Man oh man!
I was just about to leave to do
the Grouse Grind in Vancouver when I saw this finally ****ing leaked, so I slapped that **** on my iPod, and wow, perfect album to keep me going through the first half of that hike.
"I wanna make you sweat", it was like the mountain was ****ing talking to me, and once I was nearly dead, "Titanium" came on and reinvigorated me. SUCCESS. Now, some track-by-tracks judgements:
"Turn Me On" was MUCH better than the snippet led me to believe, I was quite pleased with Nicki's singing. The chorus didn't even irk me like it did when I heard the snippet.
"Without U" is pretty filler-ish sounding to me though.
"Nothing Really Matters", one of my most anticipated tracks after hearing the snippets, was good. Started out kinda boring, but it kicked in nicely, good job will.i.am, I guess.
"Crank it Up" sounds like another Akon song (at least I think it's another Akon song), but I can't put my finger on which just yet, it was probably an unreleased one produced by Guetta that they scrapped and started over, 'cause the production sounds VERY similar. But, I liked the track nonetheless. WAIT, no, it wasn't an Akon track, I think it was actually a Britney track... ("And yeah, your body looks so sick. I think I caught the flu" is the lyric I can sing along to in my head)
"I Just Wanna ****" was really neat! I was surprised! Timbaland seems tired to me lately, but him and Dev were both great on this track! I was so weary about this, 'cause I thought it was censored ("I just wanna F-"), but I loved the little alphabet theme.
"Repeat" was good too, at least better than "Domino". Nothing terribly exciting, but that's what I've come to expect from Jessie J.
Overall, I love this album. Very, VERY pleased.