Now I understand why ‘Falling Anthem’, the first single off Bad Boy Bill’s first full-length artist album The Album, was released and marketed with so much energy: it is the undeniable highlight of an album characterized by C-average house music. ‘Falling Anthem’ gets an A for its passion and dynamics, most notably a beautiful vocal track by singer-producer Alyssa Palmer.

The remaining ten tracks however are a rather insipid bunch. Structured around either a guitar ripping some distorted power chords or a Daft Punk-modeled synth, each track offers very little progression or distinction, one track merging insignificantly into the next. ‘Fast Life’ could be a Boyz Noise B-side. ‘Don’t Stop’ could be Daft Punk anthem ‘Technologic’s bastard cousin. Frankly, it seems Bad Boy Bill could not make up his mind on The Album. I normally applaud artists for experimenting with new sound, crossing the perimeters of genres, and the like, but The Album lacks cohesiveness.

There is no denying Bad Boy Bill has the chops of a world-class DJ: a simple glance at his r’sum’ confirms this. However one would expect more out of the man who notoriously blows crowds’ minds on a nightly basis. It May be his first full-length artist album, but this should not excuse the quality we are familiar with in Bad Boy Bill.

RELATED POSTS:

No related posts.