Jessie J burst onto the music scene winning the prestigious
Critics Choice award at the BRIT Awards in 2011. Following her debut album “Who
You Are” that spawned an impressive 6 top ten hits and has since sold 2.5
million copies. Fast-forward to 2013 a bald-headed Jessie releases her 2nd
studio album “Alive” which fails to make an impact with fans and critics alike,
with only one moderately successful song “Wild” which was evidently not enough
to prevent it from flopping with poor sales worldwide. Good, you are up to date
with Jessie J’s career and now in 2014 she is back with her latest offering “Sweet
Talker”.
“Imma do it like it ain’t been done. Imma do it like it ain’t
been done” are the first lyrics (rather annoyingly) rapped on the albums opener
“Ain’t Been Done”. Someone ought to tell Jessie that when she does her obnoxious
‘rapping’, she has a tendency to sound like Catherine Tate’s comedy sketch character
Lauren Cooper. It wouldn’t sound out of place if Jessie was to blurt out “Am I
bovverd doe?” which is never a good thing.
Songs like “Fire” and “Personal” are enjoyable ballads –
less melodramatic than some of her previous ones which gives us listeners a
chance to focus on the meaning and raw emotion of the songs, rather than
getting a headache because Jessie won’t stop yelling. “Bang Bang” the albums
lead single featuring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj has already proven to be a
relentless hit topping the charts a few weeks back, but is unfortunately one of
the few highlights off “Sweet Talker”.
Overview: Sweet Talker lacks any authentic charisma, it’s
like talking to someone hot(or in this case Sweet) and forgetting what they
said immediately after the conversation because they didn’t say anything that
grabbed your attention, so you get bored and started thinking about other stuff
like “what shall I have for dinner tonight?”
Recommend Tracks: Fire, Personal, Sweet Talker, Masterpiece
4/10
Recommend Tracks: Fire, Personal, Sweet Talker, Masterpiece
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