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Don't Base Your Entire Judgement of, Jason Derulo on his Fir

Shawn R. Finch | Albany, New York | 03/03/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Where to start off. Well, I just wanna say, Jason Derulo has been one of my favorited artist since I first heard of him back in 2007!! It's kinda funny, b/c I already knew all the words to "Ridin Solo" for like almost a year now and that song use to have a different beat. The beat, use to be "Bittersweet Symphony". I'm assuming, he took the beat out b/c the label didn't have the rights to use it but I could be wrong. What everyone needs to understand about Jason Derulo and every new artist, is they don't call the shots. You can't judge Jason Derulo, based off of this album. If you had, any clue on how much say a new artist has on there debut album u would think before u leave comments criticizing Jason Derulo. Since the last 2 years, I have about 30+ songs from Jason Derulo and if you heard this songs u would know what he is capable of!! He has a song called, "Electrifine" and it is actually one of my favorite songs of all time and if u knew what my other favorite songs were than u would know that this song has to be good to be on that list!! I knew, when I first heard him that he was goin places. Everytime I would talk to one of my friends, I would tell them about Jason Deruo and they would be like "who the hell is that" lol!? What people need to understand is, ur lucky to even get signed by a major record label which thousands of artist try to do and fail :( Once your signed, doesn't mean ur down easy street now. Your lucky if u even get an album release, b/c if the record company feels like they can't promote u and ur not pickin up enough fans for them to fund your projected they'll drop u. Soo, believe me when I say this. This album, Jason Derulo is just a simple of whats to come and understand that he did not have 100% say on this album, soo before u judge put all that into consideration!! I use to be a manager, at f.y.e. and I remember when I became a fan of Robin Thicke and nobody really ever heard of him. It was almost 1 1/2 before he released he's album, "The Evolution of Robin Thicke". I tried, hyping people up for a year straight while I waited patiently for that album to come out and there were points when I really thought that his album was never gonna be released. Now look how big he is, he had an album that he released back in 2003 called "A Beautiful World" which not many people know about and if they did they didn't know about until they become fans of his after he's second album was released!! Soo, before u judge a new artist think about how much say they have on there first album. Think about the material they would like to put on the album, but can't b/c the record company has pretty much full control over what's going on the album. Soo. for future reference. Take all that into consideration!!"

Jason Derulo - Jason Derulo (3.5 Stars)

------------- | The World | 03/03/2010

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Jason Derulo is extremely talented, and if this short 9 song "album" does anything, it truly shows that Mr. Derulo has all the talent and potential in the world. And while he pretty much owes his career to the success of his monster first single "Whatcha Say". Because before that break through sinlge, I doubt that his label even had him in the studio recording an album until Whatcha Say went to number one on the charts. And while, like other reviewers have pointed out, the album as a whole by itself isnt anything to amazing (besides "Whatcha Say" of course) and feels kind of rushed and thrown together quick to capitalize on the success of his massive first single "Whatcha Say", which that song alone makes this album worth paying the seven bucks anyway. But when all things are considered, this debut album/EP does show a lot of promise. Like on the mid tempo ballad "What If" he actually shows us a glance of some almost real R&B music, and the song is actually pretty good. And on "Blind" despite some rather corny lyrics, he saves the mid tempo break up track with his smooth vocals and turns it into another standout cut. And on "Fallen", Jason sounds so similar to Ne-Yo on "Go On Girl", with JR Rotem's knock off Stargate production, but again Derulo makes it work with his vocals. But its songs like the 90's boy bandish style "Sky is The Limit" and the techno/radio pop "Love Hangover" that do tend to detract heavily from the already short track listing. And "Encore" was a little to poppy for me to. I feel like if he would have spent some more time in the studio, and really worked on an album for more than three months, he could give us something so much better. His style reminds me a lot of Ne-Yo or a very very poor man's version of a young MJ... very very very poor (at least for now). And the other thing that did kind of drag the album down a little bit, was the fact that the only producer he worked with on the album was JR Rotem. And JR isnt a bad producer, but he definitly wouldnt be my first, or second, or even top ten pick to produce a whole album. He's an alright producer, just not in large doses. Like i stated earlier, Jason Derulo has all the talent and potential in the world, he just needs to learn how to translate that into a great R&B/Pop album. This album could be a lot worse that's for sure, but it's aight. But keep your eye on Jason Derulo, because i have a feeling he could be big in the future.













Grade:

C+"

3-1/2 stars -- So whatcha say?

Anthony Rupert | Milwaukee, WI | 04/03/2010

(3 out of 5 stars)

"When I first saw Jason Desrouleax (he changed the spelling of his name to make it more pronounceable), I dubbed him Chris Brown, Jr. Then when "Whatcha Say" became a #1 hit, I figured it was only because people didn't realize the chorus is built upon a sample that urban audiences aren't familiar with (in this case, Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek"). But "Whatcha Say" isn't a bad song or anything; even so, you'd think his label wouldn't wait almost a full year to release his self-titled debut album (especially since it only has nine songs on it).



There are other good songs on here, like "Love Hangover", "Fallen" and "The Sky's the Limit". But the album might not quite be accessible to everyone because Jason has the kind of voice that sounds like he's using auto-tune, but he isn't. This makes a few of the songs sound the same after a while -- in fact, the only song that really breaks things up is the final one, "Blind". All in all, though, Jason's album is still worth checking out.



Anthony Rupert"