Thursday, March 26, 2009

Keri Hilson: In a Perfect World

The album sounded like the tracks that got left off of Danity Kane’s Welcome to the Dollhouse. Her voice kinda reminds me of D. Woods. As an artist, her sound landed right in between Ciara’s pop/R&B vibe and RiRi’s electronica/pop vibe. Ciara’s position might be in jeopardy if Fantasy Ride is as tragic as people say it is (and judging by the singles, it will be that tragic and more). She definitely had some bangers in the beginning of the album.

It was one track away from being Keri Hilson and Friends... That many features should be reserved for artists with no talent (i.e. Diddy LOL). Who on earth thought it was good idea for Akon to scream all over Change Me? She shoulda left his non-singing behind OFF.... im SURE I will never listen to that song EVER again....

a little extra... Keri we know you can sing but you do not have to do so much (kinda reminded me of Beyonce, trying run her whole range on EVERY song). And she sings every song in the exact same way.... all over the place. She needs to learn how to finesse a track... Make Love was not the song to sing full force... nobody wants to make love to all that high pitch screaming.

The track arrangement coulda been more artful…. She started up tempo and progressed into the slow tempo songs but I need a good mix to keep me interested. I was pretty bored by track 8.

I can say she picked good singles... Knock you down is the best song on the album

Strong beginning: started off with some feel good, hype tracks… strong finish, I liked the last song a lot… and sorta blah in between. It's alright at best on first listen, but I think it could grow on me...