Nick Cannon 2003 Album

Nick Cannon

When I started to get into music more around 2004 I remember listening to Gigolo a fair bit. I'd been getting into Kells, who produces and is a feature on two of these songs ('Gigolo' and 'You'), and I enjoyed that pop rap tune back in the day. So years later I finally come to check out the album. Nick isn't much of a rapper, but is comfortably listenable, however, he does perhaps try to sound a bit too hard at times, as he does on the album art when you look at what he does for a day job, but most of this is about the chicks. The beats aren't too bad either, with a few featuring some well-known samples ('Attitude'-Newcleus' 'Jam on It') and Nick had a good idea in keeping the album to only twelve songs. The weakest portion of this album is 'My Rib' to 'Main Girl' that fail to be worth listening to twice, but the rest is alright if you can stand pop rap. Overall, it's a pretty generic pop rap album, but if it was by Alan Smithee and not Nick Cannon, it wouldn't have the horrendous rep it does from some. Best Tracks: Gigolo, You, My Mic, Your Pops Don't Like Me (I Really Don't Like This Dude)