Keri Hilson - In A Perfect World (Reviews)

1. Intro
2. Turnin Me On ft. Lil Wayne
3. Get Your Money Up ft. Keyshia Cole & Trina
4.. Return the Flavor ft. Timbaland
5.. Knock You Down ft. Ne-Yo & Kanye West
6. Slow Dance
7.. Make Love
8. Intuition
9. How Does It Feel
10. Alienated
11. Tell Him the Truth
12. Change
13. Energy
14. Where Did He Go

Via DJ Booth

In my perfect world auto-tune would be a distant memory, Pimp C would still be alive and Rick Ross would have his own cooking show called Cookin’ With da Boss. Obama would legally ban Khaled from screaming on tracks, Diddy would finally admit he just can’t rap, and Amerie would put out an album titled I Just Can’t Get Enough (of Nathan S.). Oh, and in my perfect world, there’d be a lot more Keri Hilson on the radio.

Keri Hilson’s earned her time in the spotlight, starting out as a songwriter for the likes of Britney, Usher and Luda. Then a fortuitous meeting with uber-producer Timbaland lead to a record deal and a powerful introduction to the world on the breakthrough hit “The Way I Are”. Now, nearly two years after its first release date, Hilson is finally ready to showcase her considerable skills with her debut album In A Perfect World. Hilson has said her goal was to use Perfect World’s openly honest songwriting to show just how real and imperfect she is, which ironically brings her closer to becoming a perfect musician (a singer so strong they can be entirely themselves at all times). Lofty ideals aside, Perfect World is the work of an artist who is still learning to take center stage, but once she does should stay there for a long time.

If Turning Me On is any indication, it’s only a matter of time until Hilson’s a star in her own right. Let’s get the obvious out of the way: the beat by Polow is sick, and Weezy delivers another censor-worthy guest verse (apparently you can’t say “vagina tight” on the radio). But even with this considerable assistance it’s the force of Hilson’s personality, equal parts defiant diva and willing bombshell, that makes Turning Me On stand out. It’s odd to hear the fiercely independent Hilson tell a square he has “one more chance” to feel on her booty - she should have slapped him the first time - but it’s a trivial complaint amidst near pop-perfection.

Overall Score: 3.5 Spins - Above Average

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Also Via Slant Magazine

In a perfect world, artists would create music, record labels would release it, and the public would decide whether or not it was worth their salt. In an imperfect world, however, economically strapped labels have become increasingly wary of putting out albums that might not recoup their investment. Ciara’s long-delayed junior effort is finally seeing the light of day next month thanks to the early success of a highly marketable duet with Justin Timberlake, while Keri Hilson’s debut, In a Perfect World…, belatedly hits shelves this week following a series of failed singles (one need look no further than a reference to MySpace—so 2007!—on the song “Alienated” for proof of the album’s long gestation period).

Was the Timbaland protégé’s premier disc worth the wait? Lil’ Wayne puts it best on the album’s third single (and first hit) “Turnin’ Me On”: “I know that you kinda hyped,” he admits, before adding, “I hope that yer vagina tight.” The track is definitely tight, and Perfect World sports plenty of potential follow-ups: “Get Your Money Up” contains all of the proper ingredients for a hit circa 2009 (gratuitously Auto-Tuned vocals, sub-Timbaland beats, multiple guest artists, and subject matter centered on crass materialism), while “Knock You Down” features a candy-dipped hook and yet another guest rap by Kanye West rhyming atop a thumping club beat. West’s gasp-filled performance—marred by loud, ill-placed breaths—suggests he’s been sprinting a little too quickly from studio to studio in an apparent effort to collect the most guest-spot checks in the industry, and the song’s cheeky domestic abuse metaphor is, at best, poorly timed, but hey, it’s already garnering airplay at urban radio, so who cares, right?

“Return the Favor,” the album’s second failed single (after the ironically lifeless “Energy”), is a satisfying pop romp that follows the blueprint of Nelly Furtado’s “Promiscuous,” and while Hilson lacks Furtado’s distinctiveness, the song shouldn’t have had a problem striking a chord at radio. The slow numbers are the album’s real problem: “Make Love” would require a much more talented vocalist to elevate it above mere filler; the repetitive “Change Me” is further marred by a tuneless performance by Akon; and the admittedly smooth “Slow Dance” is nothing more than a copy of Ciara’s “Promise.” Perfect World is merely passable, and Hilson needs to do much more than pick fights with Beyoncé to justify her transition from hook girl to solo star.

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1. Intro 2. Turnin Me On ft. Lil Wayne 3. Get Your Money Up ft. Keyshia Cole & Trina 4.. Return the Flavor ft. Timbaland 5.. Knock You Down ft. Ne-Yo & Kanye West 6. Slow Dance 7.. Make Love 8. Intuition 9. How Does It Feel 10. Alienated 11. Tell Him the Truth 12. Change 13. Energy 14. Where Did He Go Via DJ Booth In my perfect world [...]

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