Nu Flavor – It’s On

Artist: Nu Flavor

Title: It’s On

Label: Reprise

Rating: 3/10

Track #

1. Sprung Rock/R&B is good, but a little too cookie-cutter. Rating: 5/10

2. Love Fantasy Another cookie-cutter track. The vocals and harmonies are amazing but it sounds too much like the track before it. Rating: 4/10

3. Most Beautiful Girl Seductively beautiful, deceptively arduous. Rating: 4/10

4. It’s On I didn’t even realize one song had ended and another had begun. Rating: 4/10

5. 3 Little Words See above. Rating: 4/10

6. Promise I’m so sleepy. Rating: 4.5/10

7. Call Me Going with the funk groove and vocals doesn’t get bonus points, but it did wake me up. Rating: 5.5/10

8. From This Day Slow jam that is actually nice. Rating: 5/10

9. Tell Me Why Funky beat that reminds me of “Another One Bites The Dust”. Rating: 6/10

10. Whenever Say slow and it is so. Rating: 4.5/10

11. Groove Tonight “Hey everybody we are gonna party,” I just don’t know if you will be listening to this track at the same time. Rating: 4/10

12. Sprung (remix) Attempting to borrow from the industrial sound while adding some poor synth guitars just doesn’t boost the remix of the album’s first single. Rating: 5/10

When their first album hit the streets in ’97, the world wasn’t yet ready for boy bands like the ones that dominate pop music today. Now the market is primed for this release. However, fans will quickly find that the singles aren’t as strong as those of current chart toppers like N’SYNC and the Backstreet Boys. Nu Flavor might be their name, but they aren’t bringing anything new to the table. Track to track, things don’t change much.

+ charlatan