Tha Smokin Nephew
(Universal)
Release Date: 09/23/2003 12:00
Dont trust Baby Bash, ladies. If he treats you like he treats songwriting, hell be doing five other girls before youve been dating a month. The man cant settle down, his lyrics make clear, and his debut has commitment problems with musical styles, too. Here he is, blandly speed-rapping over half-baked Dirty South bounce on Yeh Suh!, fumbling for melancholy profundity over a misplaced alt-rock riff on Pollution, then weed-lusting and aping Sublime on Early in the Morning. Its clear his true love here is the hit single Suga Suga, which manages to be zipper-bustingly horny and aw-shucks sweet at the same time. Its boosted by a smooth Frankie J cameo, the best R&B catcall of the year (Suga, how you get so flyyy), and a deliciously knotted acoustic guitar lick.