This is the debut album from Faith Evans. Hailed as the First Lady of Sean Combs' Bad Boy label, Evans is blessed with a voice that elevates her above much of her cookie-cutter, hip hop soul peers. It'd be easy to dismiss her debut as a collection of flash-in-the-pan, trendy r&b, but the album is far better--and deeper--than you think. From start to finish, the album soars as a solid album of street-savvy soul, and remains surprisingly consistent. Evans pulls it off well in the mid-tempo "No Other Love;" she holds her own against Mary J. Blige in their cover of "Love Don't Live Here Anymore," and she shines in the funked-up "You Used to Love Me." But the song that helps "Faith" earn its 5 stars is the killer ballad "Reasons," a sap-free love song in which Evans gives nothing less than her 100%. Some female singers have the looks; others wear the clothes, and some have the right producers. But Evans has the voice, which is good enough to help make "Faith" a solid, winning debut.

This album is so amazing from beginning to end. Like another reviewer stated, this album is almost 10 years old and you can pick up this cd and play it like it was just released. It is rare that an album is so strong all the way down to the last song on the cd. My favorites are Love Don't Live Here ANymore, Reasons, Don't Be Afraid, YOu DOn't Understand, Used to Love Me, and Come Over. There is nothing I would change about this album. If you don't have this cd in your collection please pick it up!

Just put it like this I am still playing this 10 years later, enough said, "Collector's Item".

Faith Evans' debut is not only one of my most prized albums, but one of the very best I have ever purchased. Anyone sleeping on this joint needs to wake up; Five years (an eternity in music) after its release it's still excellent and extremly listenable. Chock full of ballads, power ballads and mid-tempo jams, anyone who considers themselves an R&B fan and doesn't have this album needs to get with it. While I would consider "Come Over," "Soon As I Get Home," "No Other Love," and "Give It To Me" to be highlights, they aren't the only jems, and to be sure this is an album you can play start to finish. Simply put, anyone who wants to invest in a quality R&B album needs to check this out.

Faith Evans, the "Diva With Clout" brought forth this, her debut album in the summer of 1995, and I've been playing it since! This is truly one of the best r&b/ soul releases in the past decade. Her voice is one that is instantly recognizable! Her lyrics are deeply touching, and the music is laced as only Bad Boy could create.

When Faith released the first single from the album, "You Used to Love Me", I immediately fell in love with her voice. This woman SINGS a song. She doesn't shout like many of her contemporaries, yet instead lets her vocal speak for itself. Don't missunderstand. She can perform the vocal acrobatics like many of her fellow divas, but she chooses to take a milder approach and her music is better for it. The second single, "Soon As I Get Home" was another hit, and many then fell in love with Faith's ballad. A great torch singer, Ms. Evans greatly showed her longing and bore her soul on this song. However, my personal favorite from the album, though all of the album is well crafted, is the soulful/ hip hop "Ain't Nobody". This song perhaps is my favorite of all time by ANY artist. And in my heart it further solidified Faith as my favorite female vocalist.

In all, the album is a well crafted blend of ballads, soul and a little bit of hip hop thrown in for good measure. It is a must have for any fan of these genres and anyone who has ever been in love.