Release Date - 17/06/08
I'm sure you guy's won't mind that I'm reviewing an album that was released a month ago. =] It's just that the album received very little attention and I think it's worthy of more.
Latinas Janelle & Jessica Martinez make up the pop duo of Prima J. Finding success with 'Rockstar' after it was featured on the Bratz soundtrack (and recently being used on ads for The N's Queen Bees) the girls released their debut disc "Prima J" via Geffen Records (Mary J. Blige, Nelly Furtado).
The album is filled with high energy music that'll keep you moving, non-stop. Even the 'slowies' keep you grooving like 'Corazón (You're Not Alone)' or 'Nadie (No One)', a spanglish cover of Alicia Keys' 'No One' which while it doesn't compare to it vocally it definitely adds some swag. 'Chilosa' is probably the biggest standout on the record. The song is so hype and groovy that you won't even care what chilosa means.
The one problem with the disc is that it lacks serious originality and the lyrics are so meaningless and unnecessarily wild ('Boom', 'Tame'), it's like I died & was reborn in a slutty teenage beerfest (I'm not complaining, lol). I just feel like I've heard all of this before. Also, lots of the songs feel like fillers for a Fergie or Pussycat Dolls album. Speaking of Fergie, there's one track on the album that sounds just like if she made it herself - 'Go Hard' - which sounds like a latino-ed 'London Bridge'.
Overall, the girls make a fun-to-listen-to album that you should take with you on a long summer road trip. Teenage girls will love this (not trying to be stereotypical, but hey).
Album Highlights
Album Rating: [4/5]
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