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Tim's Best Of 2007: Best Albums #6 & #5
#06: Keke Palmer - SO UNCOOL
14 year old singer/actress Keke Palmer's debut album hits my chart at #6, just shy of the top 5 but still an amazing album. The disc strats off with the summer anthem "Keep It Movin" that was released a little too late. Then goes straight into the thumping beat of "The Game Song" as an angry Keke is sick of her boyfriend ignoring her for his PS3 and she makes it clear she hates Madden NFL as she sings "I, I hate madden thats why I, I hate madden" but my favorte line would have to be "How you gonna worry 'bout first and ten, all I'm saying, you really shoulda put this ten first". She slows things down with "Music Box" which kinda has a storyline about the hard times living in the hood. Then theres the Darckchild produced "Friend Me Up" which is one of the albums many highlights. In the siong Keke sings about people who try to hook up with her cause shes famous, the chorus explains at all as she sings "you fake, don't front" over the well-produced beat. "How Will I Know" a nice ballad that builds a mid-tempo feel throughout the song is another highlight as Keke decieds wiether she's in love or not. Then we have "Footwurkin" a dedication to Keke's home-town of Chicago as Keke shows you how to do one of Chi-town's most famous dances the juke or footwurk as Keke likes to call it. "Bottoms Up" shows Keke's more mature side while she takes on rapping and singing "Ms. Keke P looking extra glossy/Cause I'm bossy". "Skin Deep" is a very moving track especially for young girls who are insucre about thier looks/body-types. In the song Keke sings "So what if you can't fit into a size 3, your beautiful to me". The album ends with another moving track titled "Hood Anthem" where Keke says don't be ashamed of where you came from no matter how bad it may seem and REP YOUR HOOD!!! Overall this is an amazing R&B album for all ages and I HIGHLY RECCOMEND IT!!!
Top 5 Tracks:
05. Bottoms Up
04. The Game Song
03. Footwurkin'
02. How Will I Know
01. Friend Me Up
CC: Skin Deep
#05: Kanye West - Graduation
Mr. West proves he's graduated with the best hip-hop/rap album of 2007 which lands him in the top 5. The album starts with the feel good "Good Morning" which EVERYBODY should be waking up to. Then we have "Champion" which is my personal favorite, it might be a short track but the feel good beat, great lyrics and Steely Dan singing "do you realize that you are a champion" gets me everytime. Then we have "Stronger" which samples Daft Punk, the #1 hit was defientely in everyones ipods/mp3's this year. "I Wonder" another one of my favorites which samples "My Song" by Labi Siffre is a nice laid back track. "Good Life" another feel good one, and probably one of my fave tracks lyrically on the album, some of the lines in this song are just genius "Where we like the girls who ain't on TV, cause they got more ass than the models" & T-Pain's line "And now my grandmamma ain't the only girl calling me baby". Then we have "Can't Tell Me Nothing" which I never liked when it was first released but after many plays has become one of my favorite tracks on the album. "Flashing Lights" which I think has one of the best beats and chorus, the instremantal of this song is amazing.. my cousin did a free-style to it which came out pretty nice. Overall all the samples paid off cause Kanye really did his thing and I think I'll still be bumping this album in 2012!!!
Top 5 Tracks:
05. Can't Tell Me Nothing
04. Flashing Lights
03. Good Life feat. T-Pain
02. Stronger
01. Champion
CC: I Wonder
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