Fergie is the midis touch for rap group the Black Eyed Peas. Some may call it coincidence, but I refer to as Fergie.
With her addition, this group left the back-packer category for mainstream rotation. One has to wonder if that same good luck will carry over to Fergie?s deubt project.
In the vein of JJ Fad?
s ?Supersonic,? Fergie starts out her debut with ?
Fergalicious? ? a lame attempt at old school hip-hop.
Still, I pressed on long enough to get to the third cut, ?All That I Got (The Make-Up Song),? a track that questions her beau?
s love: ?Would you love me if I didn?t work out.
? This song finally sets the pace of a very solid project. Keeping up the momentum, the first single ?
follows. While I?m not a fan of Fergie making any attempt at rapping ?
partly because of her simplistic and often meaningless lyrics ("Paparazzi put my business in the news/And I'm like get up out my face/before I spray your ass with mace/My lips make you want to have a taste" ) ?
I can?t exactly ignore a song that sits on top of Billboard. Fergie assures fans that the fame hasn?
t changed her on ?Glamorous? featuring Ludacris: ?
I still go to Taco
t care, I?m still real.
? Other standouts include the sultry ?Velvet?
and the acoustic guitar ridden ?Big Girls Don?t Cry.
? Finally, ?Mary Jane Shoes?
? which pays ode to her shoes - finds Fergie doing her best reggae rendition using a sample of ?No Woman No Cry.
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I must admit, I went into this review not expecting much.
While hip-hop now encompasses more than the ever popular Jay-Z and Notorious B.I.G.
, I?m not a fan of the style that the Black Eyed Peas bring. As of lately, the group has been a little too lollipop for me ?
especially with the addition of Fergie. Imagine my surprise to actually admit I enjoyed her debut. Yes.
While I could barely tolerate Kelis?s new album and Beyonce missed the mark, I was pleasantly surprised by Fergie?s efforts.
This album truly has something for everyone. While this can understandably annoying for many listeners, I found it kept my interest given my initial interest in this project.
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