Bow Wow
Unleashed
Recensione album
Data di rilascio: 2003
Recensione album
Teen rapper drops the "Lil" and gets ill "all them bubblegum raps is about to cease," Bow Wow proclaims on "I Can't Lose," and he's only half-lying. Formerly hip-hop's top tot, Shad Moss is now sixteen, a man-child at play in the promised land. Unleashed, his third album, is part kiss-off to the past, part rocket-propelled chariot to a blingier, sexier tomorrow. An object of romantic affection even on his last album, Bow Wow returns the favor here on "Hey Little Momma." On "Eighteen," Bow Wow ruminates on the perks of coming of age, which apparently include a laissez-faire approach to relationships: "Yeah, I'm gonna ring you/But baby, I can't bring you." Young people -- sigh -- they grow up so fast these days.
JON CARAMANICA
(RS 930, September 4, 2003)
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