Scorpion (album)
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| Studio album by Eve | ||||
| Released | March 6, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2001 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 54:00 | |||
| Label | Ruff Ryders, Interscope | |||
| Producer | Dee Dean (exec.), Waah Dean (exec.), Swizz Beatz (co-exec.), Jay "Icepick" Jackson, (co-exec.) Dame Grease, DJ Shok, Dr. Dre, Stevie J, Stephen Marley, Scott Storch, Teflon | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (70/100) |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
| LA Weekly | (favorable) |
| NME | 10/10 |
| PopMatters | 5/10 |
| Robert Christgau |  |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | 7/10 |
| Wall of Sound | 70/100 |
| Yahoo! Music UK | 5/10 |
Scorpion is the second studio album by American hip-hop artist Eve, released March 6, 2001 on Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records. The album features the Grammy-winning hit single, "Let Me Blow Ya Mind", a duet with Gwen Stefani, winning their first Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, a new category at the time.
Scorpion was a critical and commercial success, debuting at number four on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 162,000 copies and became her second consecutive number-one album on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.Scorpion was later certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on May 10, 2001, in excess sales exceeding in one million copies.Scorpion was also nominated for Best Rap Album at the 44th Grammy Awards in 2002.
David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave the album an A, stating, "More than just a dramatic improvement over its predecessor, Scorpion is the first female hip hop project that even attempts to fill the void left by The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."
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