Unfortunately there are more bad tracks than good on Princess P, and this includes her cover of The Angel's "My Boyfriend's Back", which she completely butchers. In attempting to make it her own, she updates the song. Lines such as “He’s kinda Gangsta” instead of “He’s kind of mean” made me cringe, and her announcement that “you’ve officially been princessed” reminded me why I wanted to turn the album off in the first place.
It is ,without a doubt, one of the worst remakes of "My Boyfriend's Back" that I have ever heard, and one I never want to have to sit through, and listen to again.
My biggest problem with this album is that, save for four tracks (“I Will”, “Ordinary Love”, “Dreamin”, and “Caught up”), the rest of the album is weak. The songs have been poorly chosen and Bennett seems to stumble through them rather than shine.
This doesn’t mean that Paris doesn’t have the potential to be great, but she's not going to achieve it if she keeps producing crap like this.
I give it 1/5
Record Label: 306 Entertainment
Year: 2007
Track Listing:
01. All Hail The Princess Intro
02. Ordinary Love
03. Dreamin’
04. Daddy
05. Let Me Rap (Featuring Kevin Covais A.K.A Chicken Little
06. My Boyfriend’s Back
07. Can’t Control Myself
08. Duet (featuring J. Isaac)
09. I’m So Hot (Interlude)
10. I’m So Hot
11. Get Bizzy
12. Caught Up
13. B-Bye
14. Burnt Up
15. I Will (Featuring James Grear & Company)
16. Best Friends (Featuring Ann Nesby And Jamecia Bennett)
Article comments
1 - Marko
Hm, musical tastes vary... I agree on the fact that the album is unstable, but I also like My Boyfriend's Back (the lyrics don't bother me at all), Get Bizzy and B-Bye, which I think are very refreshing. I like Get Bizy so much it's actually my ringing tone :)
2 - kelliesmusic.com
After sampling all the tracks I think "Princess P" is a sensible debut album. I still find her performances on American Idol more exhilarating. But it is great to see her finally release an album. For me, Paris Bennett as an R&B/Soul artist is acceptable. I mean, I'll buy that.
3 - k
It is my favorite album of the year. I love 'Daddy', very e,otional song, 'Burnt Up', 'My Boyfriends back', 'Ordinary Love', 'best friends', 'i will'. I love all the songs.