Michelle Bell
{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
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| years_active = 2000–present
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| birth_place = Ohio, U.S.
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| associated_acts = Britney Spears
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Michelle Bell is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. With Sean Combs she wrote and produced tracks for Jennifer Lopez. Following the release of Lopez's album, she worked with artists, including Britney Spears, Girls Aloud, Mary J. Blige and Paulina Rubio.
Biography
Michelle Lynn Bell was born in Ohio. While in college she worked on a local paper while she was in college, and used to write to publicists at record labels.
She worked with Sean Combs, who was dating pop singer Jennifer Lopez at the time. After Bell's song was presented to Lopez, the latter recorded the track. Bell then went to work with several artists such as Mary J. Blige and Paulina Rubio over the years.
In 2002, she started to work with Britney Spears on her fourth studio album In the Zone. Together they wrote and recorded several tracks, including "Chaotic",{{cite AV media notes|title=Chaotic|others=Britney Spears|date=2005|type=Promo CD single liner notes|publisher=Jive Records|id=BVCQ-28030}} "Like I'm Falling", "Look Who's Talking Now",{{cite web|url=http://www.muumuse.com/2012/01/daily-b-look-whos-talking-now-demo-finally-leaks-in-full.html/|title=Daily B: "Look Who's Talking Now" Demo Finally Leaks in Full|last=Stern|first=Bradley|publisher=MuuMuse.com. Bradley Stern|date=January 9, 2012|accessdate=January 10, 2012}} and "Money, Love, & Happiness".{{cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=431190099&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=25&start=1|title=ASCAP ACE – Money Love and Happiness|publisher=ASCAP|accessdate=November 27, 2010}} "(I've Just Begun) Having My Fun", another track recorded by Spears and later released on Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (2004),{{cite AV media notes|title=Greatest Hits: My Prerogative|others=Britney Spears|year=2004|publisher=Jive Records|type=Liner notes}} was featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film Bridesmaids. Bell later worked with producer Peter Wade Keusch. Together, they formed a music production duo, and worked for artists such as 88-Keys and Lindsay Lohan. They worked together on an album called The Mystery LLP. It was slated for a release on the second quarter of 2008; the album, however, is yet to be released. Bell currently lives in New York City.
Reception
Bell's songs were mostly well received by contemporary critics. One of her tracks she wrote with Britney Spears, "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)", was considered by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic as better "[than] most of the songs that were featured on [In the Zone],"{{cite news|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r716835/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=((( Greatest Hits: My Prerogative > Review )))|year=2004|accessdate=March 8, 2010| last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation}} while Mike McGuirk of Rhapsody said the song "is on a level with her best work, namely 'I'm a Slave 4 U'."{{cite news|title=(I've Just Begun) Having My Fun (Non-Album Track) by Britney Spears|date=August 1, 2004|last=McGuirk|first=Mike|publisher=Rhapsody|quote=Britney's back on top. After the relative OK-ness of "In the Zone," the impressively evolving pop phenomenon busts out a hard-funk, Prince-heavy club cut with a fat, fat, fat synthline, strings (!) and a chorus that just doesn't quit. 'I've Just Begun' is on a level with her best work, namely 'I'm A Slave 4 U.'}} Bell's tracks included on Jennifer Lopez's album Brave (2007) received mixed to positive reviews, with "I Need Love" being considered as a "nice enough uptempo groove. Still, it's not something you'll be rushing to hear a second time — a sentiment that summarizes most of 'Brave'."{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/brave-r1208434/review|title=Brave Review|year=2007|accessdate=March 8, 2010|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation}}{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/jennifer-lopez/news/music-review-jennifer-lopez-brave--50006587|title=Music Review: Jennifer Lopez, 'Brave'|publisher=Yahoo!|date=October 9, 2011|accessdate=February 28, 2012}} "Morning After Dark", a track co-wrote with Timbaland, was considered as "catchy" by reviewers, with its hook receiving positive appreciation.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1070692/timbaland-featuring-soshy-morning-after-dark|title=Timbaland featuring SoShy, "Morning After Dark"|date=October 3, 2009|last=Concepcion|first=Mariel|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a188378/timbaland-ft-nelly-furtado-soshy-morning-after-dark.html |title=Music – Singles Reviews – Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado, SoShy: 'Morning After Dark' |publisher=Digital Spy |date=November 3, 2009|accessdate=December 28, 2009}} However, Jennifer Lopez's "Come Over" did not impress critics, with Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly saying, "'Come to my room for a little game.… I'll do very erotic things', she breathes on 'Come Over', [...] the most embarrassing satin sheet anthem since, oh, Sylvia's 'Pillow Talk'." The song received comparisons to earlier works of Janet Jackson.{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/jennifer-lopez-j-lo/208|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=February 1, 2011|accessdate=March 9, 2012|publisher=Slant Magazine|title=Jennifer Lopez: J.Lo – Music Review}}
Songwriting discography
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References
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