Exposed | 
 enlarge | Artist: Chante Moore
Label: Mca
Category: Music
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Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 134199
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 008811237721
EAN: 0008811237721
ASIN: B000051Y0W
Release Date: November 14, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Straight Up - Chante Moore, Cox, Bryan-Michael | | • | Take Care of Me - Chante Moore, Moore, Chante | | • | I'm Keepin' You - Chante Moore, Willis, Katrina | | • | Go Ahead With All That - Chante Moore, Dupri, Jermaine | | • | Bitter - Chante Moore, Stewart, Phillip | | • | When It Comes to Me - Chante Moore, Moore, Chante | | • | Train of Thought - Chante Moore, Stewart, Philip L. | | • | Better Than Making Love - Chante Moore, Harris III, James | | • | M-A-N - Chante Moore, Moore, Chante | | • | You Can't Leave Me - Chante Moore, Stewart, Christophe | | • | Everything We Want - Chante Moore, Jaz, Jamey | | • | Love's Still Alright - Chante Moore, Harris III, James |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Like every R&B diva worth her salt, Chante Moore must have listened to those 22nd-century girls Destiny's Child while writing Exposed. Released in the latter half of 2000, Moore's fourth album has the ubiquitous stuttering rhythms, silky smooth vocals, and contemporary hip-hop soul grooves that are synonymous with She'kspere's proteges. This effort assures that she's back on the scene with some fresh and interesting material, a guest spot from Chi-town rapper Da Brat, and surprisingly subtle production from Jermaine Dupri. The common theme running through the tracks is the ever-popular one of relationships. Highlights include "Straight Up," the brilliantly catchy uptempo groove of "Everything We Want," and "Take Care of Me," featuring the aforementioned Da Brat. Moore professes to want to be all things to all people, but she lets herself down on the type of songs she was previously known for: saccharine-sweet lovers' soul. So where she excels as an urban bawl-out screamer, on this set, the ballads like "Bitter" and "Love's Still Alright" don't work so well. The sound is too commercial and overblown--almost as if she has an eye on others' (Mariah Carey's, perhaps?) chart success. Exposed isn't revolutionary by any means, but it does have some good moments. --Na'solo So'Fahed
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| Customer Reviews:
 Chante Moore exposing to new sounds (back in 2000) September 18, 2008
David Ogletree (Cleveland Heights, OH)
I remember this album when I was in the 8th grade. I love this album despite the critics and fans. This album shows her revealing sides that we fans have never seen. She explores the deeper and darker facets of personal life, daring to take her listeners along for the ride. It is a different side of the same smooth R&B artist that we have known since 1992. It is the close and personal rapport that she has with her audience that fuels her introspective songs and their deep meanings. She is always pushing her forward (her continuing evolution), looking for new ways to express the endless supply of emotions and details of love, life and beyond. Remember, this was 2000.
 A review by a REAL Chante fan May 9, 2008
M. Bagley
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The people who gave this album such negative reviews obviously didn't make it past the first 5 tracks, seeing as how "Bitter" is pretty much the only song mentioned on a consistent basis (OMG she used the "N" word! Somebody call Farrakhan! Give me a break...).
The tempo may have been turned up a few notches, but Chante is still singing about what Chante has always sang about: love, relationships, and intimacy. People need to stop focusing on the beats and pay attention to the lyrics, which, with the exception of the slang-heavy "Straight Up," pretty much sound like they could have come out of any of her previous 3 albums.
Chante didn't do a disservice to her fans, her fans did a disservice to her by being so shallow and closed-minded, and as such, missed out on an album that, despite its missteps, is a solid effort worthy of being a Chante album.
 Exposed March 14, 2008
Geminigirl (Philadelphia, PA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I distinctly remember the day that I brought this disc home & listened to it for the first time. As track after track played I thought "what the (bleep) has happened to one of my favorite singers?" I tossed the disc on my 'never to be listened to again' pile and promptly forgot that I even had it in my collection.
Fast forward 8 years and I had a mini Chante Moore-athon and decided to give it a 2nd try. I really had to suspend my memories of Chante's previous albums so that I could listen to this without any prejudice & comparisons to those brilliant first 2 albums. Overally I truly understand the bind that music artists faced around this time, particularly African-American females in the r&b field. It was the dawn of the 'hip pop' era and EVERY artist was being forced to work with rappers and add elements of hip hop to what was traditional r&b/soul music. This collection was too drastic of a change for me as a Chante fan and to this day, I still can't recommend it to anyone.
Out of the 12 tracks, I only like 4: LOVE'S STILL ALRIGHT, TRAIN OF THOUGHT, M-A-N & BETTER THAN MAKING LOVE.
If only she'd been able to work on more tracks with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - the ones that they produced made Chante's voice shine and featured lyrics and song sentiments that I enjoyed listening to (since comments have already been made about the horrible chorus of BITTER - I won't add my two cents).
Chante's voice still shines even on the less desirable tracks but that's the main problem I have with this album - there are too few enjoyable tracks from the strong vocalist I love and far too many unmemorable filler tracks.
Good December 27, 2007
The Amazon Shopper
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Nice R&B album. I think all except Bitter will stay on my computer. Four star for the song. But it looses 2 star due to the copy-protection; installs itself without warning when I forgot to turn off autoplay. Evil.
I'm at a Catch 22 June 2, 2007
DJ Speed (St. Louis, MO)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have mixed emotions about this release by one of my favorite female singers. For the most part it's not what you say but how you say it, but in this case, it's backwards. What I mean is I LOVE her voice!!!! Even earlier in her career, the smooth, softness of her singing (mainly from her first 2 releases) makes you wish that you had a woman at home that could sing to you the way that she does. Which leads me to this CD; I STILL LOVE her voice, but some of the songs don't do justice to her capabilities. How she sings is still a wonderful eargasm, but WHAT she sings just ain't what I'm used to hearing from her. Overall, the CD isn't bad.........but if you really want to hear Chante' at her best, grab "Precious" and/or "A Love Supreme".
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