Mixerr Album Reviews #109

This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review the album Forever by Bobby Brown.
From a sales point of view this album did not sell very well. It was the least promoted album in his career. Bobby Brown was still with MCA Records in 1997. 1997 was a bad year for MCA because the label MCA was in turmoil due to a bidding war with Geffen and Polygram Records at the time. So the promotion department of MCA wasn't doing so well. The other drawbacks were due to Bobby's bad image. He was known to be abusive to his ex-wife Whitney Houston and doing crack. He just needed to rehabilitate himself. Basically he had an ego problem.

Also he did not produce this album himself like he did on the previous album Bobby in 1992. He had full creative control over this album. The producers on this album were Carole Sager, Derek Allen, F-Sharp, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Victor Merrit, Jerome Woods, and Kenny Finnel.

Anyway… On with the album!! Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown both did a good job singing in the intro. I'll give them both that. Still My Thang had the possibility of becoming a single and a music video. Feelin' Inside is the only single off this album. She's All I need should have been a single as well. My Place is more of an at night slow jam. Been Around The World is a more bouncy tune than My Place. I love the drums and bass on Give It Up! The horn synths are on point on Happy Days! Happy Days should have been a single also! Forever should have a single too! Sunday Afternoon is a slow jam too. Heart and Soul is good song.

It's too bad this album was under promoted and overlooked by MCA. If MCA and Bobby Brown had promoted this right, his career would have been a lot different then it is now. It's always good to have producers on more than a few songs or just one song. If Bobby hadn't done crack, things would have been a lot different.

This album is extremely underrated!! I rate this album, Forever, 5/5*****!!