Tuesday, April 30, 2013

L.O.V.E. (Love Over Vain Extravagance) Review (DETAILED)




L.O.V.E. (Love Over Vain Extravagance)

Released 14 February 2013 
Artist: Juxx, Teddy D., J. Parish, Clone Identity. 
Producers: Ugly Face Productions, TruncMuzik, Platinum beats etc. 


L.O.V.E. is a compilation that uses open verse poetry and elegant tracks to emphasize that loyalty should rein strong over vain extravagance meaning that loyalty should keep a relationship together over sole beauty and flirtation. In this compilation Juxx and various artists describe that loyalty should reign strong and that no matter where he, or the various artists end up, that he will remain loyal no matter what; even though he’s on the road doing shows, comes across multiple females who wish to be his lady, that he will remain loyal to his significant other. Each song represents a different point in his career and expresses that at times it may get hard to remain loyal, he still fights to keep things that way. At various points he foreshadows the outcome of his completion of such occurrences and travel. The open mic poetry is used to emphasize true feelings from those who wish to express them to others and the world in a comical, yet truthful manner. Overall, the compilation is very in-depth and must be listened to extremely carefully to completely understand what is expressed in the album.


Song Breakdown:



Track 1- So Fly feat. Teddy D

In track one, entitled So Fly, Teddy D catches the attention of any listener with smooth, crisp vocals with an excellent use of reverb that allows you to hear each and every word despite the overlap. Juxx’s flow is full of deep vocals in which he efficiently uses phrasing to emphasize the emotions he hold for his significant other. A few moments later, the two vocalists overlap and continue to sing in-sync; Juxx and Teddy D successfully mix their vocals extremely well and create a harmony and continue to express it throughout verse for a moment. Teddy D throughout the song uses phrasing and reverb to further express the emotion that is portrayed in the song.



Track 2- Love At First Site (open-mic poetry)

This particular piece of poetry features a girl admitting that she is afraid to admit that she is in love with her significant other due to the fact that all of her previous relationships have started out and ended the same way, but clearly expresses her love for him with words like "Out of this world you make me feel, like a moon man running still, because he's moved me, yet I'm standing still". She also expresses that he thinks of her first over herself with the line, "How it feel when you think of me first, like when we were caught in the rain, and you said something I've only seen in the movies, or heard in the verse, and you said no you stay here, I'll go get the car and come and get you". This particular piece is very detailed and expressed in such a way that one must have quick thoughts and perception to keep track of the events that occur throughout the lines. The poem, in conclusion, is about a girl who at first doubts her significant other, although she doesn't mention it until near the end. She then at the beginning expresses the events and feelings that she has for him all the way up until the lines, "I told myself that this was just too good to be true, because I always ended with a no good man that always started like a good man like you, but truthfully I think that's where and when I first feel in love with you". After expressing waking up early in the morning on Christmas day and going for a walk on the peer, looking at the ocean, and locking eyes with one another.



Track 3-Celebrate Feat. J Parris

In the hook J Parris expresses that he has been out late night doing shows and that he can't wait to get home and celebrate with his significant other. In the hook he precisely uses sharp but clear vocals to emphasize emotion and uses reverb and envelope effects to bring forward his vocals at a higher pitch to also emphasize emotion. Juxx takes a slow flow approach to express what he has done during his occurrences in relation to doing shows and staying out late night, but also expresses his emotion for his girl along the way, and expresses why he is out doing what he is doing. He often takes pauses, along with the instrumentals to prove allow for a moment for the listener to think and connect with the song.

In verse two, Juxx describes the girl he has feelings for and states how it will end up if she ends up being with him. He is most likely expressing a flashback to express how he and his significant other met up.

In the breakdown and bridge of the song J Parris describes how he and his significant other will "Celebrate", which ultimately leads to the coda.



Track 4- Boom Boom Ring Feat. Clone Identity


The song Boom Boom Ring describes a phone call that the artist receives that is in fact his girl calling him on the phone in which she expresses that she misses him and can't wait to see him again.


In verse 1 Clone uses a bi-lingual approach to his verse in describing his girl and uses mid-range vocals to do so and also expresses how he sees her in his eyes.



In verse 2, Juxx expresses that his girl says that she loves him and then laughs and ultimately describes the feelings he shares for her in relation to their mutual, apparent open-relationship.



Verse three is Juxx again and expressing himself and his career and then expresses why she "loves" him. He uses the same lyrical approach as the previous verse.


Track 5- I Love My Woman


This track is a comical open-mic free verse poetry in which a man expresses how his woman makes him exited and happy. The term exited references to sexual intentions as well as mental and physical situations. He then expresses sexually how he feels about his woman in a comical way leading people onto kinkiness with the words such as tying him down and beating him with.... kisses. He then expresses that she has given him life and that he must enjoy it because "This world may not always be his".

Track 6- Amazing

This track is a lyrical approach to how the artist feels about his woman and takes a slow-jam approach to expressing how he feels about her. He expresses elaborately how he feels about her, how she looks, why she enjoys him, and expresses his love for her. He uses a simple auditory approach that is very lyrical and must be listened to critically to fully identify the expressions he portrays in the track. He also uses echoes in the track to emphasize significant actions that occur during their sexual encounters. However, this ultimately ends up being a dream of his and abruptly ends with his mother waking him up in the morning....

Track 7- Is Love Dead?

This poetry is portrayed as telling how love began and expresses both sides of the coin, being both males and females. It expresses how love is seen as today, and that love still exists in the world today, yet it is very rare today. It expresses that love is not about, "It's not about whom you can get naked, and about how far you can take it. It's about two souls connecting in such a way that you smile every time you hear their name".

Track 8- Used To Love You

This track is a track that just about every male/female can relate to. This track expresses a male who fell in love with a girl, but neglected what he had and ultimately ended up single. Juxx expresses in the opening part that "There comes a time in every man's life, after going woman through woman he starts to realize..." and begins with the catchy hook and vocals that express that he used to love her, and at the current time can't stand to hear her name now due to the fact that he made a mistake. It is a lyrical and straightforward title in which Juxx shows no emotion as he expresses how he felt for his lost love in relation to the girl he mentions in the song due to the fact that he is most likely mad that he made the mistakes he made.

In the second verse, he expresses that he misses her due to the fact that he has gone through multiple women and lost what he had and has flashbacks of what he had, and the difference between then and what is occurring now, and that he would give it all up to have his love back.

The breakdown expresses what he would do for his lost love, as well as state that they say once you find your true love that you will never find another and expresses that he wishes he had her back, and the ends with the hook.

Track 9-Great Sex (Poetry)

This particular poem is a very sexually explicit expression of a gang member who enters a club and talks a girl out of her pants. The poem details the sexual encounter the two have with great detail and even has a comical approach to it but ends stating that "She thought it was love and affection, but to him just an erection" expressing the fact that most men who visit clubs are only seeking sex, although some women may be lead to believe that the male cares about them and may fall for the lies they are told.

Track 10-Leaking

This track begins with a hook that is full of deep dark vocals most commonly found in the dirty south genre of rap music. In the background the vocalist echoes what the hook inclines.


The first verse fits the same manner and expresses how the artist expresses this sexual encounter and uses excellent analogies to express the encounter such as "Her body is like art, Mona Lisa" and so forth.


The second verse further expresses this sexual encounter but is done from the point of view of the female he is having the encounter and expresses a separate approach to the encounter that expresses a more kinky side of sex that is becoming highly popular in today's society.

Track 11- See You Again

This song starts with a verse that emphasizes the artist wishing that he can see a particular person he's seen in his past due to the fact that he wishes to have a past relationship again, and admits that he has made mistakes and wishes to have a second chance in order to make things right. It is in open-verse form and the artist begins with a verse rather than a hook.

The hook contains multiple vocals all played at different pitches that overlap and come together and mix smoothly.

The second verse, Juxx's verse, is a rap in which he expresses that he really wishes to have his girl back, and even though he has money and fame at his current time that he wishes he had his love to share it with.



Listen to the album here:

http://cjuxx031.bandcamp.com













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