Publication: Billboard [US]
Date: March 29, 1997
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Title: "Comin' Up Rosie"
Written By: Larry Flick

Ya gotta love Rosie Gaines. Not only is the singer- best known as a one-time protégée of the artist formerly known as Prince-taking the proverbial bull by the horns by issuing some slammin' new music on her own Dredlix Records, but she is spreading it via the Internet. In fact, the album "Arrival" is for sale exclusively via her World Wide Web site at www.rosiegaines.com.

"With most of these record companies, there's so much politics that goes down with it," she says, hinting at her past alliances with Paisley Park and Motown. "They don't care about you as a human being-you're just a number. As soon as your numbers drop, they drop you."

Refreshed and ready to take over the world, Gaines says that "Arrival" marks the return of "her Spirit," properly utilizing her formidable skills as a writer, producer, and musician. "The last album ['Closer Than Close'] had other influences from the record company," she explains. "Motown chose mostly slow songs. I was never really that kind of an artist. I'm still very proud of the last album, but this one is definitely more who I am as far as that old ghetto girl from the country. It's much funkier than the last album. Much more upbeat."