“You can hate me now, but I won’t stop now.”
I think I may get hate mail for this one. Especially with a song title like this (Hey, at least it says “be” not “b”). But who knows, maybe I’m being too harsh. I actually really like this album! Yes, he’s Alan Thicke’s son (the dad from Growing Pains)… and that probably takes away all of his credibility. Then he has to go and rip-off JT’s style. Whatever, this album is more soul than dance. I originally wrote him off as a Danity Kane, Hillary Duff, Aaron Carter type (though his single off the first album was a good one), but then on Tuesday, when I was listening to the new releases, I was quite surprised by this little number. Sure, there are some songs on this album that I can definitely do without (”Complicated,” and pretty much everything from “Can U Believe” on), but there are some gems. Ok, I just realized, he should have split this into 2 albums and trashed one of them. Numbers 1-10 (with the exception of #2) make a strong album. The rest just confirm my initial suspicions of selling-outness.
Just looked at his website, which is impressive by the way, and he’s touring with John Legend? I may have to go to that one… So verdict - did I lose all my readers or are you guys enjoying this as well? Part of me feels like I’m going to be stoned for this and the other part of me feels like this album will be really big and I just shouldn’t be afraid of it. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover I guess… Judge it by it’s MySpace 
p.s. I couldn’t resist…
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by Cherie, on 10.16.06 @ 9:31 am
His Lost Without U song is really pretty - the kind of melody that gets stuck in your head. Although very Justin-like, bet it could be a hit. Looks like he’s playing w/some headliners, so could get some good exposure!
by Robinsupport, on 12.06.06 @ 7:44 pm
What the hell is the deal…ROBIN THICKE IS THE SHIT… I like Justin Timberlake a lot but come on he tries a little to hard…w/ Timbaland doin all his beats i mean Robin THICKE RIGHTS ALL HIS MUSIC OH SORRY EXCEPT FOR I WANNA LUV U GURL WRITTEN BY PHARRELL… WHICH WAS A GOOD SONG BUT IT’S NOT THE BEST ON THE ALBUM…ROBIN ALBUM TELLS U THE STORY OF ROBIN THICKE U FEEL HIM IN THIS CD U LEARN ABOUT HIM AND HIS PAIN AND HIS LUV JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE COULD NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER PULL OF LOST WITH OUT YOU WHICH BY THE WAY ROBIN WROTE HIMSELF WHEN YOU LISTEN TO JUSTIN U DONT THINK ABOUT MARVIN GAYE AND EVERYONE KNOWS THE ONLY REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE COMPARING THESE TO IS BECAUSE THE ARE BOTH WHITE WHICH SHOULDNT MATTER AT ALL CAUSE WHEN THE LIGHT ARE OFF AND IM LISTEN TO JUSTIN AND THEN I LISTEN TO ROBIN…ROBIN IS BETTER MUCH BETTER…I CAN LISTIN TO ROBINS CD ALL THE WAY THROUGH U CANT DO THAT W/ TIMBERLAKE B/C ALL HIS SONGS SOUND THE SAME AGAIN I LIKE JUSTINS ALBUM BUT ROBIN SHITS IS ON POINT THIS CD IS A FCUKIN CLASSIC I DONT CARE WHAT ANY1 SAYS SO…U GOT 2 B(BE) DOWN…AND ANOTHER THINGS U CRITICS NEED 2 STOP CRITIZING ROBIN B/C U CANT DO WAT HE DOES