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Jeremih broke into the industry with his anthem ‘Birthday sex' blowing up the radio and even clubs. With such a strong entrance into the highly competitive industry, it must have been great pressure for him as his fans anticipated his debut album ‘Jeremih'. Did he impress?

Have you ever been to a club, met a guy/girl, taken their number, then arranged to meet on a different occasion, only to discover the full package wasn't exactly full? Yh?…Well then you'd understand my feelings towards Jeremih's self titled album. It wasn't merely the fact that half the songs failed to portray his vocal abilities (that I can only hope he has), but the tracks demonstrated little originality. Of course most people are aware of his first single ‘birthday sex', and few can say they are familiar with his second single ‘Imma star', these and a few others could possibly make it to your Ipod player. With his strong background using musical instruments, growing up playing the drum, saxaphone and piano, it comes as a surprise that there are few banging beats.

Continuing with my hypotheses, after meeting your date on several different occasions, due to self guilt of shallow thinking, you begin to notice and highlight the positive attributes to this once unbearable sight. Yes, the album did begin to grow on me after several listens. It may not be the most impressive fusion of tracks, however, it is clear that Jeremih has simply been influenced by artists such as R.Kelly, Keith Sweat and Ginuwine. He is yet to find his identity in relation to music. His opening number ‘my body' sees him using lyrics from Keith Sweats ‘my body'. To be fair, Jeremih does a good job at somehow modifying the song to the sounds of today, using the electrifying millenium sounds heard within bassline music. ‘Starting all over', another one of the tracks to make it to my Ipod player, will have you confused as to whether or not you were listening to a Neyo record. Beautiful songs, but am yet to figure his style out.

One attribute of ‘Jeremih' that forced me to cut him some slack, was his complete absence of featuring artists. It is a usual occurrence for new artists to overload their debut album with a heap of special features. He clearly was confident in himself and his talent, enough to go at it alone. As well as his ability to write his on music, Jeremih has managed to do an album that transcends generations, however his choice to play it safe created an album that could be seen as boring.

It works for some, but not for many.

RATING: 2/5

Written By Chinwe Emodi-Okechukwu

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