I don’t like it. It’s plausible that I raised the bar too high. She dropped a promising debut album, Still, an unblemished package that was sure to ignite her career.
Is it or is it not natural for a fan to want an artist to consistently progress and offer something new. At best I think it’s fair to want to buy your favorite artist, to brag to your friends how dope their music sounds. Such raving could cause persuasion of multiple purchases throughout a gajillion circle of friends. No wonder album sales are so ridiculously low.
Lily chose some heavy subjects to sing about. The album goes from family, deadbeat dads, insufficient lovers, prescription drugs, and back around the world again. The topics are intriguing except the lyrics are like water for content—too simple. It’s like she’s talking to me. Call me crazy but I would love to hear her sing about all of this stuff, but a little more stimulation.
It’s like the “Enter” key is jammed on her keyboard. Lily sometimes it’s okay to press backspace. The end of 2008 and the premiere months ’09 has been the musical focus for retrospection. I simply expected more from an artist who is not afraid to tell it like it is, who uses her music for therapy rather it is her own or otherwise.
Some critics will say that she covered every angle but I’m saying give me the riot every time.
There are some notable lines, which are plain as day shots at the skin driven industry. Such as “I’ll take my clothes off and it will be shameless, cuz everyone knows that’s how you get famous,” a dig from her single, “The Fear.” “Back To The Start” is to be applauded as well as “Not Fair.”
Don’t write Lily Allen off just yet because we all know that we’ve heard considerably shoddier second bouts. It seemed like in trying to have a more mature sound; it buried the best of Lily. Progression occurs naturally, so let it Lily.
Written By Kaia Karamoko
