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Looking like a Europop album from 1997 or 1998, Something Else's sleeve design would be much more indicative if it grafted a bunch of little Robin Thicke heads onto each dancing and playing body in Ernie Barnes' Back to Sugar Shack, the painting used for Marvin Gaye's I Want You. Not only would it be apt, it would play to Thicke's predilection for populating his covers with several images of himself. But it would obviously cause some problems. While a few songs do modernize the sound and feel of Gaye's steamy 1976 classic -- filled as they are with serene sexual energy and lush, impeccably layered arrangements built on rolling bongos, liquid basslines, and Thicke's acutely Gaye-indebted upper register -- there are several inspirations floating throughout, including indications that Thicke has a deeper understanding of Brazilian music, correctly believes that Philadelphia International did not flame out in the mid-'70s, and has transitioned into doing rocking R&B à la Van Hunt (cool, relaxed, natural) rather than pre-New Radicals Gregg Alexander (forced, awkward, unintentionally seriocomic). Following The Evolution of Robin Thicke, which went to the top of the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and reached number five on the Billboard 200 (there was an Oprah appearance), Something Else features improvements in every aspect. From the tropical serenade opener to the album's quietly dazzling true close (the somber Lil Wayne collaboration "Tie My Hands" is really a bonus cut, having already appeared on Tha Carter III), Thicke has shed his affectations to the point where it's much easier to detect the sincerity he once obscured with hubristic tendencies. No longer a show-off, he sounds much more sure of himself; he would not have been able to pull off a socially conscious Southern-styled ballad like "Dreamworld," whether from a writing or singing standpoint, in 2003. Though his sources remain numerous, this is his most focused, least scattered, and least dilettantish set, and it benefits greatly from its brevity relative to The Evolution. That means everything has a deeper resonance -- especially the ballads, of which there are several. The man does know his audience.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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James Gass, ComposerLyricist - Max, ComposerLyricist - Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Larry Cox, ComposerLyricist - Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Greg Malone, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Breaux, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
James Gass, ComposerLyricist - Max, ComposerLyricist - Robin Thicke, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Pro J, Producer
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Robert Daniels, ComposerLyricist - Max, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Keys, ComposerLyricist - Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Max, ComposerLyricist - Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Pro J, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Max, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Keys, ComposerLyricist - Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Andre Harrell, ComposerLyricist - Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Andrew McKay, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Bobby Keys, ComposerLyricist - Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Pro J, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Robin Thicke, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
James Gass, ComposerLyricist - Max, ComposerLyricist - Mary J. Blige, FeaturedArtist - Robin Thicke, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Pro J, Producer
℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
Presentación del Álbum
Looking like a Europop album from 1997 or 1998, Something Else's sleeve design would be much more indicative if it grafted a bunch of little Robin Thicke heads onto each dancing and playing body in Ernie Barnes' Back to Sugar Shack, the painting used for Marvin Gaye's I Want You. Not only would it be apt, it would play to Thicke's predilection for populating his covers with several images of himself. But it would obviously cause some problems. While a few songs do modernize the sound and feel of Gaye's steamy 1976 classic -- filled as they are with serene sexual energy and lush, impeccably layered arrangements built on rolling bongos, liquid basslines, and Thicke's acutely Gaye-indebted upper register -- there are several inspirations floating throughout, including indications that Thicke has a deeper understanding of Brazilian music, correctly believes that Philadelphia International did not flame out in the mid-'70s, and has transitioned into doing rocking R&B à la Van Hunt (cool, relaxed, natural) rather than pre-New Radicals Gregg Alexander (forced, awkward, unintentionally seriocomic). Following The Evolution of Robin Thicke, which went to the top of the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and reached number five on the Billboard 200 (there was an Oprah appearance), Something Else features improvements in every aspect. From the tropical serenade opener to the album's quietly dazzling true close (the somber Lil Wayne collaboration "Tie My Hands" is really a bonus cut, having already appeared on Tha Carter III), Thicke has shed his affectations to the point where it's much easier to detect the sincerity he once obscured with hubristic tendencies. No longer a show-off, he sounds much more sure of himself; he would not have been able to pull off a socially conscious Southern-styled ballad like "Dreamworld," whether from a writing or singing standpoint, in 2003. Though his sources remain numerous, this is his most focused, least scattered, and least dilettantish set, and it benefits greatly from its brevity relative to The Evolution. That means everything has a deeper resonance -- especially the ballads, of which there are several. The man does know his audience.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 16 pista(s)
- Duración total: 01:07:49
- 1 Libreto digital
- Artistas principales: Robin Thicke
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: The Neptunes
- Género Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2008 Star Trak, LLC ℗ 2008 Star Trak, LLC
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