Macy Gray - The Trouble with Being Myself
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Free Music Notes for The Trouble with Being Myself
Free Music Review: Macy does it again !!!
Hit: 5 Stars
It's the bomb y'all. I love every song.It's a must-have CD for your funk/ soul/jazz collection.
One of the songs I like best is "Every now and then"....it is very jazzy and cool.
Free Music Review: The Trouble With Producing Yourself
Hit: 2 Stars
Macy's first disk was a fresh, funky mess. The second was a funky mess. This one drops the adjectives altogether. The melodies feel second-hand, and the only interesting musical moment comes when she snitches a rhythm track from Kraftwerk (those funky homosapiens!). She also snitches a song title from the Beatles and constructs some sort of ambivalent reaction to the war around it that ends up being as muddled as everything here. The much-discussed "Childhood Memories" is nothing more than a novelty song; and the novelty that is Macy's croak really wears thin on this, to the point where the shrill "Sreamin'" is unlistenable. She looks fabulous in the cover photos, though.Free Music Review: Funky, Sexy, And Strong Collection!
Hit: 4 Stars
Macy turns in a set with her strongest tunes yet."When I See You" , "She Ain't Right For You," "It
Ain't The Money", "Come Together", and the sexy
vampy "Screamin" are all hot tunes just waiting to
blast thru your speakers this summer. I like Macy's
lyrical ideas. They are bar-none in comedy, flirtation,
and out-right vanity. Vocally, I believe there is so much
more she could tackle though. She doesn't have much of
a melodic delivery but maybe she'll expose more of that
in future recordings. This is a great record!
Free Music Review: Fewer gems on each album Macy Gray releases
Hit: 2 Stars
I don't have much to say about this album because Macy has not left much for me to talk about. This album, while strong in lyrics and emotion, fails to be wise musically. Normally, that's not important to me. However, Macy tends to use her disco sounds and keyboard riffs all too frequently in every song. This has been a tendency since her sophomore effort, "The Id". It seems that with each album Miss Gray releases, there are fewer songs that grab the ear. This time, it's the only radio-worthy tune/first single "When I See You", the hip tune "It Ain't The Money", and a humorous look at Grays fondest "...Childhood Memories".
Unlike her pretty awesome debut and fair followup, it also seems like Macy Gray is running low on her gas. The energy that was all too clever in the first two albums has worn off. She relies on softer tunes with this album, and that's not something she does very well. Unfortunately, Macy Gray isn't the type of artist who can sing anything she wants or do anything she wants and still sound great. I respect her musicianship and lyrics. She just needs to work on what she does with those lyrics.
I suppose all in all I'm saying this album is impossible to listen to from beginning to end, and that's sad.
Free Music Review: Macy's gotten a little calmer!
Hit: 5 Stars
I have to admit, I eagerly anticipated this album's release ... I've listened to Macy since she arrived in 1999 and find her songs to be wonderful.I'll begin by saying that this is EASILY Gray's most listenable album for non-fans ... if you're like me and have a lot of friends who don't like Macy, this will be the CD you bring to the party, hoping to get played. Gray's sandy voice is a little better here ... sometimes a little softer than I'm used to.
The songs? As good as always. My favorite tends to be "She Don't Write Songs About You" (When it's cold and dark outside, inside the sexy people screaming that they love me cuz I'm Macy Gray/crazy crazy) and "Come Together." A few of the songs take a couple listens to get used to ("My Fondest Childhood Memories"), but Gray still finds funk, fun and ease in each number on the album. The best thing about this disk is that there really AREN'T any duds ... almost EVERY CD has a dud or two (in my opinion, of course) ... "On How Life Is" had one, as did "The Id."
To sum it up? Buy it, and give it a few listens. This is a great keep-it-in-the-car-when-your-windows-are-down CD.
Have fun!