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By the end of his debut solo album, Dru Hill's finest singer, Sisqó, has beaten the same rhythmic pattern, which is churned in and out of nearly every song, into the ground. Loaded with whispered bedroom moans, which have become late-'90s R&B clichés, Unleash the Dragon is short on any real songs to justify the pointless replay of these familiar grooves. Only when he actually unleashes his inner dragon, like on the club thumper "Thong Song," does Sisqó sound at all like the ferocious soulman he fancies himself to be. There's also little distinction among the guest spots here (though Make It Hot's turn on the jittery "Got to Get It" offers some sparks). And once the beats -- which borrow heavily from the contemporary R&B playbook -- are programmed, there's little for Sisqó to do but coast along the grooves, with all the conviction and commitment of a soul robot.
© Michael Gallucci /TiVo
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Dwight Grant, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Veney, ComposerLyricist - Loren Hill, ComposerLyricist - Mark Andrews, ComposerLyricist - Marquis Collins, ComposerLyricist - Beanie Sigel, FeaturedArtist - Sisqo, MainArtist - Richard Shelton, ComposerLyricist - James Travis, ComposerLyricist - One Up, Producer
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al West, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Andrews, ComposerLyricist - Marquis Collins, ComposerLyricist - Sisqo, MainArtist - James Travis, ComposerLyricist - Make It Hot, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Andrews, ComposerLyricist - Raymond Jones, ComposerLyricist - Warryn "Smiley" Campbell, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Jones, ComposerLyricist - Lovher, FeaturedArtist - Sisqo, MainArtist - Donald De Grate, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tamir Ruffin, ComposerLyricist - Nokio, Producer - Sisqo, MainArtist
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tamir Ruffin, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Phil Weatherspoon, ComposerLyricist - Nokio, Producer - Sisqo, MainArtist - Case E. Woodard, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Noah Porter, ComposerLyricist - Neely Dinkins Jr., ComposerLyricist - Mark Andrews, ComposerLyricist - The Co-stars, Producer - Sisqo, MainArtist - Vito Calapietro, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nathan Walton, ComposerLyricist - Mark Andrews, ComposerLyricist - KENNETH "BABYFACE" EDMONDS, ComposerLyricist - Tavia Ivey, ComposerLyricist - Sisqo, MainArtist - Kiehl Owens, ComposerLyricist - N8, Producer - Kiehl, Producer - N8 & Kiehl, Producer
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Robinson, ComposerLyricist - Tim Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Longo, ComposerLyricist - Robi Rosa, ComposerLyricist - Mark Andrews, ComposerLyricist - Marquis Collins, ComposerLyricist - Desmond Child, ComposerLyricist - Sisqo, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kristin Hudson, ComposerLyricist - Shep Crawford, Producer - Montell Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Sisqo, MainArtist - Anthony "Schappell" Crawford, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Shae Jones, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al West, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Andrews, ComposerLyricist - Sisqo, MainArtist
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tamir Ruffin, ComposerLyricist - Al West, Producer - Mark Andrews, ComposerLyricist - Sisqo, Rap Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jazz, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Elton John, Composer - Tim Rice, Author - Sisqo, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dru Hill, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Andrews, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, FeaturedArtist - Richard Cousins, ComposerLyricist - Dutch, Producer, Additional Producer - Sisqo, MainArtist - Dru Hill, MainArtist
℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
By the end of his debut solo album, Dru Hill's finest singer, Sisqó, has beaten the same rhythmic pattern, which is churned in and out of nearly every song, into the ground. Loaded with whispered bedroom moans, which have become late-'90s R&B clichés, Unleash the Dragon is short on any real songs to justify the pointless replay of these familiar grooves. Only when he actually unleashes his inner dragon, like on the club thumper "Thong Song," does Sisqó sound at all like the ferocious soulman he fancies himself to be. There's also little distinction among the guest spots here (though Make It Hot's turn on the jittery "Got to Get It" offers some sparks). And once the beats -- which borrow heavily from the contemporary R&B playbook -- are programmed, there's little for Sisqó to do but coast along the grooves, with all the conviction and commitment of a soul robot.
© Michael Gallucci /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:51
- Main artists: Sisqó
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Def Jam Recordings
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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