Jamie Foxx - Intuition
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Free Music Notes for Intuition
Free Music Review: Could've been better
Hit: 4 Stars
The songs that were good on the is album will be exalcty why u put in in your cd players. I felt there was a lot of through away tracks on this album it felt more like a album you'd get after a yea of work not 2-3.Free Music Review: nice follow up
Hit: 4 Stars
This is a great cd, and I love all the song.. my favorite it "Blame it" and Rain main".Free Music Review: Nice
Hit: 4 Stars
I agree with others this CD is different from his last CD but overall it's nice.Free Music Review: Enjoyed It But It Could Use More Ballads
Hit: 3 Stars
Jamie Foxx is one of the few actors to be able a successful transition from comedy & film to the music industry. When his sophomore CD Unpredictable, was released back in 2005 it became evident that Foxx would be a force in the ever dying field of soul music. Following up the soulful, ballad heavy Unpredictable, wouldn't be an easy task, however Foxx has provided a quality release with Intitution.
1. Just Like Me - The lead single feat. T.I. was originally written for Usher's Here I Stand project; however Jamie puts his own soulful spin on the song which could serve as a sequel to his massive hit Unpredictable.
2. I Don't Need It - I wasn't too impressed with this song as it was a bit poppish for my tastes and it seems better suited for Justin Timberlake.
3. Number 1 (Get Dumb) feat. Lil Wayne - At first listen, I found this song to be a bit annoying but it's starting to grow on me.
4. Digital Girl feat. Kanye West & The-Dream - Now this is what I'm talking about when it comes to up-tempo material. Kanye delivers an energetic freestyle while The-Dream provides a soulful hook. I can easily see myself doing the two- step to this one in the club.
5. Blame It feat. T-Pain - Even though I'm sick of the voice-coder, Jamie does a decent job with this song. He has more in common with the originator Roger Troutman, than the biter T-Pain (who needs to take a break).
6. She Got Her Own feat. Ne-Yo & Fabolous - I've been feeling this song I first heard it back in September. The only thing new on the song it some added vocals from Jamie & Ne-Yo. However I do wish, Jamie would`ve remixed the song with a different with an old school sample of say Switch's I Wanna Be Closer or El Debarge's Love Always.
7. Intuition Interlude - I was waiting for Jamie to slow it down, and the first hint of a ballad is an interlude, but Jamie easily more than makes up for the length of the song with his delivery of the material.
8. I Don't Know- Even though, I was hoping for a slow jam after the previous track, this is still a good song and once again Jamie delivers top notch vocals. Given the title and message in the song I was surprised; Jamie didn't sample The Pharcyde's classic's song.
9. Weekend Lover - Finally we get a slow jam from Mr. Foxx, and it was more than worth the wait. I can easily see this being a big concert song for Jamie, where he pulls a lady from the audience and serenades her.
10. Why - Another song on the poppy side, even though it's a ballad it reminded me too much of an Akon song.
11. Freak' in Me feat. Marsha Ambrious - Jamie redeems himself with the sensual slow jam , that's a guaranteed baby maker. With this song alone, Jamie makes for any sub-par material on the CD.
12. Slow- Jamie has always said Prince was a big influence of his, and it's evident here with this slow jam. I don't know why but this song reminded me of The Beautiful Ones.
13. Rainman - Another winning ballad, where Mr. Foxx showcases his voice. It's amazing how a singer like Foxx can sing anything and make it sound good.
14. Overdose - After seducing the ladies with some sexy slow jams, Jamie gives us a sentimental ballad, expressing his true feeling for his lady love.
15. Love Bring Change - The CD closes out with another sentimental ballad, that reminds me of a seventies Stevie Wonder. I can already see this being a piano song @ Jamie's live show.
Hottest Tracks
1. Freak' in Me
2. Just Like Me
3. Digital Girl
4. Over Dose
5. Rainman
Weakest Tracks
1. Why
2. I Don't Need It
It could be argued that since Jamie is 41, he should be singing more songs on the adult contemporary side, I would even go as far to swap some of the ballads from Usher's Here I Stand for some of the more club orientated songs on this CD. However Jamie is his own artists and while nowhere near as good as unpredictable, there's enough material on this CD to make a great stocking stuffer
Free Music Review: 3-1/2 stars -- I had to think about this one...
Hit: 3 Stars
Everyone knows who Jamie Foxx is: an Oscar-winning actor, and not a bad singer either. But when it comes to his albums, I have to say that he's yet another one of those artists that makes very good SINGLES. Such is the case with his latest album, Intuition.
"Just Like Me" is a pretty interesting song, and although I'm not a big fan of auto-tune, "Blame It" is one of the best tracks. Even so, there are two issues I have with it: 1) the Tonight Show proved that Jamie could sing this song perfectly well WITHOUT using auto-tune (as reviewer P. Duncan said best; more on that later), and 2) even though T-Pain did announce his name before his verse started, could you really tell the difference between his and Jamie's parts? Anyway, the necessary end-of-album keep-your-head-up song "Love Brings Change" actually ends the album nicely.
When I think of missteps, I once again refer to P. Duncan. The fast songs are best catered to men half Jamie's age. In the obligatory song featuring Lil Wayne, "Number One", a sample of Beastie Boys' "The New Style" is used in such a way that it makes the production sound like some rejected Pac-Man background music (Just Blaze produced that???). But the song was already on shaky ground with Wayne making bizarre puns like "Girl if you're gay/I can be your Marvin." (WTF?) And "I Don't Need It" made me say just that. Sexual ballads aren't the best either; well, "Freak'in Me" is tolerable, but I think most people would rather hear Marsha Ambrosius talk about making love, not freakin'. And "Slow" is skippable not only because of that silly "mmm mmm mmm mmm fine" part during the second verse, but also because of lines like "I gotta take my time with you `cause your ish is the ish" and "Ima break that body like a cake". What?
But I guess I shouldn't be surprised by the lyrics in the latter because that's one of the three songs on here written by Tricky and The-Dream (the other two being "Rainman" and the corny "Digital Girl"). Everything else is okay, but if you're not a big fan of Jamie's music, B.I.F.
Anthony Rupert