The Energy Isn’t Enough
I got the Black Eyed Peas new CD partially based on Mos Def saying that it is currently one of his favorite albums out right now.
Somewhere in there someone lied, got paid, something because try as I might, I couldn’t find the redeeming value of the disk. The lyrics make 50 Cent sound like Hemingway and the music and melodies come off like so many undeveloped ideas. With that said, I ended up also buying Mos Def’s CD as well and was at least rewarded with that purchase. Mos Def climbs aboard the beats with the verbal skill you expect just as the Black Eyed Peas left me wondering if perhaps will.i.am was rushed on this release because the consistent misfires here are uncharacteristic of him. I know he has spent some time absorbing what European dance culture has been up to, but I don’t get where the breakdown happened. I’m hoping this si an anomoly and that will.i.am will bounce back. We’re running out of solid ground breaking producers on the Major Label stage. As for Mos Def’s endorsement of this hot mess? I don’t believe it.
