B5 - Don't Talk Just Listen
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Free Music Review: Daughter's Fun
Hit: 4 Stars
My daughter {age 15) is enjoying this CD. It was a gift for school grades.Free Music Review: 3-1/2 stars -- All they can B
Hit: 3 Stars
When B5 first arrived on the scene, they said in interviews that it should be easier for them to get some appeal since B2K had recently disbanded, but then when they tried to score with a cover of Troop's "All I Do Is Think of You", it didn't really catch a whole lot of fire (hey, I liked it). And after singles like "U Got Me" and an unnecessary remake of "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf", not much else was heard from them. But the Breeding brothers persevered with Don't Talk, Just Listen.
I was surprised to find that the guys are still on Bad Boy considering that Diddy usually doesn't do anything with his artists after releasing two singles off their first album (for more information, refer to my review for Danity Kane's album), but this is a pretty decent album. Middle brother Patrick still handles most of the lead vocals, and Kelly still handles most of the raps (which range from decent to tolerable); the only real exception is Bow Wow on the lead single "Hydrolics" (by the way, when did Bow Wow start sounding exactly like Lil' Wayne?). And I initially tagged Carnell as the token boy-band-member-that-doesn't-do-anything, but after hearing him sing on "Right to Left", I wish he'd kept that title.
Anyway, there are some good songs on here, like "Things I Would Do", the a capella "No One Else", and "In My Bedroom" (no, it's not what you think it's about). Speaking of that, though, the filler bonus track "Rockstar" has a few uneasy moments. First, Kelly is rapping about sex, which is fine for HIM because he's an adult, but EVERYone in the group isn't (Carnell is fifteen and Bryan is thirteen). And the second verse of that song features the lyric: "No I.D./Who cares about age?" Who do they think they are, Pretty Ricky?
Other questionable songs include "Tear Drops" and the corny "Erika Kane". And "All Over Again" talks about how they enjoy constantly breaking up and making up, which I doubt is something that many people can relate to. In the end, although Don't Talk, Just Listen is decent, I don't think it's a classic like the rest of these reviewers say. If you're over the age of eighteen, borrow it first.
Anthony Rupert