Music Reviews — 19 December 2010
Flo Rida – Only One Flo (Part 1)

Flo Rida has brought us dance hits like “Low” and “Right Round” in past years. And now he’s back with, you guessed it, more dance hits. It appears that he knows where his money is and he has no desire to deviate from that formula. While I have nothing against giving the people what they want, it’s kind of nice to get some sort of variety in an album.

If you happen to love dance songs and need that beat to dance to, then you’ll like this album just fine. But while I can appreciate Flo Rida’s hit songs and enjoy them, I don’t necessarily want to hear an entire album made up of dance anthems. Maybe that’s just because I’m not a big dancer. Actually, that’s likely an understatement. I don’t dance at all, ever. Couldn’t even if I wanted to, if you really want the truth. But enough about my lameness, let’s get back to the album.

This is an album full of dance beats and lyrics about the club and the beautiful women that inhabit them. There are plenty of guest appearances as well. Kevin Rudolf, Akon, Laza Morgan, David Guetta, Ludacris, Git Fresh and Gucci Mane all show up for the party. Maybe that doesn’t seem like a ton of guests but when you realize that this album only has eight tracks, it certainly does.

Out of the eight tracks, there are some good ones. The three releases so far have been very nice. “Club Can’t Handle Me”, “Turn Around (5,4,3,2,1)” and “Who Dat Girl” have all been hits already. Not surprisingly, these are my three favorite tracks.

From the remaining songs, “On And On” (with Kevin Rudolf) is decent and “Respirator” has a nice beat to it. In it, he raps about how he’d die without a woman he meets in the club. Well of course he met her in the club. I’m wondering if he rents out a room in the back of a club and just lives there because (from his songs) it sounds like he never leaves.

“21” is a song about a woman turning 21 (who would have guessed?) and celebrating her birthday in the club (where else?). Maybe some women turning 21 will play this on their birthday but the song almost seems creepy to me. I get an image of him hanging out at the clubs just to hit on drunk women on their birthday.

On “Come With Me”, he changes up Tupac’s “Hail Mary” chorus and makes it his own. I’m a big fan of Tupac’s music and it should be left as it is (in my opinion). His version sounds cheesy to me but maybe I’m being biased on that. Either way, it was not one of my favorites on the album.

The album concludes with “Why You Up In Here” and features Ludacris, Git Fresh and Gucci Mane. The rest of the album is packed with songs about women dancing at the club and having fun. And then this track talks about how women need to get away from him and leave him alone. For some reason, it doesn’t seem to fit with the rest of the tracks. It sounds a little more rap than dance  and after hearing all about how he wants women dancing with him, it’s odd to hear him rap about wanting women to get away. As always, Luda rips it but his verse is about the only thing I enjoyed in the song.

Overall, the album is just decent. The three singles are really nice and there’s only eight tracks, so maybe the album won’t cost as much as normal. I’d sure hope so. Otherwise, I’d recommend just purchasing the single and saving yourself a few bucks.

If you enjoy dance music and need to increase your library, this is for you. Flo Rida is definitely capable of putting together a dance hit and, on this album at least, it’s all he seems interested in doing. But he’ll add to his hits and his bank account so I doubt he’s too worried. For me, I like artists to use a little variety. He’s more than welcome to put some dance hits on his albums but I’m hoping he adds something else for us to listen to in the future.

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