| Make It Hot | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Nicole Wray |
| Cover: | NicoleWrayMakeItHotLimitedEdition.jpg |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 58:30 |
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| Next Title: | Queen Alone |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
Make It Hot is the debut studio album by American singer Nicole Wray. The album was released in August 1998 through Missy Elliott's Elektra-distributed vanity label, The Goldmind. The album was produced by Missy Elliott and Timbaland. Some editions of the release credit Nicole as Nicole Ray, a name she only used here and on her single "I Can't See".
Michael Gallucci from AllMusic wrote that Make It Hot "is virtually a textbook primer on Elliott's stylistic touch and influence on end-of-the-millennium hip-hop (she raps on, writes songs for, produces, and executive produces Make It Hot – and it's on her custom label). Along with pal Timbaland, Elliott transforms young Nicole's somewhat standard bow into a stuttering slab of post-rap R&B that's as sleekly modern as it is customarily cold." Entertainment Weekly journalist Rob Brunner gave the album a B rating and concluded: "Even if the distinctive Missy-Timbaland sound is getting a little old, Hot proves the formula hasn’t gone cold just yet."
Make It Hot reached number forty-two on the US Billboard 200 and number nineteen on the R&B album chart.[1] [2] The first single, "Make It Hot", reached number five on the Hot 100 chart,[3] number two on the R&B singles chart,[4] and was certified gold.[5] The second single, "I Can't See", reached number thirty-six on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart.[6] In 1999, the third and final single from the album, "Eyes Better Not Wander", reached number seventy-one on the R&B singles chart.[7]
1 Denotes demo version
Credits are taken from the album's liner notes.[8]
| Region | Date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | August 20, 1998 | |
| United Kingdom | August 24, 1998 | |
| United States | August 25, 1998 | |
| Germany | September 14, 1998 |