Less holiday,more work needed (Back Of My Lac - J. Holiday)

Member Name: Ryandinho

Product:	Back Of My Lac - J. Holiday
Date:	05/03/09 (15 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Bed is a good song

Disadvantages: Bed is the only good song

J Holiday released his debut album Back Of My Lac in 2007 after signing with Capitol Records. On the strength of his single 'Bed' he was able to gain some success although not enough to break through as a fully-fledged RnB star.

I bought this album after hearing the song 'Bed' and hoped it was a sign of things to come from this album. The song is a catchy RnB track that was musically good and gave him the airplay and appeal to have a chance to make it into the big time.

Unfortunately, while that 1 song was able to gain popularity the rest of the album let him down. The other released singles 'Be With Me' and 'Suffocate' were fairly decent records but neither was able to catch the attention of the general public. I liked Suffocate more than Be With Me and thought it would have done better than it did in reality.

There wasn't really any attempt to try anything different with this selection of songs. Each follows the same pattern so maybe a slight variety would have benefited him.

There isn't really anything on the album that you can't get from a better choice so I wouldn't advise you to buy it unless you're a particularly big J Holiday fan or if you can get the album for cheap. The 3 singles are worth listening to but the rest of the album isn't up to the same standard. Hopefully he can do better with his next attempt because I like his voice but he just needs better songs.

1. Back of My Lac
2. Ghetto
3. Thug Commandments
4. Bed
5. Betcha Never Had
6. Laa Laa
7. Come Here
8. Be With Me
9. Suffocate
10. Fatal
11. Without You
12. Pimp In Me
13. Thank You
14. Fallin'

Summary: Only buy if you are a big fan