Monday, November 3, 2014

Mixerr Album Reviews #343

This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review Nicole Wray - Advance 4 Track EP  from 2004. This Advance 4 Track EP was an album sampler that came out on vinyl for the Lovechild album that was supposed to be released in 2005 from Rocafella Records but wasn't. This vinyl is very much mixed with Rock, Pop, and Blues sounds.


Bling Bling is one of those club songs to groove your body to. This song is for the ladies to get their girls to and get iced up! This is a song to move your body body and throw your hands up to! A song to party to all night long! Bling Bling is a fast paced pop-soul oriented song with hyphy beats that are off the hook. In fact, you can hear some heavy bass notes with that edge rock sound. Other than that, Bling Bling is a very pop oriented song. 

Some hardcore Nicole Wray fans claim and say that Bling Bling was a leftover song from the Elektric Blue album that dropped in 2001 but in reality was a song for the Lovechild album that was supposed to be released in 2005. This song was also a demo song for 3LW and The Cheetah Girls. So Bling Bling was NOT a track for Elektric Blue at all. So toast to the good life!


Act A Fool is a low production song that has a Spanish flamenco beat to it as a typical Nicole Wray song would have. I love the Spanish/Latin rhythmic guitar used on this track. Still Nicole Wray manages to make it through her days. Sometimes she just does want to act like a damn fool as the song portrays.

Where I'm From is a sad heartfelt song about where Nicole Wray is from. Nicole Wray is from the slums. The area Nicole Wray is from is where people ain't got no money and people look real funny. Dogs roam behind each other because they have no shelter or home. Young guys on the corner be pushin' real hard from Monday to Sunday regardless of the legality of the product or not. Whether it's legal or illegal. But they all have a lot of love to share and give with each other. Where I'm From will remind you of a sad Blues song. You will think of Rock and Blues when you listen to Where I'm From.


Ain't Nobody, Fire, and So Sexy should have been included on this vinyl. But definitely Ain't Nobody and Fire.

I rate this EP, Nicole Wray - Advance 4 Track EP, 4/5****.

2 comments:

  1. GREAT REVIEW! 5 out of 5 stars! :)

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    1. Thank you kind person. I love doing great reviews for journalism. This advanced DJ copy vinyl should have had more songs similar to how the Elektric Blue album sampler did.

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