Back of My Lac

Finally a real R&B album is released. It's been way too long. The only weak song is "Laa Laa". Other than that, I can listen to it all the way through.

The first time I remember hearing of Nahum Grymes (better known as J. Holiday) was on this stupid MIMS song called "Girlfriend's Favorite MC". He has since become the latest addition to the R&B thug era. Even so, I must admit that he does it a little better than some of the other proponents (Ray J; Pretty Ricky; The-Dream). But that still doesn't say much about his debut album Back of My Lac'.

Not to keep bringing The-Dream up so much, but I was all set to compare J. to him because they have a lot of things in common: they're both trying to be that thug, most of their songs are ridiculously raunchy, and they both refuse to give up their ages (and you can tell Dream had something to do with "Bed" because of the "ey-ey-ey" part). But the reason why J. is more tolerable than Dream is that J. actually can sing. Still, he's a little too sleazy, and many of the songs are club tracks that go nowhere, especially the first three (the title track, "Ghetto" and "Thug Commandments").

And then you have "Laa Laa", which is hard to relate to because it's telling his girl how to get high like him. Then, of course, there are raunchy numbers like the corny "Come Here" and the statutory "Betcha Never Had"; and sorry, but "Bed" is annoying. Another concern is "Thank You", where the chorus starts off fine with: "I wanna thank you for the time we spent" but then it goes into "To show my appreciation I wanna bang your back until the morning comes `round."

The only songs I can really stand on here are "Suffocate", "Fatal" and the final track, "Fallin'". One more thing, since "lac" is broken off from the END of "Cadillac", the apostrophe should be at the beginning of it, not the end. All spelling lessons aside, if you're a 21-year-old woman and/or you watch 106 & Park religiously, J. Holiday's album is for you; otherwise, leave it alone.

Anthony Rupert

This complact disc is AWESOME! I have enjoyed listening to this R&B CD time and time again. It has earned it's place as one of my favorites in my 6-CD Changer. I thought this was simply another Rap CD, but I was so wrong. Most of the tracks are smooth, rhythmic, and relaxing. This is a CD that can be enjoyed in many settings from relaxing, to romantic, to a nice drive enroute to anywhere. AWESOME!

Really good CD. I like everything song. Can listen to the CD straight through. Can't wait for his sophomore album.

I love the cd from beginning to end. I love J. holliday's voice and the lyrics are great! This is a very good cd. Most of the song lyrics have a message. This is more like a r & b soul album. This album has alot of soul.