|
|
|
|
PopMatters home | short takes home | archives
PopMatters Music Short Takes
our brief reviews of new releases
 e-mail
print
comment
15 October 2003
trin-i-tee 5:7, the kiss (Gospocentric)
This is the third album from the New Orleans gospel trio and it's pretty much business as usual: R&B/pop with religious lyrics and three rather better than average (some striking contralto tones) female singers. The songwriting is adequate, in a way that most current pop/R&B songwriting is adequate, and, with production in the hands of a host of respected Rhythm and Praise producers, the whole package is purposeful, slick and slightly predictable. There is a strong modern soul stepper in "Dance Like Sunday", some bouncy R&B jams ("What He Wants" the best, "Holla" risibly bad) , some worthy testifying ("Lord"), a brave and accomplished re-working of "People Get Ready", and rather too many earnest ballads. If the material matched the considerable vocal aplomb that the group have now developed, then the album could have thrown up a couple of true classics. As it is, The Kiss will serve its target audience -- young Christians brought up on Destiny's Child and MTV -- well. Parts will also appeal to soul fans, for the quality of some of the performances, and R&B radio can slip a few tracks in without worrying too much about the religious lyrics, which are overt but never forced or awkward. Nothing staggering, just a competent and pretty enjoyable example of a currently very popular sub-genre.
— Maurice Bottomley
.: posted by Editor 11:05 AM
|
|
|
|
|
