Lyfe Jennings - The Phoenix
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Artist: Lyfe JenningsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-08-15
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- Interlude
- Slow Down
- Interlude
- Goodbye
- Interlude
- Let's Stay Together
- Interlude
- Biggie Nigga
- Interlude
- Ghetto Superman
- Interlude
- S.E.X.
- Interlude
- Down Here, Up There
- Interlude
- The River
- Interlude
- Still Here
- Interlude
- More Than A Girl
- Interlude
- Stingy
- Interlude
- Radio
- Interlude
- Keep Ya Head Up
- I'll Always Love You
Free Music Notes for The Phoenix
Free Music Review: Lyfe Jennings - The Phoenix
Hit: 3 Stars
This was definetly a step in the right direction, but he still didnt deliever a excellent album that i know he is capable of. The thing with the last album was, it was all Ghetto guitar music with no real flavor, and this time around he does add some flavor. But he still misses the kind of flavor i was hoping for. I wanted some up tempo sexy R&B flavor, but what i got instead were songs like "Slow Down" which was a good enough song, but it was more up tempo big bass rap music instead of R&B. This album definetly is a stronger set than his previous album, but i still see room for alot more improvement. While there were still some classics on this album, like the silky sweet accoustic guitar laced "More Than A Girl", where Lyfe confesses his love for his woman. His vocals on this song are flawless with all kinds of harmonies. This is definetly a classic track from Lyfe. Another great song that i was really happy to see him do was "Let's Stay Together", this is the type of music he should be making more of. Its a mid tempo track, that was produced excellently with some great use of synths and bass. But again, like his first album, other than those few truly standout tracks, theres really not a whole lot to offer. He is still playing it way to safe, he needs to step out of the box more and do some really edgey music, or at least do some more songs like "Lets Stay Together" and there will still be plenty of room for his ghetto guitar tracks. Im gonna say the same thing i said with his last album, if he could add some more flavor to his next album, im sure it will be great. He had the right idea with this album, now he just needs MORE of the flavor and maybe some better production and he will be golden.
Grade:
C+
The Phoenix Poster
In a lot of musical imaginations, Lyfe Jennings' The Phoenix will occupy a space a few slots up from the Hustle & Flow soundtrack. As he proved on the prelude to this disc--the swift-selling, hype-generating Lyfe 268-192--he's an urban poet with an unsparing eye. When he's not laying out his grit-laden artistic process in what seems like a dozen spoken-word interludes, he's singing it as he sees it. On "S-E-X," that vision includes a sensitive-minded, daddy-like plea for abstinence among teen-age girls punched up by the sexy-sounding Lala Brown, and on the thump-thump slo-mo thrill ride "Ghetto Superman" it includes a pitiful remembrance of things past ("We grew up in the gutter eatin' peanut butter sandwiches/With no jam"). Part Curtis Mayfield, part Donny Hathaway, part Kanye West, and part John Legend, Jennings is determined to offer a long, tall drink to the spiritually dehydrated--he's massively musical (check his gentle acoustic guitar on "Down Here, Up There" and the raw soul of "The River") and enormously ambitious: It's no accident that The Phoenix plays like scuffed-up, 21st-century epic poetry in places. Real-world R&B hasn't reached this far in a long time. --Tammy La GorceBlues Music CDs
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