Clarence Greenwood Recordings, The - Citizen Cope

This album starts off strongly with "Nite Becomes Day", a mix of reggae inspired lyrics, synthesisers and R&B beats.The next song "Pablo Picasso" is a fusion of reggae sing beats and tribal drums. But soon after, the album takes a turn for the worse, when Cope starts making the mistake of thinking that repetitive and uncreative lyrics give off a cool and laid back vibe. This is demonstrated in "Sideways", which I find ...
...is no real development, just repetition of the same old thing over and over again, ad nauseum. He also starts using overly sentimental clichés that have long lost it's meaning, for example in "Fame".
Overall, I think this album has one or two songs that are worth listening to, but you shouldn't too far into this album, for the sake of your ears. Citizen Cope has potential, but his quest to define himself has often lead him astray.  ... more

This album starts off strongly with "Nite Becomes Day", a mix of reggae inspired lyrics, synthesisers and R&B beats.The next song "Pablo Picasso" is a fusion of reggae sing beats and tribal drums. But soon after, the album takes a turn for the worse, when Cope starts making the mistake of thinking that repetitive and uncreative lyrics give off a cool and laid back vibe. This is demonstrated in "Sideways", which I find has great melodies and an amazing guitar part, but there is no real development, just repetition of the same old thing over and over again, ad nauseum. He also starts using overly sentimental clichés that have long lost it's meaning, for example in "Fame".
Overall, I think this album has one or two songs that are worth listening to, but you shouldn't too far into this album, for the sake of your ears. Citizen Cope has potential, but his quest to define himself has often lead him astray. 

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