June 16, 2003 @ 8:00 pm
Boyz II Men - Full Circle (Arista)
Is there a place for Boyz II Men in today’s crowded urban marketplace? There is.
Is there a place for Boyz II Men in today’s crowded urban marketplace? There is. They may not have washboard abs or platinum fronts to flash, but their carefully crafted harmonized vocals continue to command attention. Full Circle, their sixth album, is the most confident of their illustrious career. Although the CD breaks no new musical ground, it’s buoyed by A-list production from a diverse range of talent. On the wistful ballad “Oh Well,” Boyz’ tender falsettos drift weightlessly across Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis’s elegant keyboard and string arrangement. “The Color of Love,” written and produced by longtime collaborator Babyface, is a surging flashback to a time when R&B songs had dramatic chord structures, acoustic instrumentation, and heartfelt melodies. On the effervescent “Howz About It,” by new-school producer Edmund “Eddie Hustle” Clement (who also wrote Usher’s “U Remind Me”), Boyz invite their prospective lovers to “fly away” on their private jet. They might have outgrown their boy-next-door status, but they still know how to treat the ladies.
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