FROM DEATH, BACK TO ME

Fantasia Barrino’s “Back To Me” album is the most consistent album released this year. The album is flawless! I didn’t say its perfect but rather flawless because it delivers everything one expects from a soulful singer like Fantasia and more.

            From track 1 to 12 Fantasia takes you on a journey of bittersweet love with gospel undertones. She effortlessly move from one ballad to another emotionally. Now what more would you want from a soul singer?

            Vocally Fantasia is on point and her vocal abilities is at its peak in the track “The Thrill is Gone” which also features Ce-Lo Green. She starts you on this journey with “I’m Doin’ Me”and leaves you panting with emotion with “I’m Here”.

            Fantasia comes off as a reborn and matured artiste in this record. She outperforms herself in her previous albums. And a very good comeback this album is. I mean if you are an artiste and you don’t improve then you should be dumped in a trash can.

            If am forced to choose a favorite track inthis album, I would go for “Collard Greens and Cornbread”, “Man of the House”, “Falling In Love Tonight” and “Even Angels”.

Truly Fantasia is a vocal beast! Her rough-hewn vocals drags at your heart begs you to fall in love with her and surely i tell you, you can’t resist. If you dont go cop a copy of this album then it simply means that you dont know good music.

Oh and Dear Fantasia please in this wilderness called Hollywood, you have to be vicious, learn how to spin bad publicity to boost your image. You need to develop a tough skin and dont be going ahead attempting suicide cos u are having an affair with a married man and cos of a sextape scandal. Go ask Miss America 1998 and Kim Kardashian for tips.

Oh well how i wish you would read this. SMH!

BREAKING POINT

Keri Hilson’s Breaking Point to me is a lyrically awesome song that is performed over classical and yet mediocre beats. Like her first single “Energy” off her “In a Perfect World”, i dont see Breaking Point breaking its way through the charts. The lyrics are strong but the composure is very “safe”. In this musical era where acts like Lady Gaga and Rihanna are defying sensibility to create masterpieces, there is no room for a safe work from any artiste.

The song has very great soul anecdotes and is very reminiscent of a Lauryn Hill record. But Keri failed to pull it off. The extra ooomph factor seen in her hits like “Knock You Down” and “Turnin Me On” is lacking.

This song could have been much much better. But hey its her first single. I hope she comes up with something better in the future.

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If Today Was A Fairytale, Taylor Swift and Kanye West would Kiss and make up.

ell the feud between Kayne West and Taylor Swift might be over now. Whew! What a relieve. I  can now go back to being a Kayne #Stan. Well you wouldnt have gueesed it but Kanye West said on his twitter page today that he has written a song for Taylor Swift and that he is sorry for being an A-hole!

Seems Mr. West is quite on a role this afternoon and he has been tweeting profusely like a remorseful child. So does this means he has said bye bye to his BIG ego? His huge ego? I’d rather ya’ll answer that.

            So Kanye took to his twitter page and tweeted “I wrote a song for Taylor Swift that's so beautiful and I want her to have it. If she won't take it then I'll perform it for her”. (How sweet!)   “It is distasteful to cut people off as a general rule. What's the point of dressing tastefully if I'm going to act the complete opposite?” (You tell me Kanye).

 I mean i couldnt stand it when he did a song with Beyonce but to diss the adorable and awfully sweet Taylor Swift? I mean who does that? That ws it for me. Thats when i started hating.

Well for his own sake i hope he is the one tweeting and that this is not the result of sum white substance that has taken him to cloud nine.

            I would love to see these two do a duet.

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DOLL DOMINATION

Now what is being dominated? This is the first question that comes to my mind whenever i hear the title of the Pussycat Dolls sophomore album, Doll Domination.
having come a long wayt from Burlesque troupe to a recording group, i cant help but admire the Dolls made up of lead singer Nicole scherzinger, Melody Thorton, Jessica Sutta, Kimberly Wyatt and Ashley Roberts.
Even though some critics has labeled the album as a carbon copy of their debut PCD, i believe that these two albums are very different in their similarities.
Yes the Dolls still maintain the sassy sexy image they created in PCD. But the irony here is that they becomes realistic and human in Doll Domination.
In PCD they teased, flirted and flaunted in tracks like Don't Cha, Beep, Buttons, Wait A Minute and I dont need a Man. ( Now i ask myself, what are we guys supposed to do if these sexy gals tel us the dont need us?)
In Doll Domination however they still flirted with R Kelly and Polow Da Don in Out of this Club, asserts superiority over competitors in Whatchamacalit, strut their stuff in Bottle Pop which featured a cameo by Snoop Dogg who also made an appearance in Buttons of PCD.
They state that they've got the power in Magic and they take over the World in Takin over the World.
In Doll Domination however, the dolls flaunts a new accessory and thats a ''breakable heart".
In I Hate This Part, Nicole is allowed to emote fully on the track. She sings all the lead and background vocals. The song depicts a girl who is hurting cos there isnt enough communication with her boyfriend. Now who would have ever thought a pin-up girl would ever get heartbroken?
In Halo Nicole states shes not a superwoman or an angell and therefore shes bound to make mistakes just like a human does.
Who could have thought the dolls would ever advice people to beware of the world of fame and stardom and that not all that glitters is gold? Well they did that awesomely in When I Grow Up but still maintain their attitude.
In Doll Domination, the Dolls' bark is as big as their bite. Scherzinger lays down the law to a deadbeat boyfriend on the Missy Elliott-assisted Whatcha Think About That, while threatening to "hurt" and "kick" another on In Person with a line like: how u gon explain to your boys how tou got beat up bye a chic. And on Happily Never After, written by Ne-Yo, she narrates the tale of a woman who bolts a damaging relationship.
Even with fun tracks like Elevator which had vocals from Melod, they talk about the up and downs of relationships.

Doll Domination comes with a deluxe edition which features solos from all the five dolls. and on thiis one Melody Thorton blows me away with he melismatic voice on Space, in which she leaves a complaining boyfriend.

The dolls have always been criticised for the over presence of Nicole Scherzinger in their albums. They are also labeled as being at the mercy of their songwriters.
I was disappointed when i read somewhere that Nicole came running to the dolls like a dog with its tail between its legs when she failed to launch her solo album.
The truth is she put a hold on that album to work on Doll Domination and to rewrite some tracks. thats all.
It should also be noted that Nicole is the only doll that has writing credits on all their albums. And moreover some of the songs on Doll Domination like whos Gonna love You and Happily Never After was taken from her album.
so Yall Nicole haters give her a break.

Recently, the Dolls has recored three soundtracks name Jai Ho from Slumdung Millionaire, Bad Girl from The Confessions Of A Shopaholic and Top Of the World from MTV series The City which he song peak at number 29 on the US iTunes and number 15 on Canada iTunes with no radioplay, no official video and no promotion. "Top of the World" debuted at number 79 on Billboard Hot 100. How cool is that?

With great productions from R. Kelly, Timbaland, Rodney Dark Child Jerkins, Polow Da Don, Danja etc. Doll Domination works for me.Now the Pussycat Dolls are stocking a little empathy along with the attitude.

Pussycat Dolls DOMINATE me baby. LOL
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