Does Block B have a chance to achieve the commercial success of Big Bang ? Probably not but only because Block B tries too hard to be Big Bang when instead they should realise the obvious truth that they have nothing in common with them. Even more, I dare say I find them far more appealing as a group and with an immense quantity of potential just waiting to be put to use. I honestly have to admit I have a thing for them. Let’s call it a genuine maternal affection for now. These kids managed to impress me with their debut perdormance of Wanna B and somehow worked their magic even more convincingly once I listened to all of the tracks on New Kids
This behaviour is unacceptable!
On The Block. We still have a love hate-relationship due to their annoying decision to stay inside the kpop playground. In there they have nothing new to offer and what’s worse, have nothing to learn and in no way will they evolve if they’ll keep trying so hard to tame themselves enough to please the mainstream pop lovers.
Most of the guys have interesting backgrounds having been highly active on underground stages. This gives them such an important boost ahead of other newbies to the art of performance. The underground lends you a hand by putting you an inch far from you audience and in full control of their attention. The level of intimacy you are able to attain, and I’m definitely not talking in here about getting to 3rd base with a bunch of groupies, depends mostly on your charisma. TV performances are definitely not the equivalent of concerts.
I really love the fact that each of the boys comes forth with an original rap or singing style. A perfect showcase of their skills is the actual first track on the album, Halo, and one of my personal favourites. Instead of promoting Tell Them , a no tight choreography live performance of this song on music programs would have been epic. My problem with Tell Them are the chorus and the instrumental parts. The rapping is heartwarming, especially the pre-chorus, but then we get to that sickening sweetness of the chorus that’s nothing but a big disappointment.
One could say that U Hoo Hoofollows that same kpop recipe but I think it has the potential to be a good pop song. It hasn’t the most
Yo Zico, stop playing cute!
appealing beginning but I do like the chorus. Right from the I Love Youuu part it gets a lot better.
In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Geesh, why on Earth would you put such a strange line at the beginning of you song ??? Wanna B doesn’t really belong to this album since it’s more of an intro track, but I guess they had no other choice since it is their most popular song. Freeze, probably their best pop song, made me grew very fond of their cute lead vocalist.
Is It Only Me ?, a mellow rap-dance song, is a pleasant surprise and my personal favourite.
As a conclusion : the boys should stick more to their strong rapping and forget about any popsy influences. The two options they have are either stick to being considered a kpop band but try not to conform themselves to its dumb rules, or dream higher.
Final rating : 8.8/10
What the hell happen to my boy Zico ? He went from this...
to this ( still cool )
...to rhis !! Kpop takes the fun out of people...
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