Well, well, well, if it isn't Joe Thomas. Whether or not you like Joe, and how could you not, you gotta peep this album. Joe is an extremely consistent artist that has been around a long time and hasn't changed his style up more than he has had to to stay contemporary. He's been particularly busy over the past few years with a flurry of albums and seems to have more planned for the next two years. That being said, this is another solid contribution from a very solid artist. The opening track is an annoying ER skit type of thing, but get past that and you have a very modern and young sounding Joe singing over a great beat that could just as easily be used for any of the new under-21 R&B kiddies. The next track (Why Just Be Friends) is probably the best on the album and has a much more mature feel to it, but the kids can still relate to it. The theme of the album is that he is a changed man and he frequently compares this transformation to an alcoholic coming out of treatment. The album is pretty good throughout, but I was initially confused by the snippets at the end and thought that my copy was just defective or a promo version or something like that. But no, he really just wanted to do some advertisement for what he's got up next. Well, it is what it is. Good cd and should set him up nicely for the next project.
7.5/10
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