Real Talk

Real Talk

"Just trying to keep it real," Dave Hollister vows in the middle of Real Talk's title track. Though the former Blackstreet member's fourth solo album deals in a fair amount of clichÂ©s--the first few cuts seemingly break all records for use of the word "ghetto" as both noun and adjective--he does seem to be telling his own story. Much of the rest of the material is quiet-storm stuff of varying quality, though "Winning With You" has a, yes, winning chorus hook and "Karma" depicts our man as a two-timer convinced he'll get away with it. Hollister seems most impassioned, however, on the opening "Big Payback," where he goes off on at least one record-industry foe who apparently kept him from getting his own. Perhaps a little inside-baseball, but also an intriguing direction that's more real than those of many recent R&B discs. --Rickey Wright
Country USA
Brand UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer DRWR
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 6.00E+11
Model 6.00E+11
UnitCount 1
UPCs 600445050068
EANs 0600445050068
ReleaseDate 2003-11-11

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