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jacobpb said:

I really like this cd lots

Bria is hot and beautiful.

But concerning her music & record, i have to say it´s not more then a mediocre album.
My fav tracks are : Here Eye Come, All This Love, Another Boy.
The rest takes me to boredom, these songs ain´t bad, don´t get me wrong,
but they aren´t worth to mention.

For me, this is another "filler",
4/10.

I was pleasantly surprised, it was actually pretty good

Jillibean said:

How can i sum this up ....I was playing it ....I like it but other people who heard it really liked it....that really would buy the album just to get it...

So it a winner.....Really a good CD not fantasic but good better than Beyonce that's for sure....

jacobpb said:

this is his best effort for a female.it is simple a very very good cd.a sleeper keeper.if it gets air play it would sell.what do they want the man to do he wrote material for 3 cd's they all banging.brother the shit.

Home.

This album would have been great if he had used Shelby J. He made the same mistake he made before with promoting Carmen over Rosie. It is sweet that he wants to give his sweetie her owm chance at international fame; unfortunately you can teach someone to sing but you can't teach them to be a star. Critics aren't buying Bria as the new SADE. I wish I had the chance to buy a Shelby J CD. She blew me away on Indigo.

Anxiety said:

I swear this music/album was being played before and during the intermissions of the musicology concerts.



I remember looking around wondering if anyone was familiar with what was being played.
I thought maybe it was some old school stuff i wasn't hip too.
So i was looking for people dancing grooving to the music like they do when old school music comes on. But no one was.

I kept thinking it sounded oddly enough a bit like princes recent band members playing.
[Edited 4/19/09 9:35am]

I fully expected to hate this CD.

I did hate 'Another Boy' because it is cheesy, immature, and calling for a 'Minneapolis style' breakdown and the beginning, then having no sort of break down or reference point to breakdown from really just made it feel stupid to me.

Then I heard the full CD.

The songs are very good. It is like a collection of songs Prince would have written and offered to other singers to record, and that would be about all her voice would be good for.
It's not a bad voice, it just has nothing defining about it, it would be perfect for guide vocals if he was shopping the songs to others, though. (Some tracks could have been on Martika's, Jevetta's, or Elisa's CDs just as easily.)

Practically every song she sounds different, yet and still not unique in any way.

On 'Kept Woman' she sounds like Olivia Newton-John, then on 'Another Boy' she sounds like Janet or J-Lo.
Again, not terrible, but it's like she's not really found her own voice or something.

That said. I like the majority of the songs a great deal, and definitely more than I expected.
I'd love to hear more stuff like 'Immersion' from Prince especially. Sonically it does reach a nice 'chill-out' vibe. (Tho there is a hideously botched 'ooh-ooh' at the beginning that is just weak, off-key, and could have ruined the song had she done more of that.)

I love 'Something U Already Know' for the sing-song part of the verses that makes you want to sing along instantly.

To Bria and Prince's credit they did stay within the limitations of her vocal range throughout the entire CD, and didn't push it into some caterwauling ala Jill Jones.



Overall, the songs are well written and produced. Inconsistent, all over the place, but a collection of very good songs.
I have listened to it far more than I expected I would.

I am sorry that so many people can't get past the idea of Bria and actually hear the quality of the songs.

Oh, and I agree with those who have said 'Elixer' is a great Prince track, because it is.

Anyone else catching a Billie Holiday vibe from Prince's treatment of his first verse in Elixir?

ThreadBare said:

I thought of Ella Fitzgerald, for some reason.
I also believe that after they say '7 tears fall like rain' I hear a 'Chocolate Rain' reference.

ThreadBare said:

i didnt know who he was referencing specifically but i knew there was an old soul lingering about that when i heard it too!

2nite is lovely and the rest of it is growing on me too

ThreadBare said:

i dunno. but i do know i like most of the album

Got me considering the Ella treatment now... Could easily be...

sucked, blows, crap. and oh i'll leave it at that!

worhol said:

kjamal said:

co -

Just got it today, heard two tracks Elixer and Here eye come, decided they are brilliant and the best protege work done, she really sounds like a female Prince, is he going to get involved with her. Maybe this is the big secret hes been keeping from us. Going 2 listen 2 the rest of it

lezama said:

What the hell...you've obviously never heard Tori live.

I L-O-V-E it! I am really looking forward to seeing her perform live. I was a bit disappointed when she didn’t perform at the Nokia shows... the only songs that I wasn’t crazy about were "2night" and "kept woman", aside from that, the quality of the recording, her voice and the amazing music make this my very favorite protégé album I cant stop playing it over and over again.

Prince and Bria must be laughing their heads off at a lot of you guys....

Would anyone like to go back and do a bit of research and check out
the way Vanity says "Tonight" in Nasty Girls.....

and i aint gonna say nothing about Doris Day.....

seriously....
there aint no real fams or fans in this house...

PharkyorLOVE said:

What?

A real fan of Prince doesnt have to suck on his nipple everytime he puts out stuff. Even he said Chaos and Disorder was wack. He didnt give a shit about the album he gave to WB

As far as proteges she is one of the better ones.

As far as real music on par with whats out there (and whats out there is wack so its a sad statement) Her music and voice is not even on the radar.

Im only speaking for myself an have no purple halo. I would not buy this nor do I like it. But I also wouldntbuy JLo. However, I would buy Ciara. Great workout music.

salaciousV said:

:lol; suck his nipple

we must have different radars i think mine would be wack with a spin....

enjoy your workout
http://www.youtube.com/wa...pzR_dzdAj8

IstenSzek said:

That's how I hear it too and I like it too

worhol said:

i agree with u wholeheartly...I also believe there r some songs that Prince is singing to or about Bria...i.e U're gonna c me and "Here", prehaps even Crimson and clover...there is a love connection here. He said on Tavis show "very dear to me"...in speaking about Bria. time will tell.

jacobpb said:

I totally agree with all of the above. I have listened to Elixer at least 7 ttimes since the release date and I like each and every song. I am now a fan of BBria's....I wish her much success in her endeavors and I thank Prince for iintroducing her to the world. imo she is his "best" protege by far...they r ccomplimentary 2 each other on duet(Elixer). Finally, the haters on this site ssaddens me.