|
Disco de Bow Wow: “Unleashed [Bonus Track]”
| Información del disco : |
|---|
| Título: |
Unleashed [Bonus Track] |
|
|
|
Fecha de Publicación:2003-07-28
|
|
Tipo:Desconocido
|
|
Género:Hip-Hop/Rap, Dirty South, Mainstream Rap
|
|
Sello Discográfico:Sony
|
|
Letras Explícitas:Si
|
|
UPC:4547366011418
|
Análisis (en inglés) - :
A lot more changed for {$Bow Wow} between his second and third albums ({^Doggy Bag} and {^Unleashed}, respectively) than his name. The formerly "lil" rapper starred in a Hollywood film, {#Like Mike} (2002), and changed labels, leaving behind the hitmaking expertise of {$Jermaine Dupri} and {@So So Def Records} for the free-range pastures of {@Columbia Records}. Moreover, the teenage rapper's voice changed noticeably and he decided to project a more grown-up attitude. He also changed his musical style -- while {^Doggy Bag} had been a grab bag of {\pop-rap} interpolations (appropriating everything from {$New Edition} to {$the Cars}), {^Unleashed} lets loose esteemed contemporary {\rap} producers like {$Swizz Beatz}, {$Jazzy Pha}, and {$Lil Jon}. The result is unsurprisingly a very contemporary-sounding album, for better or worse. {$Bow Wow} certainly no longer sounds like the {\pop-rapper} that he began as, now that he's rapping alongside {$Baby} from {$the Big Tymers} on {&"Let's Get Down"} and spitting tough game over {$DMX}-worthy {@Ruff Ryder} beats on {&"Get It Poppin'."} But that candy-coated {\pop-ness} was what had made {$Bow Wow} so novel in the first place -- {&"Bounce Wit Me"} certainly wouldn't have sounded as fun as it did without a kid rapping it, nor would {&"Take Ya Home"} have sounded so adorable had a thug-pimp rapped it. That's the dilemma faced by {$Bow Wow} and company on {^Unleashed}: retain the kid-{\rap} novelty (which can only be done for so long) or succumb to genre (which is inevitable). Curiously, {^Unleashed} wants to have it both ways. The gratuitous sex, drugs, violence, and profanity that characterize most popular {\rap} is largely absent, yet so are the "lil" aspects that made {$Bow Wow} so darn cute in the first place. So, what you get are songs like {&"Let's Get Down,"} which is kid-code for {&"Let's Get It On,"} and songs like {&"Hey Little Momma,"} which is a PG-rated version of {$Cam'ron}'s similarly themed (yet far more explicit) hit from the year before, {&"Hey Ma."} For sure, {^Unleashed} is a transitional album for {$Bow Wow}, yet it's a satisfying one -- and an interesting one at that, as you get to hear the superstar teen carefully walk the fine line between {\teen pop} (à la {$the Jackson 5}) and the streets (à la {$50 Cent}). [A Japanese version added a bonus track.] ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
|
|
![Disco de Bow Wow: “Unleashed [Bonus Track]”](http://www.rapmusiczone.com/covers_yaB/bow-wow/2003_170_170_Unleashed%2520%255BBonus%2520Track%255D.jpg "Disco de Bow Wow: “Unleashed [Bonus Track]”")