in Dreamgirls (2006), Detective Ricardo Tubbs in the 2006 film adaptation of TV series Miami Vice, Ghetto in Fallout: Radioactive (2011), the title role in the film Django Unchained (2012), the supervillain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Will Stacks in Annie (2014), and gangster Bats / Leon Jefferson III in Baby Driver(2017). Other acting roles include Staff Sergeant Sykes in Jarhead (2005), record executive Curtis Taylor, Jr. Since spring 2017, Foxx has served as the host and executive producer of the Fox game show Beat Shazam. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film Collateral. For his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film Ray, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Foxx is still doing his best to reach younger listeners, but as “Ain’t My Fault” proves, he’s much better off as the experienced vocalist tweaking his sound than the old guy hanging with the young’ns in the club.Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, film producer, and comedian. Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses has its brights spots, but at 18 tracks (on the deluxe edition), many listeners won’t have the patience to wade through the morass to get the real morsels. It’s the best of both of Foxx’s worlds - it sounds current, yet is delivered with the sensibilities of a music vet. It’s one of the few times that the lyrics and performance actually match up to Mario Winans’ mesmerizing production. Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses really needed more songs like the bonus track “Ain’t My Fault.” Instead of blaming it on the Goose, he’s blaming his lust on his woman’s little black dress. This album just doesn’t allow him to show it off much. And that’s just what he does on “Jumping out the Window” and “In Love By Now” - the latter is an especially tender ballad that shows just how great Jamie can be when he’s focused.Īnd despite all that undeserved hate y’all gave him for his gospel-tinged rendition of the national anthem at the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight, believe me, the man can sing. He said, if it were up to him, he’d just sit as piano and sing. Foxx told her at the time that he didn’t prefer writing songs like his hit “Blame It,” he just knows they pay the bills. My wife had the opportunity to interview Foxx circa 2008, the height of his music career. More often than not, it’s the production that steals the show on Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses. Pharrell brings intergalatic funk to “Tease” while current single “Baby’s In Love” burst with energy, even though Foxx’s vocals are oddly lethargic on the track. And second, the hackneyed lyrics are what hinder a good time. Well, first playa, I’m a music critic, being critical is part of the deal.
Now I know y’all are gonna yell at Grandpa Edd for being too critical and not enjoying what are supposed to be “fun” songs.
“I’m gonna beat it like a drum - bum bum bum bum.” Probably the most offensive is “Like A Drum,”with Shakespearean lines like this: “Another Dose” and “Vegas Confessions” are littered with the usual “guul, yo love is my drug” metaphors that aren’t done creatively. Just look at the single “You Changed Me” - Boi-1da and Vinylz’s production is top-notch, but the cliched subject matter - girl, you make me wanna settled down, for realz dis time! - brings nothing new to the table.įoxx’s vocals sound pretty good among the finger snaps and light bongos of “Text Message” but hearing a nearly 50-year-old man croon with sincerity about how “I’m a loveaholic” gets grating. Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses, Foxx’s fifth album, occasionally gives glimpses of the good ol’ days, but it’s firmly rooted in the present.Īnd that means it suffers from the same ups (great production) and downs (horrible songwriting) that hinder most mainstream R&B on today’s radio stations. Foxx’s first album, Peep This, landed in 1994, in the midst of R&B’s last great era. Real music heads know that Foxx has been on the music scene long before he sang that wedding song to Fancy on The Jamie Foxx Show. It’s long been Jamie Foxx’s MO, an artist who loves to bridge the gap between R&B and pop’s roots and the 21st century sound. How would a Michael Jackson “PYT” remake sound over a DJ Mustard beat? Thanks to Jamie Foxx, we get one of life’s great mysteries answered: Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses (to be released May 18.
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