| Fergie gets her Missy Elliot on in this Impressive solo debut from the underutilized Black Eyed Peas member. Fergie shows that she wants to take chances and on every song she throws formula out the window. Mary Jane Shows for example starts out as just a reggae song but at the end it turns into a power punk ska song with a wild beat. Finally is like a musical number with its extremely long run time and its over the top singing. Fergie even tries her hand at rapping, and unlike other singers who have tried such as Monica, Fergie shows a Missy Elliot like talent for flow. In Fergalicious she spits out the rhymes at a thunderous pace. On Here I Come she raps to the Temptations classic with impressive results. She shows that she can also show a softer side on songs such as All That I Got (The Make Up Song), Loosing My Ground, and Big Girls Don't Cry. If you hated the first single London Bridge than fear not, she mixes it up a lot. The only one real problem I found on this CD is that she never opens up emotionally at all. She plays with the idea here and there but never really bares herself to the listener. Regardless she does have many gems on this record. The stand out track is Clumsy. Fergie shows she has the talent to not need the Black Eyed Peas, but they sure need her. |
