Ray J-All I Feel

Koch Records

 by: Lee Jon

Ray J’s album All I Feel teaches us all important lessons about the fragile foundations of good music. Family legacies often hold strong, especially in music. After all, the Marleys and the Winans have shown us that great musical cadence is not just in the eye of the beholder, but also in the genes. Ray J, the younger brother of the talented R&B chanteuse Brandy, is not so cruelly untalented that he couldn’t make his mark in the music industry. Vocally, he’s decent enough to survive in some form. But he will likely never become a true music artist because as his album demonstrates, he suffers from the delusion of social parasitism. The first and most recognizable song on there, “Sexy can I”, is a vicious blow to all that makes R&B the most sensual of musical forms. With that one song, he has twisted the sexiness and sensuality of R&B into lustful sexuality. The kind of lust that has defined modern rap and brought it to its knees. To get a feel for the imagery of this song, picture Larry Flynt writing and directing an R&B song. “Sexy can I, just pardon my manners. Girl how you shake it, got a nigga like (ohhhh),” is the battle cry of this song. And the imagery it conjures up infects the entire album. If you wish to bombard your senses with the type of empty lyricism so common with the likes of artists like Soulja Boy, then fast forward to “Real Niggas.” The song is nothing more than a vacant tribute to the champagne bottle popping promiscuity that is the club life. The problem with the entire album is that it is little more than an extension of Ray J’s sexual escapades and the mentality that goes along with it. With it he joins the musical ranks of socialites Nick Cannon and Paris Hilton, both of whom also have albums that are extensions of their social parasitism. The album is an embodiment of what’s wrong with the music industry today. Cheap popularity is used to justify poor talent. Ray J made a famous sex tape. Now he wants to make famous music. But it takes more than sex to make famous music. It takes talent and it takes good ideas.

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