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This is the first great album of the summer.B.o.B.,ie,Bobby Bobby Ray has made one fun in the sun cd.
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Blessed with great guest stars on almost every song,this album almost seems like the summer radio play list for every pool and swimming hole in the country.
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Some critics are complaining that this production doesn't have a musical identity.I find that these 12 indivudual songs to be one of the most compelling reasons to sing the praises of R&B/pop music this summer.
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In most reviews,I single out what I consider to be the 'best' tune the recording.That is virtually impossible to do here.
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On very good albums,I find myself going about my daily routine singing songs I don't even know the names of yet.I do that here.
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In fact,the albums only mis-step is the very last song,'Airplanes Pt.II-featuring Eminem'.
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And to be honest,the problem is Eminem.I used to be a very big Eminem fan.I had all of his cds.Even the 'D-12' stuff.But here,when he starts screaming,what used to seem so real now seemed extremely fake.He seemed worse then bad.When the whole rest of this mp-3 download seemed 2010 summer time fresh,his act seemed out of place stale.
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That is just a minor detail.
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I really like the flow from song to song.'Don't Let Me Fall',mentions shooting stars and so does the already radio friendly,'Airplanes'.
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'Ghost In The Machine',and,'Fame',almost invite comparisons to the more famous songs with the same names.
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'Nothin On You' deserves to be the big hit that it seemingly already is,and I love the Scott Summers reference in,'Past My Shades.'
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Some albums,as a reviewer,you regret that you have give up being the main listening pleasure after one week.This is one of them.
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I guess I'll just have to head to the pool with cold drink in hand...
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