Bobby Valentino: The Rebirth

It’s difficult to tell what type of woman Bobby Valentino lusts after. Maybe it’s the toothsome temptress. Or could it be the wholesome angel? No matter the case, what’s most perplexing is how he intends to keep that woman during a seesaw of weak sentiments strung throughout his third studio album, The Rebirth (EMI).

Even with an early 2008 departure from rap star, Ludacris’ Disturbing tha Peace label, Bobby V. still seems to be making a few late night trips to the red-light district.
On “BEEP,” a song more silly than sexy, the crude crooner speaks of “doing it in the pool or the jeep jeep jeep,” over what resonates as a lazily rehashed Ray-J ditty. Yet, slide down nine slots to “Give Me Your Heart” and Valentino’s serenading his future wife with gospel shrills and family talk. Now climb up seven steps and his new devotion to monogamy sits dubious with “3 Is The New 2,” a ridiculously blunt ode to ménage à trois, that bumps along heavy loops of Chippendale-esque panting. But maybe he just spoke too soon.

Usually autonomy is applauded, but unlike his past DTP albums, Bobby’s first release under his imprint, Blue Kolla Dreams displays a strong lack of creative cohesion. In the past, Valentino’s mild success may have thrived with a never-play-the-prude approach to love. However a sharply lewd formula only weakens the structure of what was an already middling third effort.


The Tracklisting for The Rebirth


1. Make Me Say
2. Beep
3. Butterfly Tattoo
4. Hands on Me
5. Me & You
6. 3 is the New 2
7. Give Me Your Heart
8. You Are Not Alone
9. Your Smile
10. Another Life Time
11. Do You Really Love Me
12. On the Edge