Betty Boo “Grrr! It’s Betty Boo” CS (1992)

Details: "a cool and tight balance between pop and dance club music." - PopMatters This is the original album issue of Betty Boo's album, "Grrr! It's Bettty Boo" released on Sire in cassette format. The album has more recently been reissued with plenty of remixes and rare finds, also, on Cherry Red. Previously owned cassette, clear shell.

Description: "It should be noted that the rapper’s earliest forays into music included being mentored by members of Public Enemy, who discovered Betty in the late ‘80s and had plans on producing an all-female rap group featuring the young hopeful (a charming video of Betty rapping inside a McDonalds in the UK with Professor Griff beatboxing floats around on the net). Her Public Enemy days are quite a long way from what she would eventually become when she conquered the sphere of pop music royalty in the’90s.

Grrr! It’s Betty Boo, however, is an exemplary work, showcasing the songwriter’s finely-honed sense of pop mastery. It’s hardly momentous, earth-shattering stuff – but it gives credence to the simple (if disposable) pleasures of pop music. The handsome and dishy album artwork (based on the 1950s packaging design for Tigra cigarettes – and not Josie and the Pussycats) perfectly sums up how brilliant Betty was at marketing herself in such creative and fetching ways. And it perfectly sums up the music on this album: kitschy, playful, exuberant and fun – with only the faintest smile of irony." - PopMatters

Grade: VG+ (Cover/Cassette)

TRACK LISTING SIDE A:

A1. I’m On My Way
A2. Thing Goin’ On
A3. Hangover
A4. Curly & Gurly 
A5. Wish You Were Here

TRACK LISTING SIDE B:

B1. Let Me Take You There
B2. Gave You The Boo
B3. Skin Tight
B4. Catch Me
B5. Close The Door