21 2006 Album

Omarion

The opener, 'Entourage', is a dope danceable tune. 'Ice Box' is one of my favourite R&B songs. Timbaland and co did their thing when they put that one together. When I first listened to this album I didn't realise how good it was until I came across it again many years later. It's 13th on my most played songs on Last.FM. From there, while Omarion proves he can create upbeat and slow R&B very successfully, you just know, unless he is a musical genius like Michael Jackson, Prince, R. Kelly, etc, that the rest of the album isn't going to live up to that opening, and it doesn't. I enjoy the multi-layered chorus of 'Obsession' ("My heart goes boom, boom, tap") but the verses aren't as engaging. Pretty much everything here is okay with 'Just That Sexy' and 'Been With a Star' being the two next level standouts behind the true standouts that are the opening two songs. Somewhere between a 3-3.5/5. Best Songs: Entourage, Ice Box, Just That Sexy, Been With a Star