The Cheetah Girls 2

• Artist: The Cheetah Girls
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• Release Date: August 15, 2006
• Type: Soundtrack, Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
• Genre: Rock

Review

Two years after the original Cheetah Girls movie, Galleria, Chanel, Aquanette, and Dorinda return with The Cheetah Girls 2, a sequel and a full-length soundtrack. The film's subtitle is "When in Spain," and exotic flourishes such as Spanish guitar and sweeping pianos color many of the album's tracks. While the entirely en español songs feel a little forced, hints of this sound give songs like "Strut" and "Amigas Cheetahs" the feeling of being the great-great-granddaughters of Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" or the Spice Girls' "Spice Up Your Life." As expected, Raven-Symoné dominates the Cheetah Girls, both in character as Cheetah Girl Galleria and as herself. Despite the odd "Everyone's a Star" -- which shouts out to everyone from mailmen to lawyers to hairdressers and bouncers ("Bounce on with your bad selves!"), her solo tracks and the Cheetah Girls' material sound a little more sophisticated this time around: the Girls' "The Party's Just Begun" and Symoné's "Do Your Own Thing" have sleeker productions and harder-hitting beats, while "It's Over" shows off the Girls' more mature pipes. Of course, this is all relative -- several tracks still suffer from the facelessness that plagues too many Disney teen pop productions. But, even if the Cheetah Girls won't be giving the Pussycat Dolls or the revamped Nelly Furtado a run for their money anytime soon, The Cheetah Girls 2 at least acknowledges that there's a more grown-up world of pop music out there. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Party's Just Begun	Robbie Nevil, Matthew Gerrard	The Cheetah Girls	(3:10)
Strut (Lyrics)	Jamie Houston	The Cheetah Girls	(3:18)
Dance with Me	Ray Cham, Charlene Licera	Belinda, Drew Seeley	(3:12)
Why Wait	Robbie Nevil, Matthew Gerrard	Belinda	(3:01)
A la Nanita Nana	Traditional	Belinda, The Cheetah Girls	(2:12)
Do Your Own Thing	Robbie Nevil, Matthew Gerrard	Raven-Symoné	(3:17)
It's Over (Lyrics)	David Lawrence, Faye Greenberg	The Cheetah Girls	(3:03)
Step Up (Lyrics)	Robbie Nevil, Matthew Gerrard	The Cheetah Girls	(3:08)
Amigas Cheetahs	Jamie Houston	Belinda, The Cheetah Girls	(4:06)
Cherish the Moment (Lyrics)	Greg Curtis, Jamie Houston	The Cheetah Girls	(3:26)
Cheetah Sisters [Barcelona Mix]	Jamie Houston	The Cheetah Girls	(2:42)
Everyone's a Star	Robbie Nevil, Matthew Gerrard	Raven-Symoné	(3:51)
It's Gonna Be Alright	Robbie Nevil, Matthew Gerrard	Raven-Symoné	(6:19)
The Cheetah Girls 2 Studio Session [*][Multimedia Track]

Credits

Whitney Houston (Executive Soundtrack Producer), Robbie Nevil (Producer), Raven-Symoné (Group Member), Matthew Gerrard (Producer), David Lawrence (Producer), Stephen Marcussen (Mastering), Steve Vincent (Executive in Charge of Music), Kenny Ortega (Executive Soundtrack Producer), Steve Gerdes (Creative Director), Ray Cham (Producer), Jamie Houston (Producer), Dani Markman (A&R), Kiely Williams (Group Member), Adrienne Bailon (Group Member), Debra Martin Chase (Executive Soundtrack Producer), Sabrina "Dorinda" Bryan (Group Member)

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