Omarion - Ollusion (Review)

Wednesday, 13 January 2010 07:23 acllaim
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After making a controversial decision to leave Young Money last year, Omarion started Starworld Entertainment, and with that he brings us the first new mainstream R&B album of 2010. With a surprising explicit-lyrics sticker on the front and a mere 10 tracks, I must say the album was nothing more than a bland, boring attempt at sounding more mature.

Omarion has been classified in the "kiddy" category ever since his venture with B2K, and has never been able to truly shake that off. That's his fault, of course. He's the one that decided to sing about crushes along with constant "cute" lyrics.

His lyrics have noticeably changed right when you start with the lead single of the album, I Get It In. While the track is decent with a catchy hook, the rest of the song and unnecesarry use of auto-tune keep the track from becoming a hit. In Wet, he essentially gets all R. Kelly up in this bitch and gets detailed about what he wants to do to a woman. Interesting titled tracks like I Think My Girl is Bi and Code Red are interesting only because of their titles, and sound more like what end up being leftovers for albums, rather than strong tracks that make the album. The best song on the album is Speedin', and it's interesting that it along with the other great tracks on the album (Hoodie and Sweet Hangover) have him in a playful mood, rather than the more evolved identity he was shooting for.

Overall, Ollusion is a failed attempt at sounding more mature, and while it has its high moments, the album overall isn't exciting. 6/10

You can preview the album below. You might completely disagree with me and love the whole thing.

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written by jsalsita4u, January 27, 2010
yup yup album stunk, his previous album was much better than this....this just stunk big time.
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written by WunaKo, January 14, 2010
it was either him or wayne... rebirth was.... smilies/cry.gif
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written by Chapin, January 14, 2010
if his album wasnt all that good why is he the artist of the month?
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written by WunaKo, January 13, 2010
yea he shuld have stayed on YM, thats a lot of hype built from We Are Young Money culd have made this more successful. He will always b known for ice box and "O" imo

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