Album Reviews : * Total, “Total,” Bad Boy Entertainment/Arista.

Guest stars (Da Brat, Notorious Notorious B.I.G.) and producers (Sean “Puffy” Combs, Raphael Saadig) are this album’s selling points. The three singers themselves generate little heat. The vocals on the best cuts, “Can’t You See” and “Do You Think About Me,” mostly evoke Faith Evans and T-Boz of TLC. Except for the lasciviousness of “Who Is This,” Total doesn’t distinguish itself from hip-hop’s other divas.

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