Just for a moment, forget that this is a debut. This album is plain incredible. Few albums are worthy of five stars; the list is very short. And "Nicole Renee" shows maturity, substance, a variety of styles, giving us rockers, soulful tunes out of the 60s/70s, funky offerings and ballads -- all styles she handles with both passion and ease. Now, know that this was her debut and the album is that much greater, but sadly, it´s been her only album. Perhaps she was lost like many great artists are amidst the pop junk, amidst the mainstream, which only goes for the flavor-of-the-week, and those artists/albums that don´t sound like everything else get lost, slip through the cracks and sadly, we don´t hear from those artists again. Seems Nicole Renee is one of those victims of a mindless society. Find this album if you can, it´s a true gem, one of the few great albums to come out of the mid-to-late 90s. Nicole Renee, we miss you.