Supernova (Lisa Lopes album)

Supernova
Supernova
Studio album by Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Released	August 16, 2001
Recorded	October 2000 – April 2001
Genre	Hip hop; experimental hip hop; pop-rap; avant-garde; R&B;
Label	Arista
Producer	Lisa Lopes; Antonio "LA" Reid; Mark Pitts;
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes chronology
Singles from Supernova
	"The Block Party"; Released: July 8, 2001;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
MTV Asia	^[2]
NME	^[3]
Slant Magazine	^[4]

Supernova is the only solo studio album by Lisa Lopes of TLC before her death in 2002.

Album information[]

The album's original titles were "Fantasy1.com" and "A New Star is Born", but were eventually changed to "Supernova". The 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 United States release date was intended to be October 29, 2001, but the album's U.S release was cancelled due to poor sales overseas.

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. 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.

Several tracks from the album were remixed by Death Row Records for Lopes' planned N.I.N.A album. 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[]

Credits are adapted from the album's Liner Notes^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Life is Like a Park" (featuring Carl Thomas)	Tracey Horton, Mark Pitts, Terence Dudley	Terence Dudley	4:00
2.	"Hot!"	T. Horton, Lisa Lopes, Dana Stinson, Raymond Grant, Richard Grant	Rockwilder, DJ Twinz (Raymond Grant & Richard Grant)	4:13
3.	"The Block Party"	L. Lopes, T. Horton, Salaam Remi, Maurice White	Salaam Remi	4:04
4.	"Let Me Live"	L. Lopes, M. Pitts, S. Remi, Inga Willis, Mungal Patasar	Salaam Remi	3:53
5.	"Jenny" (featuring Jazze Pha)	L. Lopes, K. Thomas, M. Pitts, Phalon Alexander, Ricardo Thomas	Rick Rock	6:08
6.	"I Believe in Me"	T. Horton, T. Dudley	Terence Dudley	4:16
7.	"Rags to Riches" (featuring Andre Rison)	L. Lopes, Andre Rison	Bad Moon	4:37
8.	"True Confessions" (featuring Angela Hunte)	L. Lopes, K. Thomas, S. Remi, Angela Hunte	Salaam Remi	3:49
9.	"Untouchable" (with 2Pac)	L. Lopes, T. Horton, Tupac Shakur	2Pac, Left Eye	5:34
10.	"Head to the Sky" (featuring Blaque)	L. Lopes, I. Willis, A. Rison, M. White, Armando Colon, Natina Reed	Armando Colon	4:14
11.	"The Universal Quest" (featuring Esthero)	L. Lopes, Jean-Bea Englishman, Isaac Giles, Kimani Clark	Twin Dragons	5:48
12.	"A New Star is Born" (featuring Tangi Forman)	L. Lopes, Tangi Forman, Karl Heilbron, Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt, James Brown	Karl Heilbron	4:31
13.	"Breathe" (featuring Grant Geissman and Tangi Forman) (hidden track)	L. Lopes	Left Eye	4:25
14.	"Friends" (featuring Cassandra Lucas) (Japanese bonus track)	L. Lopes	Terence Dudley	4:45

Release history[]

Region	Date
United Kingdom	August 16, 2001
Japan	September 19, 2001
Australia	November 12, 2001
China	March 12, 2002

References[]

^ Allmusic review
^ MTV Asia review^{[permanent dead link]}
^ [1]
^ Slant review
^ Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. "Supernova" (Album Notes). Arista. 2001.

[1] Allmusic review

[2] MTV Asia review^{[permanent dead link]}

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[4] Slant review

[5] Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. "Supernova" (Album Notes). Arista. 2001.

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