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S.G.R.: ReviewStacks.com Files Report On Keri Hilson's "In A Perfect World"!!
Posted on March 24, 2009 2:23 PM
After more push backs then I can count - Keri Hilson is finally releasing her debut album, gleefully titled, In A Perfect World. While I have heard Keri's new album, I am conflicted in offering up my opinion just yet. It's not bad, but I can't decide if my assessment of the project is reflecting her talent as a vocalist/singer, or is it simply that there's not much out these days to really compare her to.
I still hold my opinion that Hilson is better behind the scenes writing hits then publicly stumbling to find her footing. However, the Decatur baby maybe on to something with her up tempo girl anthems. Less ballads, mamma. I'm just sayin'.
I don't hate the album. It's a nice balance, it's definitely a hell of a lot better then '"Evolution" -not that I'm comparing. But again, my verdict isn't in just yet.
But Reviewstacks.com's verdict has been rendered and according to THEM, it's not half-bad:
If there is one thing that I've learned over the years it's that there's a time and place for everything. Well, almost everything. There is no time and place, let's say, for walking in on your parents creating your next sibling or watching your grandmother change her dentures. Images like that have no business being burned onto the retinas of an impressionable six-year-old.
Atlanta-based R&B singer, Keri Hilson (Zone 4/Mosley Music Group), has found that time and place - here and now. And with production backed by Timbaland, Polow Da Don and Danja, Hilson has created a sound and image (Ricky Martin does want his leather pants back) that will keep her afloat the pop charts for weeks to come. Yes, that was my shot at pop music.
Tracks like Energy and Turning Me On, featuring Lil Wayne, which have already had radio play, run and gamut and showcase Hilson's range between the club banger and the ballad. There's the obligatory song with an Akon hook, Change Me, and Where Did He Go gives listeners a nostalgic trip back to middle school as Hilson cries rivers about losing her man.
The production on the album is admittedly pop. Synth-heavy and extremely danceable, half of the tracks have a light feel to them such as Return The Favor and Knock You Down (if I would have had my way, she should have had Chris Brown sing the hook). The production, however, gives the album a sound ripe with the staccato electronics and deep bass. Tracks like How Does It Feel and Alienated embody the club-friendly sound well but from a musical standpoint are different enough for the whole release not to sound like a 60 minute song. Anyone else have Konvicted come to mind?
Hilson's debut album finds itself in a good place, balancing the increasingly overproduced pop sound with producers who have ample talent and keep it from sounding like white noise in the R&B realm. Even a hip-hop elitist like myself couldn't help but mouth a few of Kanye's bars as I listened to Knock You Down or think about the girl that dumped me in the seventh grade in the middle of our dance, as Where Did He Go played, for some blonde kid with a bowl haircut that surfed.
Hilson's album is now out on iTunes, Amazon and other retailers.[Read More]
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I like the girl she is hot and she CAN sing. I like the new single/video I think she may just pull of a hit CD. gold maybe plat. That said it is poppy and isnt bangin hard given the talent (tim and polow) involved . I hope she isnt a lesbian sometimes I wonder...........
Better than Evolution? The MULTI-PLATINUM EVOLUTION BY CIARA?
GTFOH GAYANT!!
Please stick to writing gossip about no hit ATL wonders like BOB and them. R&B reviews are not your thing.
LOVE SEX MAGIC IS NOW ON ITUNES!!!
GO AND GET IT!!
ALSO PRE-ORDER FANTASY RIDE!
MAY 5TH!
i think she deserves the chance....she DAMN sure put in the work!!!