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Grown & Sexy

RS: 2of 5 Stars Average User Rating: 3.5of 5 Stars

2005

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Thanks in part to a pair of neptunes-assisted club tracks, 2001's Face2Face was Babyface's funkiest album ever, but it still failed to reverse the multiplatinum R&B master's declining sales. As its title announces, Grown and Sexy makes no attempt to attract hip-hop kids; instead it aims to reunite the forty-six-year-old smoothie with his ripened female fan base. The producer and songwriter for everyone from Whitney Houston to Eric Clapton, Babyface writes what women want to hear, although, like many one-man hit factories, he sometimes gets a little obvious about it: On "God Must Love U," he reasons that it "must be wonderful to wake up to yourself." Dragged down by radio-courting melodies and ready-made rhymes, this album's first half is particularly calculated. His musically subdued but lyrically furious "Goin' Outta Business" ranks with his best, but, like much of his solo material, could have been far more feisty in the hands of a Mary J. Blige.

BARRY WALTERS

(Posted: Jul 28, 2005)

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Hayenca writes:

4of 5 Stars


A comment for the last review. I think it would be a mistake for Babyface to change up his style to try to attract hip hop kids. That's not what his music is about and never has been. It's about the purest of love songs. I think this album more closely reflects albums like "For the cool in you" As a long time Babyface fan...I enjoyed this album very much, with the exception of maybe one or two songs. Babyface knows women and what we desire to hear a man say. He's one of the few men who are willing to not sound overly macho and be true to everything romance and love are about. He is THE MAN of all men, and I hope he continues to make beautiful music and stay true to his own style and not the latest fad.

Apr 14, 2006 04:08:50

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