Some of you have heard songs that have the line 'Hear a smash on da radio bet I penned it'" spoken at the start and may (or may not) have wondered who the hell it is. Well, that man is Sean Garrett. He is responsible for writing many singles over the past 3 years. Destiny's child's "Lose my breath", Chris Brown's "Wall to wall" and Nicole Scherzinger's "Whatever U like" to name a select few. As is the way, after spending much of his time behind the scenes with some of the biggest of names, he's decided to go it alone as a solo artist, with his debut album Turbo 919.
First thing's first. Whilst Sean Garrett can hold a song, he has an incredibly annoying voice. He ranks up there with T-Pain in the annoyance stakes. And despite seeming like a multi-faceted artist, he is one dimensional. And as if the songs he writes and produces for other artists didn't highlight this enough, his album does a more than stellar job.
Turbo 919 is 12 tracks of badly sung songs about a girl who can work it in the bedroom and nothing more. The beats on every song are tight, but Sean Garrett's lyrics and vocals ruin the songs. "Grippin" is a song that should've been given to T-Pain. Say what you will about the n***a, but T-Pain has a way in which he laces a song and can really transform the energy of it. "Grippin" in the hands of T-Pain would have popped all the way off. "Girlfriend ringtone" is a hot Summer jam with a nice bounce. But the lyrics are trash and Lil' Wayne contributes one of the most uninspired of verses. "Lay under me" has Stargate dropping a killer Michael Jackson style groove. But Sean Garrett makes a shambles of the beat with his 1, 2 attack: Bad vocals, forgettable lyrics. "Turbo 919" comes courtesy of Bloodshy and Avant and is cut from the same cloth as Britney;s "Toy soldiers", which Sean Garrett also wrote and Bloodshy & Avant also produced. It's a hot song that would make a great single. But it's forgettable.
The production on this album is solid. And there is promise in some of these songs. But Sean Garrett has such an annoying voice that listening them feels like torture. And the whole thing wears thin so quickly. 1 or 2 songs about fine girl who you're try'na f**k, I can take. But n***a, 12!?
Sean Garrett doesn't bring anything to the table that would enable him to have a long lasting career as a solo artist. All he did was put out an album of songs that sound like cuts for others artists who would do them better.
Album highlights:
■ Girlfriend ringtone
■ Turbo 919 ★ J's fave
■ Lay up under me
■ 6 in the morning
If one more damn Ninja Turtle come out with an album, I swear.
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