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Genre:
R&B
Release Date: 02/17/2009
Keeping a good thing going,
Uncle Charlie follows the formula of the former
Gap Band vocalist's previous release,
Charlie, Last Name Wilson, which climbed to number ten on
Billboard's album chart. First, there's the return of
Wilson's biggest advocate,
Snoop Dogg, on the uptempo two-stepper
"Let It Out." Then there's the return of
T-Pain as producer and, this time, vocalist on the feel-good
"Supa Sexxy," the heavily
Gap-influenced highlight that closes the album.
"Shawty Come Back" sounds just like the previous effort's
"So Hot" right up until the chorus, which cleverly updates
Player's big hit
"Baby Come Back" for the
Lil Wayne generation. Lighthearted moments like this rule the album as
Charlie falls instantly in love with every girl who passes by on
"There Goes My Baby" or professes he
"Can't Live Without You" by putting his woman above "a night at the club/or a hit off a blunt." The big difference here is that
Charlie has taken the duties away from his last executive producer,
R. Kelly, but with
the Underdogs,
T-Pain, and frequent
Babyface collaborator
Greg Pagani behind the boards, he's got all the help he needs.
~David Jeffries, All Music Guide
;)
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