Review: Jamie Foxx's "Best Night of My Life"

Jamie Foxx is coming at us with his 5th studio album entitled "Best Night of My Life" that dropped December 21, 2010. As of January 23rd, 2011, his album is Number 6 on the R&B/Hip Hop Billboard chart, his single with rapper Drake, "Fall for Your Type", is at Number 7 on the R&B/Hip Hop chart, and his album is number 21 on the Billboard 200.

To be honest, I really had nothing good to say about this album. I REALLY didn't like it. The only song that I really liked was the one he did with Drake. "Freak" was painful, and "Hit It Like This" annoyed me because all I could hear was the Lil Wayne lyric that was repeated throughout the chorus. Of course I could pick out all the individual flaws with each song, but let's get to the main issues that was present throughout the entire album.

First, let's address the overuse of "swag", various expensive name brands (such as Gucci), telling a woman to "drop it low", and making the boring link between having sex and boxing.

If I hear someone use the term "Round 2" one more time, I am going to scream. Guess who used it in two different songs? Oh, hey Jamie!

I felt like Jamie was trying to be hip and cool, but he ended up sounding older than what he is. The beats sounded more interesting than his voice did, and I have a feeling that he wasn't completely on board with the lyrics coming his way. He sounded like he wasn't totally invested in this product. I wouldn't be either if you were trying to make music that would appeal to a crowd that you are no part of.

I also want to talk to the person who wrote this. Can I slap them please? Why does it feel like 2005 all over again? I would like to hope that lyrics have evolved since then, but I guess I was wrong. I guess singing over the same subject matter that people have been doing for years is what's hot right now. Even Ludacris's verse in "Yep, Dats Me" was lacking, and he's usually on point when he's on someone else's songs. And speaking of "Yep, Dats Me".....REALLY? That's what we're calling our songs now? Just looking at the name of the songs should be enough to lower your expectations before you even press play. I know it did for me.

My advice to Jamie: the next time you come out with an album, get a different team. If this was mid-2000s, you would have totally been on top, but this is 2011 now. Let's update your sound please! OR BETTER YET, make music for the adult crowd. Let's graduate from the young sound that you were trying to go for, and move on to more mature music. We have enough young artists but we sorely need mature ones. We need a more refined sound from you Jamie, give it to us.

To wrap this up, the writing was bad, the songs sounded so awkward coming from him, and he needs to come better with his next effort. My rating: NO, 1 star!