Omarion - O
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Artist: OmarionEdition: Music CD
Music CD: Region Code 0
CD Release Date: 2005-02-22
Audience Rating: Unrated
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- I Wish
- Touch
- O
- I'm Tryna
- Drop That Heater
- Growing Pains
- Take It Off
- Never Gonna Let You Go (She's A Keepa)
- I Know
- I'm Gon' Change
- In The Dark
- Slow Dancin'
- Fiening You
Music reviews of O
Music Review: Omarion Turns in a Strong Debut, But There are Weaknesses
Rating: 3 Stars
Omarion, the most prominent member of B2K, came out in early 2005 with a CD that many expected to do extremely well, which would translate into the fact that he had a lot of pressure put upon him to deliver. As a twenty-one year old, who had been in the business for several years, Omarion already would know the foundational aspects of the music industry and what makes a "hot" CD. My standards for the CD were not high, but I was impressed after listening to the CD because Omarion does a good job overall.
I Wish-Produced by The Corna Boys, this hopeful-sounding, mid-tempo is a nice kick-off song for the CD with its catchy chorus of repeated, "I, I wish I didn't love you." Although the song sounds like something that Omarion would sing, it does not come off as filler or as a cheap song that came across his radar or the A&R department that he decided to include on the CD. The ending reverb is pretty tight, and the song is just catchy overall. A-
Touch-Produced by The Neptunes, Omarion's second single, which had a regularly-rotated video, but the song did not fare as well on radio formats. The song has that trademark Neptunes sound to it, but there's something about the song, overall, that makes it a stretch to really be appreciated beyond young girl teenyboppers. The falsetto-sing "touch" becomes annoying, and the constant shift in the musical arrangement coupled with the almost drone-like, monotones piano-playing detracts from the song's overall appeal. It's a fun song, but it's one that gets old rather fast. B-
O-Produced by The Underdogs, Omarion's kick-off single which had a tight, accompanying video and performed well on Urban stations, is an infectious, self-centered, but listenable slow jam. No doubt, this will be Omarion's theme song for the rest of his career, and it may even be his career song, as he will not be able to get away from this sexually-laced, self-indulgent song, which has mad appeal to it in the way that it's arranged, the background vocals and the catchy hook, which is what's needed to make a good song. A+
I'm Tryna-Produced by The Underdogs. I guess the record company saw that Touch did not work as well, so they went with this song as the third single, playing it safe by releasing a song that is produced by the same people who produced the breakout hit, O. This song has some of the same features as O, but because it's a different kind of song (here, Omarion's talking about trying to play it off as he if does not like/love the girl who he's having issues with, putting on the front), it is arranged slightly different with more of a mournful instrumentation. The song has the makings to do well on the format that it performed so well on, Urban stations, and I'm sure this song too will follow Omarion throughout his career. The breakdown at the end is tight, although limitations in Omarion's vocals are evident here moreso than any of the other preceding songs. A
Drop That Heater-Produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and Sean Garrett, this beat-heavy song is indicative of the sound that Darkchild has crafted of late with the prominent drums as shown by Destiny's Child's Lose My Breath and Fantasia's It's All Good. The song is good. It's more of a natural party song, and it does not come off as forced as Touch, but it does not have enough commercial appeal to be a single, which limits the song overall. It would make a perfect song for a movie or something like that. A-
Growing Pains-Produced by Marques Houston (Omarion's brother), this autobiographical song which is produced by Omarion's fake brother but true mentor and guide is a great song, which tells his story, and I'm sure it would fit well in his performance repertoire. The only problem is that like the latter song, it is not as commercial because of its personalism and as such, it's a nice CD track, but it does not go beyond that really. B
Take It Off-Produced by Chris Stokes, Marques Houston, Omarion & Cory Bold and featuring Mila J, this party song comes off so forced, so cliché', sounding like a song that B2K rejected when they were a group. It's too safe, and it's unoriginal especially considering that it's music from 2005. It's a forced song where Omarion is trying to exude a sense of street cred and the ability to get someone partying/dancing. It is not a good song at all especially when compared to some of the other songs. There's a nice rap by Mila J, which is what salvages the song. C+
Never Gonna Let you Go-Produced by Allstar and featuring Big Boi, this vintage-sounding, 70s soul meets 90s R&B seems to be more of a natural fit for Omarion's musical style, his vocals than the lame Take It Off. It does not sound as conventional. It's different; although, its throwback sound limits it from being able to be the official party anthem/uptempo on the CD. As always, Big Boi turns in a good, energetic but focused rap, which centers the song in that it brings a different element that is simply needed. B+
I Know-Produced by RAW, this song is just lame. The beat sounds like something crafted on a Music-Making Program. This is quintessential R&B album filler, and it isn't listenable for me. I've heard it too many times before, done better. D
I'm Gon Change-Produced by The Corna Boys, this slow jam returns Omarion to the music that seems to work best for him (the slow jams where he's allowed to show his apparent vocal weaknesses but at the same time songs that fits him overall). The song presents a promise that he will change come what may and stop being the "dog" that he is. The background vocals are on-point which is awesome because that's what they're for. Omarion sings the verses pretty well instead of like he's simply reading the lyrics. A-
In the Dark-Produced by Kenny "The Wizard" Washington, Chris Stokes, Marques Houston & Omarion, another slow jam that works WAY better than the other song produced by Chris Stokes. The slow jam, which is reminiscent of early 90s R&B updated, sounds good although, once again, Omarion's vocal weaknesses (nasality, inability to bring a different interpretation) is noticeable. I do enjoy the layered background vocals during the chorus. It's a good song, overall. B+
Slow Dancin'-Produced by Kowan "Q" Paul and Gil Smith II, another slow jam, which of all the ones before is the most laidback and calm, but it works overall. It does sound like album filler somewhat, but it's a good song, nonetheless. A-
Fiening you-Produced by L.T. Hutton, this mid to slow jam is a nice closing song, as it does not end with the lame uptempo or the conventional slow jam. The song is a listenable song, albeit album filler, somewhat. B
Overall, this is a solid debut and a nice transition for Omarion into solo stardom. However, the toughest obstacle ahead is for him to come back strong and hard with his sophomore release because sophomore slump is no punk. On this CD, the best songs are the slow jams or the mid-tempos. In order for him to be taken seriously with the uptempos, he needs to hire producers who will craft listenable songs for him. The Neptunes try, but the song is so lame and kiddyish that it just doesn't fully work, which is probably why it didn't do as well on radio. But two strong slow jams and almost 700,000 copies officially sold and RIAA-certified Platinum for shipments of 1,000,000 copies, Omarion's debut is strong, but it could've been better all-across-the board.
Description of O
CD AUDIO SIDE: Entire AlbumDVD SIDE: * Entire album in Surround Sound * Exclusive interviews with Omarion * Footage from MTV?s Diary * Video for the first single "O" * Free "O" Remix Ringtone download access
Two years after teen heartthrobs B2K threw in the towel, Omarion, their vocal center of gravity has resurfaced with his solo debut, the aptly titled O. Despite such high wattage producers as the Neptunes and Rodney Jerkins, the toothsome singer sounds much the same as he did when he fronted the boy band, except some of the tracks are a little racier than the stuff his former outfit put out. That's not necessarily a bad thing, especially when you get lost in the ardent yearning of a track like "Slow Dance." But it's not the love jams that shine here, it's the more winsome, autobiographical stuff like "Growing Up," which tries to explain the break-up of his band, the lighter than air "I Wish," and the brazen "Never Gonna Let You Go (She's A Keepa)," which feels like it was pulled right off a Commodores album from the roaring '70s and features some wicked back-up verbage by Outkast's Big Boi. --Jaan Uhelszki
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