Tru To You

Here we go! The final installment of the Valentine Mood Music feature. Today I give you the newest of the new slow jams to hit the air. Without further delay here is the last 3 tracks to grace round off our feature.

Jamie Foxx – Superman

Comments: An unreleased slow bangin track. I have no idea why the Foxx wouldn’t include this in his last album. Its money believe me. He sings about how a woman makes him feel…like superman. After listening you will too.

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Johnta Austin – 17 Minutes (Prod. Stargate)

Comments: A lighter track amongst these three. Johnta speaks towards life after a break up but I thought this would still be a good track to let your lady/man know how much they mean to you before or if anything like that ever happens. Cherish the 18 minutes before.

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Toni Braxton – Melt (Like An Iceberg)

Comments: Multiple Grammy Award winning Braxton is BACK! Better than ever too with her new single Melt from her upcoming Pulse album. This song is extremely sexy and slow. WARNING – - if played pants will fly off immediately.

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In my opinion, Jamie Foxx brings forth some of the most memorable slow jams for today’s artists. I personally enjoyed “Dj Play a Love Song Feat. Twista” and “Storm (Forecass)” from his Unpredictable album. But let’s get back to his latest album, Intuition.

Intuition starts off a little fast paced. Guest stars such as TI, Lil Wayne and Kanye make their appearances to push the album. Luckily, or maybe intentionally, they are featured on the upbeat tracks. “She Got Her Own” is a mid tempo track that provides the guest star power and definitely creates some commercial accessibility to allow the general public to enjoy what other surprises this album offers. I enjoy a good fast track but being slow jams focused I would like to say the later on the album is amazing. Jamie really gets into the essence of slow jams on such songs as “Why”, “Rainman” and “Overdose”.

My prediction is that Jamie will achieve moderate success on this album. More so than his last effort, Unpredictable, with the elevation of guest stars on the album and the recent achievements he has been experiencing over the years. However, not a commercial power house yet, Jamie needs to find his “Yeah” (Usher) or “We belong together” (Mariah).

In the meantime, check out his album. I also posted a sample of some of his tracks for your listening pleasure below + a music video.

***/ 4 stars.

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