Few artists have have been blessed with a voice that captures the attention of audiences from nearly every walk of life. Fortunately for R&B songwriter Robin Thicke, he has just that. In recent years, Thicke has been linked to projects ranging from playing piano on Usher's "Love In This Club" to writing and producing Lil Wayne's "Tie My Hands" and Jennifer Hudson's "Giving Myself". Following the success of two studio albums, The Evolution of Robin Thicke and Something Else, much was expected of Robin Thicke's forthcoming 4th studio album. Realizing this, Robin went in with a fresh and a completely free mind. From his deliberations we get Sex Therapy.
The album opens with a brief introduction to set the scene for the album. With this album, Thicke decides to assume the role of an expert on what the ladies want and has his "assistant" welcome you into his office. From there he opens with "Mrs. Sexy" where Thicke describes his techniques of luring in a new lady through his charm and conversation. From there we get into the extra explicit side of Robin with the title track "Sex Therapy" produced by Polow Da Don. The sensual nature of the track leaves no doubt in listeners minds exactly what is meant by the title and is sure to be on many late night mix CDs for years to come. Following this, the album takes a turn and goes into a more up-tempo, playful sound but does not lose it's sexual nature. The album then continues on this wave-like pattern that is comparable to any great sexual encounter. It appears that he attempts to cover every aspect of sex from the slow and sensual, to the fun nature of foreplay, to the rough and physical nature of that prime-time action! Definitely a must have for anyone expecting company with "interactive" intentions.
I find Sex Therapy to be a really good album. Although it more than likely will not reach the success of The Evolution of Robin Thicke, this does not diminish the quality of the album. Of the 18 tracks on the deluxe edition entitled "The Experience", I like the bulk of them and maybe 3 or 4 tracks could potentially be singles. Here is the break-down:
Production: 4 out of 5
Concept: 4 out of 5
Lyrics: 4 out of 5
Re-playability: 3 out of 5
Features: 3 out of 5
Overall: 3.6 out of 5
Track Listing:
01. 911
02. Mrs. Sexy
03. Sex Therapy [Polow Da Don]
04. Meiple featuring Jay-Z [Pro-Jay and Robin Thicke (Co-Produced by Jeff Bhasker)
05. Make U Love Me [Rich Skillz]
06. It's In The Mornin featuring Snoop Dogg [Teddy Riley]
07. Shakin' It 4 Daddy featuring Nicki Minaj [Polow Da Don]
08. Elevatas featuring Kid Cudi
09. Start With A Kiss
10. Rollacoasta featuring Estelle
11. Million Dolla Baby featuring Jazmine Sullivan
12. 2 Luv Birds [Dre & Vidal]
13. I Got U
14. Jus Right
15. Mona Lisa
16. Brand New Luv
17. Diamonds featuring Game
18. Sex Therapy Remix featuring Ludacris
Sex Therapy
Meiplé Studio Session
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