Boyz II Men - Throwback
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Artist: Boyz II MenEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-08-24
Music Label: Koch Records
Soundtracks:
- Let It Whip
- Let's Stay Together
- What You Won't Do For Love featuring MC Lyte
- Cutie Pie
- Close The Door
- For The Love Of You
- Sara Smile
- Human Nature featuring Claudette Ortiz
- Time Will Reveal
- I Miss You
- You Make Me Feel Brand New
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Music Review: Are you back if you make a cover album?
Rating: 4 Stars
Hurry up with a new album of original material. It's clear that, since they know that they are not going to sell to the bubble gum generation, they decided to take it back. Now, that works somewhat in some places and not well in others. I love Boyz II Men, and their albums ranged from good to classic:
Cooleyhighharmony-1991-Good, 3.5 out of 5
Christmas Interpretations--1993--The best Christmas of all time, 4.5 out of 5
II--1994, Quite possibly one of the 10 greatest R&B albums of all time.--5 out of 5
The Remix Album--1995--as remix albums go, it was good, but the boyz didn't want to release it. This was the beginning of the fallout with Motown. 3 out of 5
Evolution--1997--two words why everyone hates this album: Puff Daddy. He ruined this album with his track and then they had one right after it that had virtually the same name. Girl in the Life Magazine and A Song for Mama were too elementary in terms of lyrics. 3.5 out of 5
Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya--2000--this album was actually very good, but the first song sounds like Ginuwine should have sung it and the last song, Do you Remember makes no sense. The best songs are I Finally Know, Know What You Want, Thank You in Advance, and Step on Up...Pass You By is good. Dreams is one of the better songs I've ever heard. 4/5
Legacy--2001--the last Boyz album to get a gold...4.5/5
Full Circle--2002--The color of love was too sappy of a song...and Ain't a Thang Wrong ruins the vibe...the rest of the album is Outstanding. 4/5
Now comes 2004 and Throwback Volume 1.
Once again, the singing is impeccable on the album. I thought that some of the songs that the boyz selected were a little strange, but hey...Once again, though, they made the same mistake that they have made since Evolution (With Full Circle and NMSW): THEY EMPLOY A FOUL-MOUTHED RAPPER. This KILLS the vibe, and like Full Circle, it kills it EARLY. "Let it Whip" and "Let's Stay Together" sound great in the beginning. In fact, "Let it Whip" should have been a single because it is by far the catchiest tune. However, the third song, "What You Won't Do for Love", is made horrible by the nasty rap by MC Lyte (How old is she anyway? 40? Rapping about swallowing and nuts?). Cutie Pie is ok...it's kind of like Lonely Heart on their first album...you kind of listen to it passing on the the next song. "Close the Door" is very good, but only Nathan seems to get that this is a SOULFUL song...The next outstanding track is "For the Love of You". Nathan and Shawn really carry this one. The unexpected gems on this CD are actually tracks 7 and 9. Sara Smile is beautiful and fits BIIM perfectly, while Time Will Reveal reminds me greatly of "I Do" from NMSW. The remake of "Human Nature" is so-so. "I miss you" is very good, but not great. The last song, "You Make Me Feel Brand New", well it's a great closing.
Overall, the low point was MC Lyte's appearance. This may be the first album where Nathan outsings the other two, but it's not so much because they fell off; this is clearly Nate's best work. Wanya was much more controlled on this CD, but I think it is because he can't riff on these particular songs as much as he normally does. The songs that are so-so are that way only because they just don't seem to fit Boyz II Men. It may have been a better idea to release half new material and half remakes. Overall, after a few listens, you are left wanting more Boyz II Men the group and not Boyz II Men the cover artists.
A satisfying listen. 4 stars. But are they really back? And is it the best idea to make covers when you have to carve out a new identity without Mike? Stay tuned to this group.
Sal Alexander, Esquire
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