June 21, 2003 @ 9:00 pm

3rd Storee - Get With Me (Def Soul)

Laura Checkoway

When the boy-band equation adds up correctly, young love and R&B can combine to create music as memorable as initials scrawled in wet cement.

When the boy-band equation adds up correctly, young love and R&B can combine to create music as memorable as initials scrawled in wet cement. But though a few tracks from 3rd Storee’s debut are worthy background music for hushed late-night phone calls, don’t look to Get With Me for jams to dedicate to your sweetie on the radio. Little shorties may swoon for the syrupy ballad “I’m Sorry,” but more than a spoonful, and the saccharine loses its appeal. Their voices are easy on the ears, but the underdeveloped lyrics (“We in that ‘drop-top with a hot spot where the girls stop to watch us’ type of mood”) stunt this group’s potential. Most satisfying are the Rodney Jerkins–arranged “Get With Me,” an energetic track with a nicely layered hook, and producer PAJAM’s harmonious ballad “Now I Can Breathe.” Nokio lends tight but predictable party-anthem production to “Clap Your Hands” and “Superstar,” but on both, the choruses are more irritating than infectious. Even if you’re a sucker for sweet faces, mindless melodies, and polished production, this album is less than the sum of its parts.

Article tags: 3rd, Storee, Get, Me, Def, Soul 

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