Fuego

### Producer (s)

Lynne Parr , Darkchild , Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis , Diane Warren , Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs , The Neptunes , Timbaland , Stevie J ,David Morales , Damizza

## Singles Chronology

### 2.

"I'm Not Crying Anymore"Released December 3, 2000

## Albums Chronology

### Next

Remixes (2001)

Fuego Is Lynne Parr's Fourth Studio Album Released on October 29 2000, it featured Lynne moving into genres she had not done prior. most notably Hip Hop

## Background

Following the massive success of Sunshine in 1998 and MTV Unplugged in 1999 Lynne was finally able to fully transition into Hip Hop.She Revised her Contract with Virgin updating it from a 5 album deal to a 10 album deal worth 45 million dollars, part of the agreement gave lynne further creative control over her music. with this newfound freedom, Lynne began working with various different producers and songwriters that she had never worked with before. she wished to create an authentic hip hop sound and a new sound for her. she also turned away many longtime collaborators like Walter Afanassief and Babyface for something less pop sounding. the only producers leftover from Sunshine were Darkchild and Stevie J, she also brought in Diane Warren to write the track Stolen Away lynne also was inspired by her latin heritage to incorporate Latin Pop into her music. unreleased tracks from earlier sessions had a much more latin and reggae influence than anything on the final album. she recorded about 40 songs for the album and handpicked all 14 of the songs herself. a majority of those said songs being from the second half of the recording sessions.

## Release & Promotion

Fuego was Released on October 31, 2000 but initally lynne and Virgin records had considered a later release in early December to take advantage of the christmas season. However, Embargo which was initally not even planned to be the lead single, got leaked in early august 2000. Lynne and her label scrambled to film a video and release the single to help control the leak. despite this, Embargo thrived off the publicity surrounding the leak and the label reaction and Debuted at #1 on the billboard hot 100. the album was released in October and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. I'm Not Crying Anymore was released as the second single in December and performed moderately well, reaching number 8 in the states. She performed both songs at the 2001 Grammys and later appeared on the Rosie O’ Donnel Show. Lazy was released as a promo Single to rythmic Radio on February 1, 2001 but failed to chart due to lack of promotion despite its praise. All was going well till February 11, 2001 when at approximately 4 AM while being driven home from the airport from Paris to oversee the editing for her music video for Burning Love. her limbo was hit by an oncoming car and the vehicle flipped over and landed on the side of the road. Lynne and the driver were unharmed for the most part but the baby Lynne was 5 week’s pregnant with was miscarried. Lynne took 2 weeks off to heal and mourn. She made her return to the public eye on March 3 to promote her new single on TRL. Noticably quiet and distant.

## Composition

Fuego sonically is primarily A Pop, R&B and Hip Hop album. With heavy inspiration from Latin Music like Dancehall , Dub and Reggae Fusion intergrated into Lynne’s sound