Jamie foxx album 2006 plus#
Jamie foxx album 2006 series#

One of the only songs that isnвЂ™t a series of increasingly lurid propositions, the Mary J.

Jamie foxx album 2006 plus#

Notoriously agile-tongued rapper Twista shows up on вЂњDJ Play a Love Song,вЂќ hoping to recreate the magic that earned Foxx a Grammy nomination for вЂњBest Rap/Sung CollaborationвЂќ on TwistaвЂ™s вЂњSlow Jamz.вЂќ But while this tale of creeping on a girl whoвЂ™s at the club with her man is OK, I liked it better when it was called вЂњRun It,вЂќ with R&B singer Chris Brown playing the part of Jamie Foxx and DipsetвЂ™s Juelz Santana standing in for Twista.ДЇoxx devotes almost every song on Unpredictable to his sex obsession, and, lyrically, the album ranges from unintentionally hilarious (вЂњEvery time I try to walk away / You put that ass on me and make me stayвЂќ) to head-clutchingly bizarre (вЂњBaby, one plus one ainвЂ™t two when youвЂ™re with me / C and B ainвЂ™t after A when youвЂ™re with meвЂќ). Kanye guests on вЂњExtravaganza,вЂќ and while FoxxвЂ™s vocal line is flaccid, meandering where it wants to vamp, West is terrific. вЂњWith YouвЂќ evokes hip-hop collective DipsetвЂ™s whistle hooks, with a blasГ© yet organically interwoven Snoop cameo and a cumbersomely placed but authoritative appearance from The Game. The title track and lead single-featuring a guaranteed hitmaking cameo by Ludacris-starts off promisingly with bombastic horns and strings, but soon fades into a tepid lite-funk that manages to diffuse even LudaвЂ™s dynamic flow. Instead, Unpredictable bogs down in twitchy reconciliations of Southern bounce, moist G-funk and smooth jazz that donвЂ™t even begin to prop up FoxxвЂ™s forgettable melodies, phoned-in rapper cameos dropped awkwardly into songs (industry standard, but still), lubricated come-ons, disjointed narratives, multi-tracked and variously filtered Foxx-on-Foxx harmonizing and fluttery emoting. Even though Foxx supplied the white-hot hook for вЂњGold Digger,вЂќ he apparently couldnвЂ™t persuade Kanye to return the favor by donating some beats. Unpredictable stifles FoxxвЂ™s personality in a digest of clichГ©s verging on parody, and inexplicably harking back to Ginuwine and Blackstreet, complete with tooth-gritted rococo cadences, freaky interludes and smarmily unsexy sex jams. How did the chainsaw-soul Foxx exhibited on Kanye WestвЂ™s hit, вЂњGold Digger,вЂќ metastasize into these leering single entendres? Like an ill-prepared tackle box, the record is loaded with flossy lines but direly lacks hooks, and it becomes clear: itвЂ™s better to be the imitation Ray Charles than the poor manвЂ™s R. But instead of tapping into the wealth of unique life experiences at his disposal, heвЂ™s crafted a generically freaky R&B simulacrum. After kicking off his musical career by emulating Ray Charles, itвЂ™s understandable that Foxx would want to prove himself as himself. What he lacks is an album with enough substance to let any of it shine through. Jamie Foxx has a lot going for him: decent voice, good looks, huge diamond earrings, star power, Oscar-winning acting skills and charisma. LetвЂ™s Talk About Sucks: Foxx escapes Ray CharlesвЂ™ shadow only to wallow in oversexed R&B numbers