Since it's Valentines day I figured I would do my first post on some R&B! The fact is I actually like R&B more then Rap, but I just haven't done any reviews yet! Theres just something about how R&B can go from being soulful, to a love song, to hardcore. Theres just something about how R&B expresses every emotion, and a good R&B singer can express all of them to the extreme! They can make you cry, laugh, smile, and pissed off! Thats just not something that Rap can achieve the same way. I mean whether its old 
skool R&B like Marvin Gaye & Luther Vandross, or if its new skool like J. Holiday!
Today I'm reviewing J. Holiday's "Back of My Lac'" ! This is 1 of 2007's Top R&B albums! What better album to review on Valentines Day! This is an album that the ladies love! But this is also a great R&B album, that show's the change in R&B! So Happy Valentines Day! Hope You Enjoy!
I'm dedicating this post to my girl, Rachel, baby I'm sorry we cant hang today! But I know you'll have a Happy Valentines Day!
J. Holiday -"Back of My Lac'"
J. Holday is a great new R&B singer, with his debut album "Back of My Lac'" he really set the bar for other R&B artists as well as for himself. It was as high 
as #5 on the Billboard music charts which is great considering its his debut album! J. Holiday is a Washington, D.C. native, and being signed to Angel Records in 2006, J. quickly teamed up with R&B producer Dark Child to but out "Be With Me" and set to work on his album! When his album finally released in 2007, there was already a ton of hype surrounding it! Partly because of his hit single "Bed", but also partly because people where ready for a new type of R&B singer thats more like the Old Skool guys with a New Skool twist! Someone who isn't all about dancing (in fact I don't think J. Holiday dances at all in his videos!) Someone who could help restore R&B, and get it out of this Pop phase its been starting to gravitate towards! J. Holiday certainly did that with "Back of My Lac'"! The Cd was originally released with 14 tracks, but they have recently released a Deluxe Edition that includes 3 extra tracks. The Deluxe Edition of "Back of My Lac' " is the album I am reviewing.
The CD starts off with the title track of the album, "Back of My Lac' " is a soulful smooth song. Its about all the struggles hes dealt with and how he deals with them. How when he gets stressed out he sits "In The Back of My Lac', Smokin My Dro, Sippin My Yac!" It sets the mood for the album very well and is a great insight into who J. Holiday is! "Ghetto" is the next track, its about J. Holiday's views on the Ghetto. Being a Washington, D.C. native he lives in one of the worst ghetto's in America. This song is about how the Ghetto never changes. How its full of good times, and bad times, but basically never changes. He says "I know cause I've been there!" when hes talking about the issues in the ghetto. The song is for everyone who's grown up oppressed, or in the ghetto. Its kind of an anthem! About how life in the ghetto really is! The next track is in titled "Thug Commandments". It's a very soulful song about the rules of being a "thug" or the "Thug Commandments". The rules of how to act and behave in the Ghetto, and in life in general! About what people should be doing. It's a great song to lift you up, and a very good song to listen to if your on hard times. Now the next track is the smash hit "Bed". Everyone has heard this song at least once! Its a great song for the ladies, or for a romantic night with you and your woman. It's a very slow, smooth love song! It's about him and a woman, and how he wants "To repay you for the week that you've been through." It's about how hes going to make love to his woman, and "Put you to bed". Very few songs can talk about the subject of sex or making love, with the same mentality that this one does. It's not sleazy or trashy or disrespecting to women. It's about how hes going to make love to his woman, not sex, but LOVE! This is one of the best songs off this album! Thats why it was such a hit! This song is defiantly what J. Holiday is about, Old Skool, mixed with New Skool! Theres not much more I can really say about this song except its great!. "Betcha Never Had" is the next song from the album. It's got a slightly different temp from the previous song, a little more fast paced! Its about how he can tell that "you ain't neva had it like that." About how hes going to show the woman something shes never done before. Or give her something shes never had! Next on the album is "Laa Laa" is a slow song thats about smoking weed! Haha its about how hes gonna teach his girl how to smoke, and relax. Now I'm not into the whole drug thing because there just not for me, but this is still a good song. It's about how hes going to show her a good time! Get her high, get her relaxed, and then make love to her. "Come Here" is another love song, but different then the others. Its more about the sex part then making love. He's telling the girl to "Come Here" and get closer. Its a song for the ladies, about what he wants to do to them, and how he knows the want to "come closer." Next is "Be With Me" the first single off the album. This is defiantly my favorite song. Its about how he knows that "you should be with me" its for the ladies big time. He is talking about how she needs to stop being with the other guys, and stop seeing him as just a friend or some guy. How he needs her, and she needs him. She needs to be with him, and not some other guy. He says "its killing me, why you trying to act like you don't see what I see." He knows that shes looking out for herself, but how she needs to trust him and give him a chance. And guys I know we have all had this situation before! Where you've known a girl who you should be with but for whatever reasons shes afraid to give you a shot! Thats why I love this song because EVERY guy can relate to this! "Suffocate" is next, and it's also one of my favorites (haha I guess I should just say now his album is one of my favorites!) It's defiantly a love song about how he can't stand to be away from his woman. How much he truly loves her. Now ever guy has also felt this before too and relate! About how a girl can make you lose your breath when shes talking to you, and when shes away from you! How it's impossible for you to be without her! It's got to be one of the best love songs ever in my opinion! "Fatal" is also a lot like "Suffocate" its a good track to fallow it also. It's about how he is "dieing" without her. How he misses her so much that its killing him inside! It
s about how he knows hes been wrong, and hes sorry for the fights, and he changed. Its a song apologizing to the ladies. How he needs a second chance because he's messed up and it's killing him inside and he just wants her back. I know I have felt this way before, and so has every guy. Play this song for your woman if you ever are in "the dog house" and then apologize to her. This is a great song that shows how a man needs a woman! How he'd do anything to get her back. "Without You" is next on the album. It's about how he meet up with a girlfriend from the past. How hes changed, how he wants to apologize for anything he ever did to her. How he needs to get it off his chest. How he messed up and hes sorry, because his life is "Nothing" without her! He wishes he could "go back in time to time, to the first time, and get it right". There is just something about this song that every man can relate to, even if you didn't lose the girl, you can relate to how there is that one woman who you are nothing without her! The next track is a song about how he has changed, its called "Pimp In Me". It's about how he can't be his old self because he needs her to much! The pimp in him has died, because he loves her to much! He can't mess this up because it will be the stupidest thing he could ever do! It's a great love song that shows how much a man loves a woman, and how he can change for her. How she has made him a better man. It's a very smooth, love song. It's also one of the best R&B beats I have heard in awhile! It's a refreshing change from other R&B songs that are all about being a pimp. This one is actually about a guy becoming faithful, and loving a woman! "Thank You" is the next song on the album. It's about how he is thanking her for letting him have her, and do what she wants him to do to her. How he wants to thank her for the time they've spent, and the love shes given him. How he wants to repay her by "bending your back till the morning comes." It's a love song that's similar to "Bed". It's about making love, not fucking! About how he respects his woman, and how he wants to repay her for everything shes done for him! Now this next track is a great one! It's a slightly faster paced, more rock or jazz based track! It's called "Fallin" and it's about how he misses her, and needs her back. Because he's fallin and can't get up without her! How he misses everything they had, how he has changed! It's about how he's in love with her, and he needs her back before he goes crazy! This is a great song about how losing your girl can drive you crazy! He's pleading her to take him back, because he knows they can't be done! Play this for your woman to show how much she means to you! "A Love of Your Own" is the first bonus track on the deluxe edition. It's about how the sooner she gives in to love, the sooner she will have a love of her own! "I Know Love" is the next bonus track it's about how he knows what love is, and that she can't pretend like she don't love him. How he knows there going to have their "ups and downs" but that their in love and they cant just go giving that up! It's about how he's willing to make it work, and she should to. Because he knows love is a struggle but that its worth it! The last track on the album is "When You Get Home". It's got a similar theme to "Bed". It's about how after a hard days work he just wants to love her. He just wants to repay her! How when she gets home he's going to treat her to some "Loving"! It's about how he is going to take care of his woman, and all she has to do is relax and let him make love to her! It's got kind of an old skool beat, which is good! It's a great track to wrap up thew album!
Overall I would give this album a 4.5 out of 5 stars! I honestly believe its one of the best R&B albums I have personally heard! Thats why I am putting him on the "Artists To Watch For In 08" list! He has got to be one of the top R&B artists out there right now. And this was only his debut album! I can wait to see what he does next!
Track Listing:
Suffocate
Fallin'
Artist: J. Holiday
Album: Back of My Lac'
Label: Angel Records
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Mics
Notes: Debut Album, R&B, Valentines Day, For The Ladies, Artist To Watch In 08, Top R&B Artist!
as #5 on the Billboard music charts which is great considering its his debut album! J. Holiday is a Washington, D.C. native, and being signed to Angel Records in 2006, J. quickly teamed up with R&B producer Dark Child to but out "Be With Me" and set to work on his album! When his album finally released in 2007, there was already a ton of hype surrounding it! Partly because of his hit single "Bed", but also partly because people where ready for a new type of R&B singer thats more like the Old Skool guys with a New Skool twist! Someone who isn't all about dancing (in fact I don't think J. Holiday dances at all in his videos!) Someone who could help restore R&B, and get it out of this Pop phase its been starting to gravitate towards! J. Holiday certainly did that with "Back of My Lac'"! The Cd was originally released with 14 tracks, but they have recently released a Deluxe Edition that includes 3 extra tracks. The Deluxe Edition of "Back of My Lac' " is the album I am reviewing.The CD starts off with the title track of the album, "Back of My Lac' " is a soulful smooth song. Its about all the struggles hes dealt with and how he deals with them. How when he gets stressed out he sits "In The Back of My Lac', Smokin My Dro, Sippin My Yac!" It sets the mood for the album very well and is a great insight into who J. Holiday is! "Ghetto" is the next track, its about J. Holiday's views on the Ghetto. Being a Washington, D.C. native he lives in one of the worst ghetto's in America. This song is about how the Ghetto never changes. How its full of good times, and bad times, but basically never changes. He says "I know cause I've been there!" when hes talking about the issues in the ghetto. The song is for everyone who's grown up oppressed, or in the ghetto. Its kind of an anthem! About how life in the ghetto really is! The next track is in titled "Thug Commandments". It's a very soulful song about the rules of being a "thug" or the "Thug Commandments". The rules of how to act and behave in the Ghetto, and in life in general! About what people should be doing. It's a great song to lift you up, and a very good song to listen to if your on hard times. Now the next track is the smash hit "Bed". Everyone has heard this song at least once! Its a great song for the ladies, or for a romantic night with you and your woman. It's a very slow, smooth love song! It's about him and a woman, and how he wants "To repay you for the week that you've been through." It's about how hes going to make love to his woman, and "Put you to bed". Very few songs can talk about the subject of sex or making love, with the same mentality that this one does. It's not sleazy or trashy or disrespecting to women. It's about how hes going to make love to his woman, not sex, but LOVE! This is one of the best songs off this album! Thats why it was such a hit! This song is defiantly what J. Holiday is about, Old Skool, mixed with New Skool! Theres not much more I can really say about this song except its great!. "Betcha Never Had" is the next song from the album. It's got a slightly different temp from the previous song, a little more fast paced! Its about how he can tell that "you ain't neva had it like that." About how hes going to show the woman something shes never done before. Or give her something shes never had! Next on the album is "Laa Laa" is a slow song thats about smoking weed! Haha its about how hes gonna teach his girl how to smoke, and relax. Now I'm not into the whole drug thing because there just not for me, but this is still a good song. It's about how hes going to show her a good time! Get her high, get her relaxed, and then make love to her. "Come Here" is another love song, but different then the others. Its more about the sex part then making love. He's telling the girl to "Come Here" and get closer. Its a song for the ladies, about what he wants to do to them, and how he knows the want to "come closer." Next is "Be With Me" the first single off the album. This is defiantly my favorite song. Its about how he knows that "you should be with me" its for the ladies big time. He is talking about how she needs to stop being with the other guys, and stop seeing him as just a friend or some guy. How he needs her, and she needs him. She needs to be with him, and not some other guy. He says "its killing me, why you trying to act like you don't see what I see." He knows that shes looking out for herself, but how she needs to trust him and give him a chance. And guys I know we have all had this situation before! Where you've known a girl who you should be with but for whatever reasons shes afraid to give you a shot! Thats why I love this song because EVERY guy can relate to this! "Suffocate" is next, and it's also one of my favorites (haha I guess I should just say now his album is one of my favorites!) It's defiantly a love song about how he can't stand to be away from his woman. How much he truly loves her. Now ever guy has also felt this before too and relate! About how a girl can make you lose your breath when shes talking to you, and when shes away from you! How it's impossible for you to be without her! It's got to be one of the best love songs ever in my opinion! "Fatal" is also a lot like "Suffocate" its a good track to fallow it also. It's about how he is "dieing" without her. How he misses her so much that its killing him inside! It
s about how he knows hes been wrong, and hes sorry for the fights, and he changed. Its a song apologizing to the ladies. How he needs a second chance because he's messed up and it's killing him inside and he just wants her back. I know I have felt this way before, and so has every guy. Play this song for your woman if you ever are in "the dog house" and then apologize to her. This is a great song that shows how a man needs a woman! How he'd do anything to get her back. "Without You" is next on the album. It's about how he meet up with a girlfriend from the past. How hes changed, how he wants to apologize for anything he ever did to her. How he needs to get it off his chest. How he messed up and hes sorry, because his life is "Nothing" without her! He wishes he could "go back in time to time, to the first time, and get it right". There is just something about this song that every man can relate to, even if you didn't lose the girl, you can relate to how there is that one woman who you are nothing without her! The next track is a song about how he has changed, its called "Pimp In Me". It's about how he can't be his old self because he needs her to much! The pimp in him has died, because he loves her to much! He can't mess this up because it will be the stupidest thing he could ever do! It's a great love song that shows how much a man loves a woman, and how he can change for her. How she has made him a better man. It's a very smooth, love song. It's also one of the best R&B beats I have heard in awhile! It's a refreshing change from other R&B songs that are all about being a pimp. This one is actually about a guy becoming faithful, and loving a woman! "Thank You" is the next song on the album. It's about how he is thanking her for letting him have her, and do what she wants him to do to her. How he wants to thank her for the time they've spent, and the love shes given him. How he wants to repay her by "bending your back till the morning comes." It's a love song that's similar to "Bed". It's about making love, not fucking! About how he respects his woman, and how he wants to repay her for everything shes done for him! Now this next track is a great one! It's a slightly faster paced, more rock or jazz based track! It's called "Fallin" and it's about how he misses her, and needs her back. Because he's fallin and can't get up without her! How he misses everything they had, how he has changed! It's about how he's in love with her, and he needs her back before he goes crazy! This is a great song about how losing your girl can drive you crazy! He's pleading her to take him back, because he knows they can't be done! Play this for your woman to show how much she means to you! "A Love of Your Own" is the first bonus track on the deluxe edition. It's about how the sooner she gives in to love, the sooner she will have a love of her own! "I Know Love" is the next bonus track it's about how he knows what love is, and that she can't pretend like she don't love him. How he knows there going to have their "ups and downs" but that their in love and they cant just go giving that up! It's about how he's willing to make it work, and she should to. Because he knows love is a struggle but that its worth it! The last track on the album is "When You Get Home". It's got a similar theme to "Bed". It's about how after a hard days work he just wants to love her. He just wants to repay her! How when she gets home he's going to treat her to some "Loving"! It's about how he is going to take care of his woman, and all she has to do is relax and let him make love to her! It's got kind of an old skool beat, which is good! It's a great track to wrap up thew album!
Overall I would give this album a 4.5 out of 5 stars! I honestly believe its one of the best R&B albums I have personally heard! Thats why I am putting him on the "Artists To Watch For In 08" list! He has got to be one of the top R&B artists out there right now. And this was only his debut album! I can wait to see what he does next!
Track Listing:
- Back of My Lac'
- Ghetto
- Thug Commandments
- Bed
- Bethca' Neva Had
- Laa Laa
- Come Here
- Be With Me
- Suffocate
- Fatal
- Without You
- Pimp In Me
- Thank You
- Fallin'
- Sooner You Get To Love
- I Know Love
- When You Get Home
Take A Listen:
BedSuffocate
Fallin'
Artist: J. Holiday
Album: Back of My Lac'
Label: Angel Records
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Mics
Notes: Debut Album, R&B, Valentines Day, For The Ladies, Artist To Watch In 08, Top R&B Artist!
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