The Dutchess Reviews

• Either You Get Her Or You Don't

  
  By A1QJHZUUMKZYZG on 2006-09-20
  Fergie is one of those artists whose style is not easy on the ears (or the eyes). To like her takes a little sense of humor, some perplexing preferences, and the ability to not always take music serious. To define her is rather hard, but she is somewhere in the middle of R&B star Kelis and pop star Gwen Stefani. This album "Dutchess" is not for the faint ears. The beats are wild with heavy sampling from some surprising artists. What do you expect from a woman who made a song called "My Humps"? This is fun music. Her goal was not to make a political statement or to reveal her inner self. She is making a record to introduce herself as a solo artist and for the people in the clubs dance the night away.
  
  Vocally, Fergie offers many surprises. She shines on songs like
  
  Voodoo Doll- an almost jazzy number mixed with rock
  
  Finally- she almost sounds like X-tina on this song, but this song is one of the most "pop" songs on this cd
  
  Velvet- sultry with a hint of Sade.
  
  On Production. Fergie's producers went out their way to give her a sound all her own. She samples from some of the most surprising sources, too. Examples are:
  
  Here I Am- she boldly sampled the Temptations classic "Get Ready"
  
  Mary Jane Shoes- she sampled "No Woman, No Cry" from the great Bob Marley, but his widow backs Fergie on the tracks.
  
  Lyrically, Fergie is weak. I cannot make up my mind if this is intentionally or if she really cannot write. Whatever the case, Fergie gives us some surprising (and funny) moments.
  
  All That I Got (the Make-Up Song)- Fergie writes "Would u love me if I didn't work out or I didn't change my natural hair"
  
  Fergalicious- Fergie writes "My body stay vicious. I be up in the gym just working on my fitness".
  
  Velet- Fergie writes "Gold and burgundy, sink into me. I feel so warm".
  
  This album has so much appeal, I don't think most people will pay attention to her awkward lyrics.
  
  Highlights on this cd: Fergalicious, Clumsy, All That I Got (the Make-Up Song), Voo Doo Doll, and Glamorous.
  
  
  

• Words can't describe

  
  By A3116ITCY40DC6 on 2006-10-30
  How awful this is. However, instead of telling you, why this is trash, unintelligent and a waste of time. I'll show you.
  
  [Verse 1]
  When I come to the club, step aside.
  Part the seas, don't be havin' me in the line.
  V.I.P., `cause you know I gotta shine.
  I'm Fergie Ferg, and me love you long time
  
  All my girls get down on the floor,
  Back to back, drop it down real low.
  I'm such a lady, but I'm dancing like a ..,
  `Cause you know
  I don't give a ...., so here we go!
  
  [Chorus]
  How come everytime you come around,
  My London, London bridge, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, we goin' down like...
  
  How come everytime you come around,
  My London, London bridge, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, we goin' down like...
  
  [Bridge]Now As The drinks start pouring,
  And my speech start slurring,
  Everybody start looking real good.
  
  [Verse 2] Grey goose got your girl feeling loose.
  Now I'm wishin' that I didn't wear these shoes. (I hate heels)
  It's like everytime I get up on the dew,
  Paparazzi put my business in the news.
  
  And I'm like get up out my face,
  'fore I turn around and spray your ... with mace.
  My lips make you wanna have a taste.
  You got that?
  I got the bass.
  
  [Chorus]
  How come everytime you come around,
  My London, London bridge, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, we goin' down like...
  
  How come everytime you come around,
  My London, London bridge, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, we goin' down like...
  
  [Bridge 2}
  Aah, da, da, da, da, do, do, do, do
  Me like a bullet type, you know they comin' right
  Fergie love em' long time
  My girls support right?
  Aah, da, da, da, da, do, do, do, do
  Me like a bullet type you know they comin' right
  Fergie lve em' long time
  My girls support right?
  
  [Verse 1]
  When I come to the club, step aside.
  Pop the seats, don't be hatin' me in the line.
  V.I.P., `cause you know I gotta shine.
  I'm Fergie Ferg,give me love you long time
  
  All my girls get down on the floor,
  Back to back, drop it down real low.
  I'm such a lady, but I'm dancing like a ..,
  `Cause you know
  I don't give a ...., so here we go!
  
  [Chorus]
  How come everytime you come around,
  My London, London bridge, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, we goin' down like...
  
  How come everytime you come around,
  My London, London bridge, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, wanna go down like,
  London, London, London, we goin' down like...
  
  If you can read these lyrics and still think to yourself "Well, I think this is an album I should check out" O how I feel bad for you.
  
  
  

• Fergie Passes That Dutch...

  
  By A2ORMBJU6V5UV5 on 2006-09-20
  Fergie gets her Missy Elliot on in this Impressive solo debut from the underutilized Black Eyed Peas member. Fergie shows that she wants to take chances and on every song she throws formula out the window. Mary Jane Shows for example starts out as just a reggae song but at the end it turns into a power punk ska song with a wild beat. Finally is like a musical number with its extremely long run time and its over the top singing. Fergie even tries her hand at rapping, and unlike other singers who have tried such as Monica, Fergie shows a Missy Elliot like talent for flow. In Fergalicious she spits out the rhymes at a thunderous pace. On Here I Come she raps to the Temptations classic with impressive results. She shows that she can also show a softer side on songs such as All That I Got (The Make Up Song), Loosing My Ground, and Big Girls Don't Cry. If you hated the first single London Bridge than fear not, she mixes it up a lot. The only one real problem I found on this CD is that she never opens up emotionally at all. She plays with the idea here and there but never really bares herself to the listener. Regardless she does have many gems on this record. The stand out track is Clumsy. Fergie shows she has the talent to not need the Black Eyed Peas, but they sure need her.
  
  

• Presenting...the most hilariously bad music this side of Limp Bizkit.

  
  By on 2007-03-28
  Let's start this review off by stating that I am not a kid, I just simply do not have an account. Ok, now for the review.
  
  Wow. Just wow. This is seriously some of the most pathetic music (if you can even call it that) I have heard in ages. It's almost painful to listen to because of its extreme mindlessness. Let's put it this way, when I first heard "Fergilicious" on the radio (by accident) I seriously thought it was a joke. I didn't even think that it was a real song, because as I was listening to it I was thinking "There is no way a radio station would play a song that is this bad". So, you can imagine my horror when I discovered that what I had just heard was the number one requested song on that radio station. Wow, I think Fergie just topped James Blunt for creating the worst 3 minutes ever. It is mind boggling that people enjoy listening to this, let alone paying for a cd of it. In light of all this horrible pop music being released, it brings to the surface a question I have been wondering for ages. Why don't people play instruments anymore? I mean, where have guitar solos gone? Music has been in a steady downhill slide since Limp Bizkit became popular in the late 90's, not too mention all that "gansta" rap. However, that's a whole other story. The reason for this is...brace yourself...people don't listen to music anymore. Ok, that sounds absolutely ridiculous, but it is absolutely true. People obviously don't listen to this, otherwise, there is no way they would have ever bought it. The reason why Fergie, Justin Timberlake, and all your "gansta" rap sells is because those people have been brainwashed by the record companies into buying an "image". All of you people who bought this cd didn't buy it for the music, and if you did, I seriously pity you. You bought it for the image. That's what the risque album cover is all about. Record companies have discovered that in order to sell all of this crappy music, they need an image that is so overblown that it will take the place of the music. That is the underlying cause for rap's popularity. Let me tell you, if this had come out it the 70's, the record company responsible would be swiftly put out of business.
  
  Here I'll prove it to you, now tell me, minus the whole image and front this "artist" puts on, would you really even consider listening to someone who writes lyrics like...
  
  "Fergalicious definition make them boys go loco
  They want my treasure so they get their pleasures from my photo
  You could see you, you can't squeeze me
  I ain't easy, I ain't sleazy
  I got reasons why I tease 'em
  Boys just come and go like seasons "
  
  OR
  
  "That puts them boys on rock, rock
  And they be lining down the block just to watch what I got (got, got, got)
  Four, tres, two, uno
  My body stay vicious
  I be up in the gym just working on my fitness
  He's my witness (oooh wee)
  I put yo' boy on rock rock
  And he be lining down the block just to watch what I got (four, tres, two, uno)"
  (Both taken from Fergilicious)
  
  Ok, now look closely at what you have paid for. Not only are these some of the most ridiculous lyrics I have ever seen, I feel dirty just cutting and pasting them into this review. Actually, hearing some of these made me laugh out loud, they're that bad. In reality, it's all about shock value, and I guess that's what people want these days. However, the good news is, I can guarantee that Fergie will be long forgotten within the next 10 years. Kind of like Eminem (thank God). But, the bad news is, as long as gullible people are willing to buy an image and a disc full of crappy music, there will always be another one.
  
  Thank you for your time.
  
  
  

• Fergie's fiasco: Anutha White Chick Imitates Black Pop Junk

  
  By ABOTQXNUBA1MM on 2006-09-27
  OMG; what was Fergie thinking? 16 tracks and a few are, indeed, good material, but NOthing that we haven't heard before on really bad, bad, bad pop tracks. you know the ones: stuff that requires a lurid video that gets played at 6am on MTV. By the time Fergie's real vocals kick in, you're ten tracks deep into such artificially-FLAVAHed poop that you can only expect to see her next video with a mouthful of diamond-encrusted teeth. It didn't do much for Gwen Stefani's sell-out reputation, and it has got to sink Fergie down to the depths of high schoolish white trash hell. The production is sophomoric; the producers should be forced to eat all unsold CDs and maybe, just maybe, we won't have to endure another Cheez Whiz knock-off like this again. Because I buy music for office play, a really bad one gets some fast reactions: this stinker is now the office joke. It's not that I didn't see the warning on the cover, it's just that I'd hoped for substance first and got nothing worthy of a 2nd play in public.
  
  Here is the kind of stuff they'd play in those faux hipster shopping mall clothing stores, except the tracks are dirty enough not to get played, so where's the audience? Skanky, over-sampled tracks mire down any validity to anything decent. She'll sell enough to make money, but so do those late-night phony diet pills on cable, and they all belong together in the flea markets of 2007.
  
  So, mix LOVE SEX ANGEL BABY with Spice Girls and toss in some rancid Mariah and here's your phlegm-0-rama: hip-hop with dirty lyrics and enough sampling to make an older listener play "guess where they got that from?" and wonder why a decently voiced vocalist like Fergie has to sink to the lowest of the lowest common denominator. Aside from the wanker CD cover, this is just pure trash and worthy of the gag gift in this Christmas' office gift swap.
  
  
• No Stars
  By A6J7UPYUI96XO on 2006-12-04
  Might as well throw 16 bucks into a dumpster. A dozen or so tracks featuring a 31-year old singer talking about how good-looking she is. And, oh yeah like we don't get the double-meaning with the title of the CD and the lyrics to the opening track "London Bridge." Even Britney Spears has more taste than that, and the sad thing is that Paris put more emotion into her CD than there is on this one. Fergie is just cashing in on the popularity of the talented Black Eyed Peas. Difference is that the Black Eyed Peas have a clearly defined sound and it all flows like colors on a canvas. All the colors on this record run together and form one - a greenish brown.
  
  
• I guess I don't "get" Fergie
  By A10GV9VYNLIXUQ on 2006-12-12
  I'm constantly amazed at the kind of garbage that will top the pop charts. I'm well aware of the fact that not every album need be political or some sort of self-revelation (although it would be nice if people only made albums when they had something actually worth saying). But let's not pretend that Fergie is trying to "establish herself as an artist". If she's just making music to have fun, fine. But putting out a CD doesn't make you an "artist" (Exhibit 1: William Hung, the tone deaf guy from American Idol). If anything, she's a performer, but what she's performing, I'm not quite sure. And I'm certainly not buying. And if I hear that stupid "Fergilicious" song one more time, I will go postal.
  
  
• Ehhhh...it's alright
  By A200C7YQJ45LRR on 2007-03-27
  A lot of people seemed to lose respect for the Black Eyed Peas when Stacy Ferguson joined the fold on their breakthrough album Elephunk (although I personally thought BEP was pretty okay BEFORE that point). But after a while, Fergie became one of the most visible members of the group, even helping them land a Grammy with "My Humps" (but like another reviewer said, I think that song is pretty stupid too). So it probably comes as no surprise that she came out with a solo album, The Dutchess.
  
  Fergie's style on this album can be compared to Missy Elliott's in that there's a mixture of singing and rapping. Now, Fergie isn't exactly the dopest MC in the world, but she does help deliver some standouts when she raps, particularly the singles "London Bridge" and "Fergalicious" (although on the latter, somebody should tell will.i.am that "tasty" isn't spelled T-A-S-T-E-Y). But when she sings is when she REALLY shines, like on "Finally", "Velvet" and the Ludacris assisted "Glamourous".
  
  But the rest of the songs tend to get a little corny, though. As I said before, Fergie isn't the greatest rapper, and it shows on the ridiculous "Pedestal", where she calls out people that diss her on the internet. And "Here I Come" does an absolutely terrible job of sampling The Temptations' "Get Ready" (and why is a song called "Here I Come" in the MIDDLE of the album?). "Voodoo Doll" and "Mary Jane Shoes" don't make any sense (and the latter isn't helped when it suddenly goes punk-pop at the end of the song); and although Fergie does a good job singing in "All That I Got", the lyrics aren't exactly mind-blowing.
  
  Fergie is a sight for sore eyes, but her album is really only for devoted fans; or better yet, the singles are the best songs on the here. Your best bet is to borrow it first.
  
  Anthony Rupert
  
  
• Huh?
  By A38XFTT3X1SX5N on 2006-09-19
  I was looking forward to years for Fergie to release a solo album. I think her voice is classy and very talented. However, it appears that she doesn't think so... she thinks she needs to entertain 13 year olds not 30. I am very upset with the unintelligent songs on here. I feel Paris Hilton's album has more validity then this one... yea, ouch. I guess I waited for nothing.
  
  
• The rise and fall of Western Civilization
  By A3P3W761AJQL3H on 2006-12-15
  There's not much I can say about this woman and her album, seeing as how it is probably the most appalling excuse for "music" this writer has ever heard. This woman is an example of what many people have been saying about the music industry for years - cheap, shallow, brainless and soulless, designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
  
  This woman's "music" is the penultimate example of this. Nasty, atonal, idiotic, appealing to brain dead adolescents and "Tweens". Anyone who buys/listens to this music should be very ashamed of themselves. America was once the greatest country in the World but no more, and the presence of this woman and her popularity is one of the final nails in the coffin on American and Western Civilization. Have fun wasting your time listening to this horror while the East is ascendant. Goodbye American Empire.
  
  
• EWWWWWWWWWWW
  By A1H0OROZLBUMJC on 2006-10-12
  I can't believe anyone likes this album. It's horrendous.
  
  I even took it off my 60GB Ipod just so I'd never come across these songs on shuffle. Yuck.
  
  Yuck.
  
  
• Please go away
  By A2WSUPXL63TID6 on 2006-12-10
  I repeat, please go away! Thank you! This has been a
  test of the emergency annoyance and lack of talent
  alarm alert system. Were this an actual alarm, we
  would ask you to all turn off Fergalious and go to your
  nearest cd or downloading music store and purchase
  better executive pop music. We now return you to the
  Dutchess herself.
  
  
• Somebody pinch me ... is this a dream?
  By A3UYTW8GXC5EGO on 2007-04-11
  Is this album actually Platinum? Are several of these songs chart-toppers and top-selling ringtones? Is this "artist" a highly successful multi-millionaire, someone who millions of people actually pay money to see in concert both as a solo artist and as part of Black Eyed Peas?
  
  Shockingly, the answer is yes to all of the above. Somehow we must be living in a parallel universe where shallow and infantile has replaced profound and mature for what the public seeks in their musical artists. Imagine if Ohio Express were selling out arenas while The Beatles toiled in obscurity in the '60s, or if Bay City Rollers were anointed as legends while The Clash were just a garage band in the '70s. It's happening today - the purveyors of meaningless fluff actually have careers, and long and fruitful ones at that. Think of the acts that have struggled to earn recording contracts while Britney Spears, Nickelback and Fergie have been best-selling musical artists in recent years. There really is no poetic justice - but hey, the masses have spoken. They want "put your body on my body". They want "I'm cheating on my girlfriend with someone else and I don't know what to do about it - I'M SO SAD!". And they want "How come every time you come around my London, London Bridge wanna go down" and an endless procession of songs that repeatedly slap you in the face with talk about how excellent and "Glamorous" and "Fergalicious" the artist is. Too bad for the rest of us who actually like some depth and substance - there just isn't room for it in music today. The current landscape is pretty much discouraging to anyone that doesn't have an incredible metabolism or look like they were manufactured in a Mattel factory - that means that this trend will only continue over time.
  
  I don't think there's anything left to be said. There is nothing that epitomizes how far the music industry ... or us as a society, for that matter ... have regressed more than the popularity of the insufferable Fergie Ferg. Come back Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli, Snow ... even you, Debbie Gibson - all is forgiven!
  
  
• since britney...Fergie is the new Scorge of the musical world!
  By A20DZX38KRBIT8 on 2007-10-15
  Meet the new scorge of the musical world. Crappy music that is. Anyone who listens to decent music will find the song's on this album pointless and horrid.. espessially the overplayed whiney b*tch tune "Big girl's don't cry" Anyone would cry if they were forced to listen to such garbage!!! AVOID like black plague!
  
  
• The quality is evident
  By A2DFOQ58H788CC on 2006-09-22
  I've always felt that you can tell the quality of the music by how little the singer is wearing on the cover of the album. Fergie has shown her obvious talents with the black eyed peas by wearing midriff bearing tops and inserting "yo's" into the songs. If the first single is any indication of the rest of the album then we're in for a real treat. She has taken a very old and not very popular children's rhyme (very clever as she won't have to pay residuals as it is public domain) and repeats "london bridge" about 8,000 times. Well done Fergie! You've got crazy mad talent.
  
  
• Really Fergalicious!!!
  By A24N1BAS3CU27H on 2006-10-12
  This is another CD I never thought I would like, much more get. The solo debut of Black Eyed Pea Fergie, largely produced by fellow Pea and producer of the moment Will.i.am. The album title is a sly play on her namesake; the Dutchess of York.
  
  It's got a retro electro/hip hop/pop sound. Opening track 'Fergalicious' (no, it doesn't sound as naff as the title) is a wonderful example of this, as is the horn laden US #1 smash 'London bridge'. There's actually a variety of styles on the album.
  
  'All that I got (The make up song)' is a lovely soulful ballad on which Fergie turns in a velvety performance. Similar to this is the lovely
  'Glamorous'.
  
  'Pedestal' (with it's cooed 'Pedestal is falling down...' bridge) hints faintly at Gwen Stefani. Catchy and funky! 'Voodoo' and 'Mary Jane shoes' (with an unexpected punk rock turn towards the end) are reggae-lite numbers.
  
  The midtempo acoustic guitar driven 'Big girls don't cry' is another pop standout, but one of my favourites is closing track, the raging rocker 'Wake up'.
  
  Rather good, Fergalicious actually!!
  
  
• Don't hate me cuz I'm poor
  By A3N8X93KVWALNK on 2006-12-24
  I thought Fergie was pretty cool until I was listening to "Glamorous" and heard the lyrics 'if you don't have no money take your broke a-- home.' I love her beats and I've been dancing to Fergalicious just like everybody. But what's with that? I don't have any bling but I'm still a human being. I may be poor but I've got $20 to drop on an album and it's not gonna be this one, I'm sick of people treating each other like this.
  
  
• Pleasantly Surprised....AND LOVING IT
  By A2ABF0S9ZJNTYI on 2006-09-20
  I will be the first to admit that I do not like the "new" Black Eyed Peas. I loved their old sound...less pop, more conscious rap. And I equated my dislike with Fergie...the new girl. So with that said, I wasn't expecting much from her CD. However, I forgot that not too long ago, Fergie was in a group that I absolutely loved...Wild Orchid, and those girls could SING. So I decided to give Fergie a chance, since I was stung my the "London Bridge" bug, and lo and behold, I absolutely love her CD. I love absolutely ever song. Each song has its own personal flavor, and I like that. My personal faves are: Clumsy, All That I Got (I love the song that it's sampled from), Voodoo Doll, and Mary Jane Shoes, I also like the Bonus Track: Wake Up. And actually at times Fergie sounds like other artist that I like, mainly...Natasha Bedingfield and Res (check her out!!!). All in all, this Dutchess is reigning supreme!!!!
  
  
• Beyonce let me upgrade you....to a Fergie album, OH SNAP!!!
  By A17T7BN7TE0C9 on 2006-09-22
  I'm lovin this album from start to finish. I can listen to this cd all day long without skipping tracks, unlike the other albums that recently came out, ahem (Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Xtina) well you get the point it's a great album. Not saying the other albums aren't good, just that Fergie's is better. :-D
  
  
• [3.5]--She has finally sprouted out from the black eye pea.
  By A3C6CZC2JP67VK on 2006-10-06
  I enjoy some of the songs in this album. Some people believe that she's better on hooks than just being a solo Artist which is understandable but she does show some vocal range in some of her tracks. Although Fergie buddy will.i.am co-produced 8 of the album's 13 tracks, she co-wrote and co-produced much of the disc, ensuring that she's not just posing in front of a mic is averagely enjoyable.
  
  Each song has its own personal flavor, Fergie successfully pushes her creative envelope starting from a throwback hip-hop "Fergalicious," done to the tune of J.J. Fad's ("Supersonic") which is bitter-sweet, throwback soul "Here I Come," done to the tune of the Temptations' ("Get Ready") is very catchy, and my personal favorite is the "Mary Jane Shoes" because it has a wild mixture of punk and reggae. "Clumsy" has another reggae vibe that has some cute lyrics. The classy ballad "Finally" produced by John Legend is also nice, among several other passable switch-ups, along with "London Bridge" - is also terrific. "Big Girls Don't Cry," does sounds like a 2006 version of Wild Orchid, with a Taylor Dayne act which is not bad either. "Glamorous", featured Ludacris is good also but I felt as though his appearance could have been left out.
  
  Other than "The Dutchess" it's a good debut album. Fergie has created an impressive base for whatever seed she has planted that might probably be a fruitful solo career. This album is highly recommended especially to the fans of black-eyed peas and for those who enjoys dance floor numbers, ode to 80's hip hop, and infectious beat.
  
  
  
• This is ridiculous
  By A1KY3AHWUL25EO on 2006-11-05
  This album will soon be on sale for $1 in bins at truck stops across the county, so save your money. The rapping in really bad. It sounds like an after school special. There is no flow. She should have gone to "Ice-T's Rap School." Her voice is just plain annoying.
  
  Stick with the posing, sister.
  
  
• Honestly...
  By A1OXS028FKH5BY on 2006-11-14
  ...I think death by stoning would be too good for Fergie. And the Black Eyed Peas have set Hip Hop back by about a million years. Still i hope all of the good artists who they cannibalize mercilessly for samples are getting paid from this garbage.
  
  
• One word: UGH!!!
  By on 2006-11-18
  Note: I am actually 16 years old, I am just too lazy to get an Amazon username.
  
  Now that it's the weekend, I feel like attacking this "album". I loathe the Black Eyed Peas ALOT, but Fergie is the worst of the bunch, and getting her own album is awful beyond belief!!
  
  Now that that's out of the way, how many times do I have to hear her songs on the radio, most recently "Fergalicious". I mean really! "Fergalicious definition: make the boys go loco!" Wait, what was I about to say? Oh yeah: HOW IS THAT A SONG?!?!?!?
  
  Oh, and lets not forget "London Bridge". Seriously! "HOW COME EVERYTIME YOU COME AROUND, MY LONDON LONDON BRIDGE WANNA GO DOWN LIKE LONDON LONDON!!!" Any human being with cash can create this "album", as it is nothing but overused beats, voice enhancers, and stupid lyrics.
  
  If you have an IQ higher than your shoe size, then you should know that this isn't music. For real music from true artists, go check out the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Miles Davis, Sublime (RIP Brad Nowell), 311, Steve Vai, Bob Marley, and if you want something heavy and intense, go for Slayer.
  
  DIE FERGIE DIE!!!!
  
  
• what the....?
  By A1PEVAZ33YY972 on 2006-12-21
  To start off, her lyrics are terrible. Going beyond that is the trashiness of her songs and her videos. What is going on with the music industry these days? Is excessive plastic surgery all you need to make it? What about actual TALENT??
  
  By the way, what the heck is wrong with her face??
  
  
• Big Let Down...
  By A1JWHI10G8SZW0 on 2006-09-24
  If you are hoping that the rest of the CD is like "London Bridge," you will be disappointed. I was expecting to hear some other groovy, dancy kinds of songs, but most are just...strange. A few do showcase her vocals, and a few have a somewhat catchy beat, but for the most part, the CD is boring. Don't waste your money, or at the very least, buy it used. I'm sure many people will be selling their copies.
  
  
• So This Passes For Music?
  By A1Q5WIAN4YPPG9 on 2006-11-20
  If you actually like this album, that's perfectly fine. Just do the rest of the world a favor and please don't breed.
  
  
• You've got to be kidding me...
  By on 2007-02-28
  There are plenty of songs I hear on the radio that make me think "This is such a stupid song. How are they actually coning people falling for this crud?" But then I'll admit that the beat is catchy. These are the songs that barely qualify as music and all pretty much sound the same. However I think Ms. Fergie-Ferg has got those of you who "LOVE" this junk completely brainwashed. If this is "good stuff" for you, I hope that for your sakes that cute girls (Fergie is defintely not included in that category) with purchased bodies continue to wail or crappily rap about how "fly" they are and "co-write" their lyrics so they can get your money to buy their doggies bottled water. I might let this all slide for Ferg if her lyrics weren't so incredibly ridiculous. Really people, turn off the music and just read the lyrics. If you're not embarassed to say you love this stuff at this point, I think I have some cool poems left over from 5th grade that I can put to an over-used beat. I can't carry a tune, but that's irrelevant. I look forward to you peons giving me your money while I laugh my way to the bank.
  
  
• This must be a joke
  By A3VMCCYO7GZXY4 on 2007-04-27
  I turn on the Muck Music, empty-v, top40 radio and I hear this contrived dreck wherever I turn. This is quite possibly the worst excuse for music I have ever heard. Initially, I seriously (I am not kidding) thought this was someone parodying the Black Eyed Peas. And I guess maybe it is. Maybe I'm just getting old (25), but I simply can not see how this senseless, immature, obnoxious no talent excuse for a songwriter/lyricist/singer was even allowed to record her voice in the first place, let alone have her own album devoted to her personal blend of lyrical diarrhea, pro-tooled vocals and sophomoric "dance beats". This album will apeal to anyone who lives in a home which could be moved with a truck, takes the short yellow, ten window limo to school/work, and the mommy's-credit-card-wielding 12 year old girls of middle America. The record company and producers of this album should be ashamed of themselves for selling out their souls and setting our culture back so far as to convicing at least someone that this is worth the $14 spent at Wall-Marte. Welcome to the dark ages. Obviously Fergie has forgotten that most of us have more than 32 words in our vocabulary, and don't need to have our uncontrollable saliva excretions wiped from our face by our caretakers.
  
  Maybe, and I am serious about this, this is a big joke the record company and this transvestite known as Fergie is playing on the world (well I don't think the World is falling for it). Someone had to do it in this century. But please, all you people who buy this are just perpetuating the cycle of souless, cashgrabbing corporate prostitution. Don't sell yourself, or your species out buy paying this any more attention that it already has received.
  
  
• No Dutchess yet, But Could Become.
  By A3SV72ZAHH2IDH on 2006-09-19
  It was a matter of time before Stacey "Fergie" Ferguson would make a solo debut. She's been in the entertainment business for ages by now, first in Kids Incorporated then with Girl-Group Wild Orchid and lately a part of Pop-Rap group Black Eyed Peas where she's been an creative force for the band to go more mainstream. But, we all knew that Fergie's highest wish was to eventually go solo in the end. With the peas she's really grown as a singer and entertainer and been one of the female singers that spent most time in the spotlight the latest few years. My initial reaction when I heard about Fergies solo album was "About Time" but I also feared that it would be some kind of rip off of Black Eyed Peas image where some of the outtakes from latter album would be recorded in order to create a album which most fans would enjoy. Face it, The Black Eyes Peas mostly made commercial party anthems since "Elephunk" and forward and even if Fergie got a great voice suitable for other styles it became a little over-shodowed by the bands music. Now, this album was produced by, guess who?. Will.I.Am, but believe it or not, This album is very diverse. Some songs are party songs, some songs are ballads, old skool soul, Reaggae, Ska-Punk, even rock. For good and bad, this is no BEP ripp-off but it's a little to diverse and doesn't sound like one concept. You don't know how the real Fergie sounds, or want to sound when she browsing through completely diverse genres from song to song. Better would have been to just decide what suits her best and go after that. This album got it's moments but it's a mish mash. Alright, Let's rate the songs...
  
  "Fergalicious" her personal anthem sounds pretty much like BEP, and Will.I.Am insist on appearing on almost every song he wrote and produced. However, it's no outtake. This is a good pop-rap song just taken out of the BEP catalogue. "Clumpsy" a midtempo, is partly old skool soul. It samples Little Richards "The Girl Can't Help It" and some of the instrumentation used sounds like 50's rock, but at the same time they use modern videgame samples. Personally I think this is the best song of the album. "All That I Got" shows a softer side of the diva Fergie, this is a ballad and a very good one aswell. I'd love to see more of this. "London Bridge" was the first single and also topped the bilboard chart. This song really got corny lyrics and sounds like BEP all the way. It get's on my nerves even if it's funny. "Pedestral" is a midtempo, not bad but nothing special. "Voodoo Doll" is raggae, it feels misplaced on this album even if it isn't bad either.
  
  "Glamorous" is a seductive ballad, and one of the best songs aswell. Ludacris appears also, which means it could be a upcoming single. "Here I Come" is classic soul, it's another Will.I.Am blueprint and ofcourse he appears aswell. "Velvet" is a jazzy midtempo, it also feels misplaced on this album like a few others. "Big Girls Don't Cry" is a rock-pop song, almost like Pink. Infact, it sounds just like her music. This is also a potential hit-single. Reggae song "Mary Jane Shoes" feautures Rita Marley!! it sounds like a ripp-off of "No Woman, No Cry" and it also feels misplaced on this album. The last 2 songs were both co-written by her old time co-members of Wild Orchid. "Losing My Ground" is a rocky midtempo while "Finally" is a piano ballad. 3 bonus songs are feautured, The annoying "Get Your Hands Up" feauturing BEP. Metal rock, with "Wake Up" and latin sounding "Paradise".
  
  Overall, As you can hear, there are few genre's Fergie hasn't paid a tribute to on this album, which is the problem. Some songs are just fantastic and I'm sure she'll get around 4-5 big hitsingles from this album if she decided to release as many. But the problem with the album concept is that it's too diverse for it's own best. Better would be to just decide what you're best suited for and create an album after that blueprint. However, to say something good. This is no BEP ripp-off even if Will.I.Am appears a little too much. "Duchess" is uneven but an enjoyable album with many great songs, if you like good old Pop, you'll like this too.
  
  
• Fun, creative, and an overall classy project
  By AF3L7GVC6T94P on 2006-09-20
  Sure, there is "London Bridge" as the obligatory ode to oral sex... and it comes off as a fun variation to a style of music Gwen Stefani made even more popular with her solo debut. On that song, the first single, you don't really get a hint of of Fergie's true vocal power but as this album progresses, her skill shines through.
  This is a fun album. It is perfectly suited to be pumped in the car during a night drive. The beats are pretty fun and frenetic... but it is the singing that ultimately steels the show. Yes, this woman can sing.
  But, enough on just the singing... it is apparent that this woman can have fun too. "Fergalicious" the album opener, is just that. She pokes fun at her sexed up image and then coates it all in a sexual coy delivery. And of course, "London Bridge" is just as fun and entertaining. The nursery rhyme that lends itself to that song gets carried on into "Pedestal" which is a song aimed at taking down a critic. It is a well crafted song... with intriguing lyrics. "Velvet" finds her singing with a jazzy lounge flair that is reminicent of a 007 song... and it is pure class. I particularly enjoy her "rock-pop" out number "Big girls Don't Cry" which has a snappy beat and crisp, Kelly Clarkson-esque vocals. She lets her singing soar on the show-tune like "finaly" and it is then where one really recalls her days with the pop group Wild Orchid.
  Also... look for a swinging bonus track... tacked onto "Finaly".
  So... recap... pop this CD into CD player and just enjoy what you hear as she hops from style to style, delivering an album that is quite fun and seriously catchy.
  
  

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