More Than a Woman (album)

More Than a Woman
Studio album by Toni Braxton
Released	November 18, 2002 (2002-11-18)
Recorded	2001–02
Studio	Various Baseway Studios, Denim's Den (Los Angeles, California) Brandon's Way Recording, Capitol Studios, The Record Plant (Hollywood, California) Circle House Studios, The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, Florida) Darkchild Studios (Pleasantville, New Jersey) The Enterprise Studios (Burbank, California) Patchwerk Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) Sound on Sound Studios (New York City, New York) Track Record Studios (North Hollywood, California) Westlake Recording Studios (West Hollywood, California)
Genre	R&B pop hip hop
Length	50:08
Label	Arista
Producer	Braxton (exec.) L.A. Reid (exec.) Keri Lewis (also exec.) Babyface Big Bert Gerrard C. Baker Irv Gotti Rodney Jerkins Mannie Fresh Andrea Martin Ivan Matias The Neptunes No I.D. Mark Pitts Chink Santana
Toni Braxton chronology
Snowflakes (2001) More Than a Woman (2002) Libra (2005)
Singles from More Than a Woman
"Hit the Freeway" Released: October 15, 2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
BBC Music	positive
Billboard	average
Blender
Entertainment Weekly	B
People	positive
Robert Christgau
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Slant Magazine
Yahoo! Music UK

More Than a Woman is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Toni Braxton, released on November 18, 2002 by Arista Records. The album contained both hip hop and urban adult contemporary sounds, as well as some softer and more contemporary melodies. Throughout the project, Braxton worked with her sister Tamar and husband Keri Lewis on most of the songs, who had written and produced material for her previous album. She also worked with many famed hip hop producers and rappers such as Irv Gotti, The Neptunes, Mannie Fresh and Loon, as well as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, protégé Big Bert and his domestic partner, singer Brandy.

With More Than a Woman, Braxton continued the transition that began with previous album, The Heat (2000), which pushed her further into the progressive R&B and hip hop market and away from the adult contemporary and soul pop background of her previous work with Babyface and L.A. Reid. During the production of her first two albums with Arista's subsidiary LaFace Records, Braxton had little control over the creative and artistic steps she took on her albums; however, after signing a new recording contract following a three-year-long dispute with LaFace, she was able to reflect her creative maturity and evolution in the album's writing and recording.

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