Too Little Too Late
JOJO
Producer(s): Josh Alexander, Vincent Herbet, Billy Steinberg
Genre: POP
Label: Blackground/Universal
While many of her higher profile contemporaries—Justin, Janet, Beyoncé and Fergie—are releasing summer singles that are anything but high quality, 15-year-old JoJo demonstrates that she is taking her sophomore step seriously. Pop/R&B compo "Too Little Too Late," co-written/produced by master scribe Billy Steinberg, provides desperately needed balance to a top 40 landscape that is lacking a lot in the way of singable melodies. Vocally, the "Leave (Get Out)" girl shows growth with some weeper high notes and appreciable chirps, while the melody is a keeper. With so many disappointing "event" singles on the airwaves, radio needs this record. —Chuck Taylor

So true!