This CD would be worth the effort for the song "I Like" alone. Yes, these girls were puppets of Keith Sweat, but their vocal talent shines through on this song especially. It's repetitive and singsongy, but the combination of Keith's sexy lyrics, instrumentation and these girls great singing makes a perfect pop single that belongs in every Ipod. The lead singer has a very distinctive voice.

"Surrender" is a great CD!!! I love each & every track on the album!!! These girls have great voices & a unique sound. The ballads are smooth & sexy, however I find myself more attracted to the beats & melodies of the songs, rather than the lyrics...the entire CD is basically a "love-making soundtrack", that will put you "in the mood" every time you hear it. The over-all sound of this album definately has a "Keith Sweat" vibe. I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!!! It's one of my all-time favorites & I highly recommend it!!!!!

This is a great CD. Everyone should have this CD! The girls can truly sing and all the songs are awesome! Personal favorites include: "Get Up On It" with Keith Sweat, "Giving You My Love Again" and "I Like." This may be their only album but it is one of the best R&B albums in music. Buy this today, you will surely enjoy it from beginning to end, as I did.

"surrender" was one of the better releases of '95. sweat already crowned his prominence as a producer with his first project, the multi-platinum "lose control", catered to silk in '92. he returned three years later with "surrender", catered to kut klose. sweat definitely wanted to market his next project towards men, and to a certain extent, he succeeded. writing mostly about sexual fantasies, kut klose was introduced to the world as the female version of silk. He tried to duplicate his moan and croon method that worked so well for silk, but fell short because of the audience choice. nevertheless tho, sweat's production skills are first-rate and he didnt choose a bad group to assimilate either. they had an outstanding lead vocalist in athena cage, a distinct image, and were desperate for stardom. As for the album itself, the leadoff track is a funky, uptempo track that should have been a club jam in "lay my body down". "dont change" has a nice groove and is interechangable, able to be played as a slow jam or a funky jam. A bonus is the tight harmony riff at the end. The slick and seductive "get up on it" introduces the world to kut klose, courtesy of sweat, who even alternates with cage throughout the entire song. the track is also featured on sweat's '94 project as well, reaching #9 on the r&b charts. "do me" continues in the sexual drive as cage alternates with background vocalists, but this one has an uptempo feel to it. It's quite catchy to dance too, and sing. "lovely thang" continues with the uptempo feel. Its funky beat and memorable hook, kut klose demonstrates their funky side. The album slows down a bit with the sly and sleek "surrender", with sweat dropping a background lyric in there to make the track more seductive. the female proteges continue in their sexual slow jam drive with "i like". with its well-orchestrated chorus, cage's enticing vocals, and a slick production, "i like" reached #8 on the r&b charts. just as enchanting comes the next track, "keep ON". although its relatively short, its still an enjoying listen. cage gives lavonn and tabitha a chance to shine on "giving you my love again". once again, the women show their pleasant harmony while taking their respective leads throughout the track. my favorite track, "sexual baby", has an interesting niche. their is a bridge right before cage finishes the song that makes the song more memorable, in my opinion. rounding out the album, there is a pointless remix of get up on it. quite interesting, but not distinctive enough. all in all, you can make the argument that sweat and his personnel wanted to boast about their sexual fantasies. you can make the argument that kut klose was desperate for stardom and would sing anything to get it. you can even make the argument that this is sweat's crowning production project(which would be hardly the case). one thing is for certain though. whatever everyone's intentions were, the case can be made that they all succeeded. on that note, this album is hardly an essential '90s r&b must-have. it has its moments, but not enough to desperately seek. this project is for the die-hard keith sweat fan or die-hard seductive '90s slow jam fan.

Keith Sweat's female group clearly continues Keith Sweat to the max. The entire is album has Keith Sweat's entire sound signature on it along with Kut Klose writing and arranging on some songs with two or three other producers other than Keith Sweat.

Songs to look forward to are "DO ME", "Sexual Baby", "I Like", "Surrender", "GET UP ON IT", and "Keep On". Each song is great.

I only hoped that this female group could have been promoted better in 1995 and 1996. The potential for success is there, but there wasn't enough people to back it up. ANYWAY, BUY THE ALBUM. It's a peaceful, melodic, and relaxing collage of R&B that's not bad on the ears or in your R&B collection.