Showing posts with label rhythm and blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rhythm and blues. Show all posts

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination - Reviews

Billboard
The Dolls' bark is as big as their bite.
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The New York Times
Ms. Scherzinger’s small, flexible voice thrives in the programmed, computer-tuned R&B tracks.
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Slant Magazine
Like the Dolls's debut, "PCD," the new album could use a little more of that cabaret style and a little less of the anonymous, by-the-numbers R&B and dance formulas that have become the modern girl-group convention
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Monday, 22 September 2008

Nelly - Brass Knuckles - Reviews

Boston Globe
Brass Knuckles is 14 songs long. All of them could be singles. None of them could be hits.
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Vibe
Brass Knuckles is standard Nelly fare.
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Rolling Stone
On his fifth album, he mostly sticks to that pop-rap formula, cranking his distinctly melodic flow to hyper-speeds and playing the good-natured hedonist on cuts like 'Party People.' But when he tries to come off hard on a handful of Dirty South brawlers, he ends up sounding generic
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008

Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman - Reviews

Los Angeles Times
It's no surprise that Ne-Yo sings about women on his excellent third album, Year of the Gentleman.
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Entertainment Weekly
On his third disc in as many years, the 28-year-old Southerner with the Michael Jackson falsetto not only wears his heart on his sleeve, he lets it bleed down his (no doubt high-thread-count) cuff.
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Rolling Stone
The 28-year-old singer-songwriter says his latest collection of heartfelt love songs is a tribute to the Rat Pack's pressed-suit style, but it's actually a superb concept album about what a great boyfriend he can be.
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