Track Listing

1. Survivor - Destiny's Child
2. All for You - Janet Jackson
3. Baby Come on Over - Samantha Mumba
4. In My Pocket - Mandy Moore
5. Play - Jennifer Lopez
6. The Call (Remix) - Backstreet Boys
7. Playas Gon' Play - 3LW
8. Ride Wit Me - Nelly
9. Danger - Mystikal
10. Fiesta - R. Kelly with Jay-Z
11. Let Me Blow Ya Mind - Eve with Gwen Stefani
12. What Would You Do - City High
13. Don't Let Me Be the Last - Britney Spears
14. This I Promise You - N'Sync
15. Never Had a Dream... - S Club 7
16. Hanging By a Moment - Life House
17. Jaded - Aerosmith
18. From My Head to My Heart - Evan & Jaron
19. Flavor of the Weak - American Hi-Fi

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17531 in Music
• Released on: 2001-07-31
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Smartly programmed and laden with hits from the first half of 2001, the seventh entry in the Now compilation series is a more-than-agreeable, summer-party soundtrack. Moving from up-tempo pop/R&B to various stripes of hip-hop (including a snapping Neptunes remix of Backstreet Boys'"The Call") to three draggy ballads you can easily program out to reminders from Aerosmith, Lifehouse, Evan and Jaron, and American Hi-Fi that guitars still exist, this disc is one of the strongest Nows yet. With the high-quality likes of "Jaded," Janet Jackson's "All for You," Nelly's "Ride wit Me!" (heavily edited for language), and Mystikal's "Danger (Been So Long)" on tap, even Jennifer Lopez sounds pretty good as the beats power by. Does the style-by-style sequencing effectively segregate genres, particularly by placing the rock stuff at disc's end? It's more likely that the appearance of all these tunes in one place demonstrates that the notion of pop as a big tent isn't dead yet. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

Now 7
1.Survivor-ultimate girl-power song! This song is on repeat. Perfect song to dedicate to your ex. Also a perfect song to play if you've given up on something--this song gives you encouragement to try again. 5/5

2.All For You-gets annoying but still good. 3/5

3.Baby Come On Over-I prefer 'Don't Need You to Tell Me I'm Pretty' but this song will do. 3/5

4.In My Pocket-I love Mandy Moore and this song! Love the beat, love the lyrics, love everything. 5/5

5.Play-gets annoying but still good. 3/5

6.The Call-ugh! Love the BSB but they are not rap song people! 0/5

7.Playas' Gon' Play-this song may not make sense to some people but it makes sense to me. Just listen. 4/5

8.Ride Wit Me-too much censoring but good! 3/5

9.Danger-ugh! Not my type of music! 0/5

10.Fiesta-ugh! Again, not my type of music! 0/5

11.Let Me Blow Your Mind-ugh! Again, not my type of music! 0/5

12.What Would You Do-this song is on repeat! I don't like how it's censored though. No part should be censored. This song talks about serious issues which most songs these days don't. This song is awesome! It's sad; it's based on a true story! 5/5

13.Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know-I HATE BRITNEY SPEARS but surprisingly, I like this song! Girls can relate! 3/5

14.This I Promise You-OMG! My mom and I love this song! This song is so beautiful! 5/5

15.Never Had A Dream Come True-I love this song! I can relate to it. 5/5

16.Hanging By A Moment-Jason Wade says this song is about his parents divorce. This is a good song to play if you're depressed--it helps. Even if you're not depressed it rocks! 5/5

17.Jaded-I like this song. This song gets annoying after a while. 4/5

18.From My Head to My Heart-OMG! Evan and Jaron rock! I love this song! They kept making hit after hit! 5/5

19.Flavor of the Weak-awesome song! I only heard this song on the radio once but I love it! 5/5

Anyways, get this CD! IT ROCKS! Play it at a party and you'll be dancing all night!

Vol. 7
Now we're getting somewhere...As you may already know from my previous reviews of the 'Now!' series, I feel that it's a nice way to remember the yesteryears, but as we roll into 'Now! 7' we're getting a glimpse of the not so distant past, songs that we may still hear from time to time on the radio and such. Songs like 'Ride Wit Me' or 'Survivor', Mistikal's brilliant anthum 'Danger' (which I just heard on the radio last night), 'Let Me Blow Ya Mind' and Lifehouse's biggest hit 'Hanging by a Moment' are all heard on the radio to this day.

Laced though with not so common hits, 'Now! 7' still has something to offer to those who are looking for a blast from the past. Samantha Mumba (where is she now) delivers a song we can all remember tearing up the airwaves ('Baby Come on Over') and Mandy Moore gives us another great track with 'In my Pocket' which I don't remember as well as some of the other tracks here.

Never was a fan of Janet's 'All for You' or J. Lo's 'Play', heck, or even Destiny's Child's 'Survivor', but they all have their place in the memory of yesterday right. I actually like 'The Call' and this remix by The Neptunes is off the hook. There is some ballads that maybe should have been avoided, most notably Britney's 'Don't Let me be the Last to Know' and S Club 7's 'Never had a Dream Come True' which is just irritatingly cliche. I always liked N'Sync's 'This I Promise You' but even that may have been beter suited for another CD.

The real gem here though is City High's 'What Would You Do?' which is a song I almost forgot about. It was such a good song back in the day, and even now, listening to it for what feels like the first time I'm left with the same feeling. Great song, great sound and great message.

Yes, I agree that the constant editing of the songs is annoying...I just really with they'd pick songs that don't have to be edited, but I doubt they ever will. These rap songs (like the awful crap R. Kelly and Jay-Z delivered) is too popular with today's generation for them to get avoided when putting together these CD's. Oh well, it's something we all have to deal with to get what we want, if this is indeed what you want.

Buy this album...
...if you want to add to the destruction of music as a valid art form.