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Tim's Best Of 2007: Best Album #2 + #1 ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!!
#02: Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
Rihanna's 3rd consecutive album 'Good Girl Gone Bad' hits my top albums chart @ #2, just shy of the #1 spot. Her first CD 'Music Of The Sun' was one of my faves of 2005 and her 2nd 'A Girl Like Me' was one of my faves of 2006. Now with 'Good Girl Gone Bad' Rihanna set out to prove her bad girl image with a new sound, style, and haircut. GGGB is clearly Rihanna's best work to date. The album kicks off with the SMASH single "Umbrella". Now if you never heard this song this year than you must have been living under a rock. It was one of 2007's biggest singles peaking #1 on the Hot 100 and many people from My Chemical Romance to Mandy Moore covered the song. "Push Up On Me" is a fun dance-track that makes you wanna move but not more than "Don't Stop The Music". DSTM one of the highlights of the album samples Micheal Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin Somethin" and was clearly built for the clubs. "Breakin' Dishes" which is my personal favorite shows an angry Rihanna waiting for her boyfriend to come home and has a mood simular to Beyonce's "Ring The Alarm" as Rihanna sings "I'm still waiting, come through the door/I'm killing time, you know bleaching your clothes". The second single "Shut Up And Drive" shows a more POP side to Rihanna than the R&B/Reggae sound we were used to from her first 2 efforts. Then we have "Hate That I Love You" the ballad with Ne-Yo that mixes sounds of Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" and Ne-Yo's "Sexy Love" ... one word ... STARGATE. "Sell Me Candy" another one of my faves produced by Timbaland has a summery beat that I love and we all know Rihanna really isn't talking about candy. "Lemme Get That" is another Timbo production that brings back the reggae feel that we love and some even say its a response to Bee's "Ring The Alarm". Then we have "Rehab" a great slow jam written by Justin Timberlake which is obviously about one of JT's ex's that he still can't get over. JT take your own advice and go Cry A River. The album ends on a high note with probably the BEST "Irreplaceable" clone of them all, the title track "Good Girl Gone Bad". One of the best tracks lyrically as Rihanna sings "Once a good girl goes bad, she's gone forever". Overall this album is amazing and really shows Rihanna's growth as an artist.
Top 5 Tracks:
05. Good Girl Gone Bad
04. Don't Stop The Music
03. Sell Me Candy
02. Umbrella f/Jay-Z
01. Breakin' Dishes
CC: Shut Up And Drive
#01: Britney Spears - Blackout
Thats rite if you didn't know than now you know that this **** is the ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!! **** Britney's personal life cause when it comes to making good music Brit has the game on lock. The album starts off with the catchy first single "Gimme More". Now I admit when I first heard "Gimme More" I was like WTF? What kinda comeback is this? But after hearing the track a couple more times it was stuck to my head LIKE GLUE, and I now think its one of Britney's BEST.SINGLES.TO.DATE. You don't know how many times my mom had to tell me to shut up as I sung Gimme Gimme More all over my house lol. "Piece Of Me" is truely the BEST TRACK lyrically. Britney seriously gives the press a piece of her mind through song and I ****IN LOVE IT!!! Track 3 "Radar" is clearly "Toxic" part. 2 and I don't give a **** cause "Toxic" is one of Britney's best singles, **** she should come out with "Toxic" parts 3-5. Now "Break The Ice" is literally EAR ORGASMIC. Its my favorite track and could've have worked as the first single. Everything about the song is amazing from the intro "Its been a while", to the hot beat and lyrics and the end of the song which is SO DOPE!!! "Get Naked" IMO has the best production on the album, good job Danja :] "Freakshow" reminds me of a song that could have been on Fergie's album, HOT LYRICS AND BEAT. But "Toy Soldier" is SO AMAZING. It kinda has an urban feel to it and I love the marching soldiers sounds it has, AGAIN, SO AMAZING. "Hot As Ice" is probably the best thing T-Pain has been apart of, even better than his own **** ... lmao and even though I don't like "Ooh Ooh Baby" as much as the rest of the tracks it defeintely shows off Brit's vocal ability. Now "Perfect Lover" was a song I didn't like when the album first leaked but now I love it. To me its "Im A Slave 4 U" part. 2. The album ends on a high note with the sultry "Why Should I Be Sad". WSIBS is probably the most urban song on the album and I can defientely see this going top 30 on rythmic radio. Go get that future R&B SMASH Brit!!! Overall I think this album should be in everyone's top 10 and its not only Britney's best album to date but a POP MASTERPIECE
Top 5 Tracks:
05. Why Should I Be Sad
04. Gimme More
03. Radar
02. Toy Soldier
01. Break The Ice
CC: Piece Of Me
I wanna thank everyone who's commented so far and tune in for my Top 50 singles of the year coming up next!!!
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