My Review:
Highlights: Can I Take You Home, DJ Play a Love Song, Warm Bed,VIP, and Extravaganza
My personal top favorites: Can I Take U Home and VIP
This is a really good debut from Jame Foxx.
He is not a strong vocalist but his voice does well with the production and overall direction of the album. The album opens up with strong tracks:
Warm Bed- is a nice contemporary R&B song and the lyrics are not to cheesy, its really catchy and has that grown and sexy vibe.
DJ Play a Love Song- is a really sexy song and while Jamie isn't a Luther, he still knows how to use his voice to convey emotion. I don't think Twista's rap verse was necessary and I just don't think rap verses are necessary on sexy slow jams in general.
Can I Take U Home- has that classic 90's R&B slow jam feel. The song opens up like a lullaby would. Static Major put his foot in the production. It is a slow seductive jam that has a eerie and alluring vibe to it which makes it interesting. I think this song is one of the best R&B songs of the new millennium. The production, creativity, songwriting etc is off the charts
VIP- The production is CRAZYYYY. I will blast this song just for the production alone. It is a nice song to dance to with your boo or when you just want to relax at a lounge or relax at a social gatheriing. The beat is tooooo goood. The lyrics are okay but the overall production is GREAT and Jamie's adlibs are really sexy. Once again not strongest voice but he knows how to use his voice and to give it personality.
The album does tend to slow down a bit toward the end.
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