LeToya Luckett - 'LeToya'

In the long run, getting kicked out of Destiny's Child may wind up being the best thing that ever happened to LeToya Luckett. Even though she was a vital part of the group's first two albums, her later dismissal from the group and subsequent search for a new record deal has apparently made her a stronger person. And that inner strength is the signature of her debut solo album. She may not have vocal talent on the level of Beyonce or Mary J., but she's still a capable singer.

Drama with a capital 'D.' LeToya Luckett (who uses just her first name professionally), has apparently seen a lot of it during her young life, and quite a bit of it is explored on her self-titled debut album.
On "Got What U Need," "Torn," 'What Love Can Do," "She Can't," and other songs, there's as much drama as a marathon of Ricki Lake episodes. Loyalty and devotion, love and lust, (in)fidelity and indecision - they're all explored here.
And everything goes fine up until the Jazze Pha-produced crunk track "Tear Da Club Up," which is an out-of-character waste of LeToya's vocal talents. The album never completely recovers from there on, as LeToya's vocals wind up taking a back seat to the skills of the various producers on many tracks. In other words, she sort of becomes a guest star on her own album.
Although it's great that LeToya shows love to her hometown of Houston by featuring many H-town artists on her first album, things kind of go overboard. In addition to Jazze Pha, also appearing on the album are Bun B., Paul Wall, Slim Thug and Mike Jones. Usually when an artist has that many guest appearances, it means people behind the scenes don't have enough faith in the artist to carry the album on their own. And in many cases, that thinking's correct.
But LeToya seems to have a strong enough voice to carry an album without having so many Hip-Hop artists co-sign on it. Especially when quite a few of those artists are barely talented ones who add little in terms of substance.