'Totally Hits' series. This album contains 10 Top 20 hits... an invitation to buy it.

Maybe in six months we will have U-S-H volume 2.

ULTIMATE SMASH HITS 2003.......2003-06-06

This cd has hits from Pink-FAMILY PORTRAIT, JUST LIKE A PILL-, Baby-WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT BOY?-, Faith Evans-I LOVE YOU, BURNIN' UP-, and many more.

Good cd better than now 12 or totally hits 2003, best comp. of 03 for sure.

also has p. diddy I NEED A GIRL and whitney ONE OF THOSE DAYS, very good cd

if u buy one of the first 500,000 copies, u can get a bonus DVD with all the videos from all the songs on the album, awesome

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