Until now, R&B crooner Joe has best been known for his spotlight work on Mariah
Carey's "Thank God I Found You." His third and latest record is one of those
frisky, smoldering R&B romance records that emphasizes the singer's
Way With the Ladies. Joe is full of sultry, Barry White-like bravado and
high-profile cameos: Carey shows up for a remix of "Thank God," and 'NSync
makes an appearance on the record's finest track,
"I Believe in You." Neither act does much to raise the level of musical
discourse: The record's reliance on female background moaning is frankly
a cheesy framing device that went out with Keith Sweat.
It's unclear just what put the unnamed women of Joe into such a froth
-- and probably better not to imagine -- but it's a safe bet that
it wasn't lyrics like "My name is Joe / Please don't go.
" As a swordsman, Joe may be just fine; as a lyricist, he's going to
have to do better.
Allison Stewart
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