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Free Music Review: Suicidal, Suicidal, Suici....
Hit: 3 Stars
Sean Kingston seemed to come out of nowhere with "Beautiful Girls" this summer. The song gained well through the charts landing him a very good, summer, breezy-reggae hit, with one very unexpected ending. And now he delievers with his new self-titled debut. With Kingston's debut, you get the obvious flowchart of an R&B newcomer. A few party songs ("Kingston", "Got No Shorty", "Drummer Boy"), a few heartfelt ballads ("Me Love", "Dry Your Eyes") and the obligatory "song of the summer" "Beautiful Girls", most notable for Kingston killing himself by the end of the song. Tied in for good measure is the song featuring whatever young R&B girl that's hot at that current, and then you find "There's Nothing" with Paula DeAnda. And to match his hot, hit single that samples Ben E. King's "Stand By Me", he and Rotem then sample Phil Collins's "In The Air Tonight" on "I Can Feel It" with mixed results. Anything new or exciting going on here? No, but there's nothing bad going on here either. Originality isn't quite Kingston's gem, although bringing breezy, summery, Jamacain styled music, that would indeed be Kingston's gem quality. His voice isn't the rangiest, but his perplexed, unpredictable flow is what makes it the most interesting. Add in producer Jonathan Rotem and the aforementioned list of love songs, party songs, and some hood tracks, and you get one set of enjoyable reggae/hip-hop jams that define the summer. Some may question the aggression of the disc (he's barely 17), and Kingston might not be too out of the box. But he's not the dull pencil in the box either. 3.5 stars.Free Music Review: simple garbage....
Hit: 2 Stars
Beautiful Girls" is really a misleading song. It seems to imply that maybe Sean Kingston was going to have producers that might do something interesting; combine R&B, in the vein of Sean Paul, with bubblegum doo wop. The song is, in a word, the perfect guilty pleasure. Thing is, everything else on Sean Kingston's debut album is pretty much...uh...***.
You don't expect much out of an R&B album these days when the artist in question had an army of merchandise available a month before his album had even leaked, so I really wasn't expecting that much. But the single that led to all of this madness ("Beautiful Girls") was probably my favorite single of the summer. Thus, my expectations for some massively awesome fusion between Sean Paul, 50's pop bands and a fat Nelly were shattered with one listen to Sean Kingston.
Notice the two quick references to Sean Paul? Yeah thats because Sean pretty much sounds like a white kid who wanted to sound Jamaican like his idle, Sean (convoluted!). Kingston has tried to embrace his Jamaican roots supposedly, so despite the fact he was raised in the US he attempts to sing with all the vigor of a Jamaican kid fresh off the street. The result is pretty much what it sounds likes- an American trying to sound like an islander with eh results. It doesn't help they really take the time to touch up the sound of his voice in studio- while it makes for a pleasant sound on "Beautiful Girls" the rest of the album gets annoying and sterile sounding quick.
Canned beats. Thats pretty much what Sean Kingston has going for him on the entire album. While the Phil Collins sampling "There's Nothing" is a pretty interesting song, everything else pretty much could belong to any other wannabe rapper. There's the club bangers, the radio-ready hits, the ballads, and the "remix", but inexplicably missing is a real reason to buy the album! When everything sounds like a homogenized version something Sean Paul or Busta Rhymes (yes Busta) did years ago, and the most interesting part of the album is the fact Kingston samples a dreadfully boring Phil Collins song, its pretty self explanatory where this leads.
Maybe this could be salvaged if Kingston had kept the kind of innocent charm "Beautiful Girls" exudes throughout most of the album, but instead its generally more faux-gangsta frontin' made by the same tired producers (or rather producer- JR Totem produced the entirety of the album) that make the same tired album filler over and over and over. "Me Love" is a decent song and is already getting geared up to be the next single, but even thats too annoying to give Kingston another successful single. Get ready for Sean Kingston to be the big one-hit-wonder of 2007. Sean Kingston is entirely devoid of anything that makes a pop album worth listening to; even the catchy stuff is so wrapped up in the absolute fakeness that its hard to take seriously. Perhaps a better term would be "to take lightly."
The bottom line is just get "Beautiful Girls." Its the jam of the summer, and is a certifiable hit that'll likely be at the top of the list for the 2007 section of Remembering the 00's. Just forget about the album and you'll never have to be bothered with more of the same tiresome trash.
Free Music Review: Best hip-hop debut thus far this year.
Hit: 5 Stars
Sean Kingston burst onto the scene recently with the summer-hit, Beautiful Girls. Signed to producer JR Rotem's label, Beluga Heights, Kingston gets his entire album produced by the underrated beatsmith. At only seventeen years old, Sean Kingston displays tremendous talent for such a young act, and is skilled in both crooning and rapping. While his commercial success will inevitably bring about many haters and imitators, Sean Kingston shows on this stellar debut that he'll be here for years beyond this release.
After a brief intro, the album opens up to a track that maybe surprisingly to people who only know Sean for Beautiful Girls; a rap track. Sean actually has a well developed flow, and his Jamaican accent certainly adds to the infectiousness of his raps. JR's beat on this track, simply titled Kingston, is a bit harder than what you make expect from the soulful producer; he shows off some of his trademark material on the next track though, Take You There, which also features Sean rapping far more than singing. Take You There is a dope track, and shows off what should soon become Kingston's trademark swagger. Me Love is the next track, and odd as it may sound, samples a Led Zeppelin song. While Led Zeppelin sampled snap-R&B may sound like the strangest experiment in pop music in years(and it is definitely one of them), the ending result is a tight second single. Beautiful Girls follows this track, and you already know this song; it's love it or hate it. I personally love this track, and find it to be the catchiest song of the entire summer. While it may heavily sample Stand By Me, Kingston reinvents it for an entirely new era, and the song may hit close to home with quite a few listeners.
Dry Your Eyes proves Mr. Kingston can certainly get personal, and his rapping on this track, as well as his singing, is heart-felt. JR's production is outstanding, and makes it hard to believe how few emcees and singers have gone to him at this point for their next big single. Got No Shorty is a banging track that'll surely ignite clubs within the months to come, and it features some of the nicest production I've heard on any track all year, and is easily dancable. There's Nothin' is a nice duet with the sexy Paula DeAnda, and the two young singers bring their a-game to this song. I Can Feel It features a predictable Phil Collins sample; while it's predictable, it definitely doesn't detract from the song, and actually boosts the quality.
Drummer Boy is a nice track, while Your Sister is another potential club banger; and while the subject matter may seem quirky, it's unexplored at the very least. That Ain't Right is another more rap-driven track, and Sean raps in what has, at this point, become his signature sing-song flow. Change is a good album closer, in which Sean reflects on wishing he had the power to change the world in a smooth tone. While I say that's the album closer, the Colors remix is also next with reggae artists, and the original Colors with Game and Rick Ross is a bonus track. Both of these songs are tight, hardcore fare that may not appeal to his mainstream fanbase, but certainly help balance this young artist.
In a year full of half-hearted hip-hop debuts, Sean Kingston emerges as unique act in an overcrowded market. While he may attract unnecessary criticism, rest assured that this is one of the finest albums of the year.
Free Music Review: No Real Talent
Hit: 2 Stars
Sean Kingston came out just about 5 monthes ago and ever since he has been topping charts all over the place, he has my neighborhood singin it all the time, and sold over a million ringtones. But the fact is that this guy has barely any musical talent. A lot of him think his cool or whatever but he is not. He may be jamaican but so what, not all jamaican reggae artists are good. This guy has no vocal range at all, he is fat n fugly as hell, its really sickenin to see people that think this is real music. The only thing that this guy has is catchy annoying slogans. And the fact that this guy is related to the great Bob Marley is truly unbelievable, u have a legend like Bob Marley and u have this guy.......its obvious that not only hip hop is falling but also reggae music. a lot of people are goin to hate me but f887 ya'll, this is the truth.Free Music Review: Annoying
Hit: 1 Stars
Sean Kingston knows how to create true annoying music! All of his songs are stolen from other artists. Take for example "Beautiful Girls", a copy of "Stand By Me, which is the most unoriginal song of the summer. In addition, it doesnt help that his voice does not have any range and his vocal skills are very minimal. Why should anyone buy this album? Well, the answer is quite simple-- You Shouldn't. There is nothing in this album that is worth your money.