CD Review: JC Cassis - Four On The Floor

JC Cassis is a well polished artist who has a wonderful club sounding style. The first song on her CD "Four On The Floor", is a fun tune called "My Ex Is Delicious". Her vocals flow over the beat nicely and is a good showcase for her to jump start the album!

For the most part she sounds very comfortable on every song, but "Hold For Your Lovin'", something just doesn't fit right. It is not a horrible song but not one of my favorites. She slows things down a bit on "I Just Wanna Hold You". I love the way she sounds on this song. The production has some Hip-Hop influence on it and with her unique vocals it just really makes it work!

That is one thing you will notice about her, she has a really unique voice and singing style that works well for most every track.
The production on this disk is good but I feel she would really come to life on some hard hitting dance/Hip-Hop/Pop music.

The songs "Say It" and "Friday Night Forever" are for sure two songs to go back to.
I can tell she really puts 100% into her music.

If you like dance beats paired with soulful yet pop type vocals then this is the CD for you!

Check it out at http://jccassis.bandcamp.com/

8 out of 10 stars

CD Review: Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

The Gorillaz new CD is finally here! I'd love to go through each song, which I literally could and explain every part I love or leave me wanting, but its just too much. 16 tracks people, its huge. I love it! Well worth the wait.
Gorillaz Plastic Beach is a real trip. It is somewhere in between classical, electronic, and jazz. It goes ethnic at points at others you think you are in a rave club. Overall it is a very interesting listen. These musicians are very talented and unique.

The overall theme of the album is what you might deduce from the title: a statement against rampant waste produced by our civilization. Almost every track deals with this issue in its own way. The styles vary from the rap of the second track to the crooning of 2D that we have become very used to in past Gorillaz albums, to some more soulful tracks that bridge the sound between the previous two. The album is exceptionally well constructed.

8 out of 10 stars