Make It Hot is the debut studio album by R&B singer Nicole Wray. The album was released in August 1998 through Missy Elliott's Elektra-distributed vanity label, The Goldmind. The album was produced by Missy Elliott and Timbaland. Some editions of the release credit Nicole as "Nicole Ray", an artist name she only used here and on her single "I Can't See".
Nicole Wray released a studio album before Make It Hot.
It's definitely incorrect because that album was her debut, so she couldn't have released an album before it. I think it's difficult because the system doesn't really understand what it means for something to be someone's "debut".