Music CD - J. Holiday: Back of My Lac

	Music CD: Back of My Lac Artist: J. Holiday List Price: $18.98 Our Price: $4.79 Your Save: $ 14.19 ( 75% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: OOP Really Sux
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Tracks: 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'
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0094631180521 Label: OOP Really Sux Manufacturer: OOP Really Sux Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: OOP Really Sux Release Date: 2007-11-27 Studio: OOP Really Sux
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: R&B!!!!!! Comment: Finally a real R&B album is released. It's been way too long. The only weak song is "Laa Laa". Other than that, I can listen to it all the way through. Customer Rating: Summary: Holiday not observed Comment: The first time I remember hearing of Nahum Grymes (better known as J. Holiday) was on this stupid MIMS song called "Girlfriend's Favorite MC". He has since become the latest addition to the R&B thug era. Even so, I must admit that he does it a little better than some of the other proponents (Ray J; Pretty Ricky; The-Dream). But that still doesn't say much about his debut album Back of My Lac'. Not to keep bringing The-Dream up so much, but I was all set to compare J. to him because they have a lot of things in common: they're both trying to be that thug, most of their songs are ridiculously raunchy, and they both refuse to give up their ages (and you can tell Dream had something to do with "Bed" because of the "ey-ey-ey" part). But the reason why J. is more tolerable than Dream is that J. actually can sing. Still, he's a little too sleazy, and many of the songs are club tracks that go nowhere, especially the first three (the title track, "Ghetto" and "Thug Commandments"). And then you have "Laa Laa", which is hard to relate to because it's telling his girl how to get high like him. Then, of course, there are raunchy numbers like the corny "Come Here" and the statutory "Betcha Never Had"; and sorry, but "Bed" is annoying. Another concern is "Thank You", where the chorus starts off fine with: "I wanna thank you for the time we spent" but then it goes into "To show my appreciation I wanna bang your back until the morning comes `round." The only songs I can really stand on here are "Suffocate", "Fatal" and the final track, "Fallin'". One more thing, since "lac" is broken off from the END of "Cadillac", the apostrophe should be at the beginning of it, not the end. All spelling lessons aside, if you're a 21-year-old woman and/or you watch 106 & Park religiously, J. Holiday's album is for you; otherwise, leave it alone. Anthony Rupert Customer Rating: Summary: J. Holiday - Back Of My Lac Comment: This complact disc is AWESOME! I have enjoyed listening to this R&B CD time and time again. It has earned it's place as one of my favorites in my 6-CD Changer. I thought this was simply another Rap CD, but I was so wrong. Most of the tracks are smooth, rhythmic, and relaxing. This is a CD that can be enjoyed in many settings from relaxing, to romantic, to a nice drive enroute to anywhere. AWESOME! Customer Rating: Summary: Great Debut Comment: Really good CD. I like everything song. Can listen to the CD straight through. Can't wait for his sophomore album. Customer Rating: Summary: Wonderful!!!! Comment: I love the cd from beginning to end. I love J. holliday's voice and the lyrics are great! This is a very good cd. Most of the song lyrics have a message. This is more like a r & b soul album. This album has alot of soul. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: J Holiday has some pimp in him, no doubt, and the late-disc track "Pimp In Me" isn't the only reason to think so: When this suavest of 2007's break-out crop of smooth R&B crooners isn't causing the ladies to swoon (check out "Bed," the radio hit that rides a vibe similar to Rihanna's echo-y "Umbrella" all the way behind closed doors and under the covers), he's establishing himself as a tough guy with a tender streak. It's a stroke-of-brilliance approach for a new artist--instead of becoming a standard-issue sweetie who ladles on the charm but can't do battle with urban music's big boys, he deftly straddles two styles on this debut. Silky, classic-sounding slow jams ("Suffocate," "Without You") suit him, but so do street cred-raising reminiscences of his gritty Washington, D.C., youth ("Ghetto," "Thug Commandments"). Holiday goes for broke, circling the broad R&B landscape, but he doesn't dilly-dally: Back of My 'Lac delivers pimp-worthy yet pretty songs that get straight to the point, the point being that this is an artist worth raising your modern-music hopes over. --Tammy La Gorce