Google\u2019s on its generous giving spree again; that\u2019s right, the Android owner is giving away Jason Derulo\u2019s Everything 4 album for free at its Google Play Music store. To get this album added to your account, you\u2019ll have to have a valid credit card on file \u2013 so understand that you\u2019ll have to go through and have your credit card on file like you\u2019ve done with paid purchases. The difference, though, is that you won\u2019t have to pay one cent for this album.<\/p>\n
Now, even with something free, there are complaints about Derulo\u2019s music on his album. Many think his voice is good, but the music itself is terrible. I don\u2019t think every song is bad; in fact, there are three songs on the album that are memorable. The other 6 songs or so aren\u2019t that good at all. In fact, I didn\u2019t even remember the song names or tunes five minutes after listening to them.<\/p>\n
What impressed me most about Jason Derulo\u2019s Everything 4 album is his song \u201cCheyenne.\u201d It\u2019s all about how a guy falls in love with a woman he was casually dating. It has that \u201880s sound to it that made music worthwhile some 35 years ago. Many songs today are so modernized that they just don\u2019t have that \u201cheart of the matter\u201d directness that\u00a0\u201880s music had. Michael Bolton\u2019s \u201cHow am I supposed to live without you?,\u201d among others, was and still is a classic. I was born in 1984 but happen to be a huge fan of \u201880s music. I started exploring my world in the 1990s and have an affinity toward music in that decade, but I have great respect for music in the \u201980s. I think that America lost its grip on the significance of music and what true songwriting was in the mid-1990s and at the end, but the early \u201890s continued the traditions and rules of the late 80s.<\/p>\n
In any case, the question comes down to, \u201cWhy should I drop Everything 4 Jason Derulo\u2019s album\u201d? Well, first off, it\u2019s free; it won\u2019t cost a thing to \u201cpurchase\u201d it. How bad can it be if it\u2019s free music? Secondly, you should drop Everything 4 Jason Derulo\u2019s new album because of the three songs on it that make it worthwhile. I\u2019ve mentioned Cheyenne, but the other two songs worth listening to are 2) \u201cBroke\u201d with Stevie Wonder and his jamming harmonica and 3) X2CU. With \u201cX2CU,\u201d I had no idea what the song was about \u2013 but Derulo impressed me. The song wasn\u2019t what I\u2019d expected (I didn\u2019t expect much), but it surprised me in a good way. \u201cBroke\u201d is a song about how this guy thinks a certain woman is gorgeous but all she sees in him is his money. The conclusion? Since \u201cmore money, more problems\u201d result from getting rich, \u201cI\u2019d rather be broke.\u201d While no one wants to be broke, I understand his dilemma. Money brings distrust and suspicion, whereas someone who\u2019s with a person when they have no money and little material wealth falls in love with the person.<\/p>\n
You should also drop Everything 4 Jason Derulo\u2019s album because as an artist, Derulo\u2019s got lots of potential. In \u201cCheyenne,\u201d his masculine voice that then leaps into the high-pitched notes and back into his strong voice is what makes the song. \u201cCheyenne\u201d is a song all about the heart, love, a special night the writer and his flame shared, how he can\u2019t get her out of his mind, how \u201cI never thought I\u2019d fall in love,\u201d Derulo sings. \u201880s songs are known for love as a unifying theme. Love is something good in the world worth writing and singing about, and when it\u2019s done right, the artist gets inside your head and makes you nostalgic. That\u2019s what happened to me when I listened to \u201cCheyenne.\u201d The song has been hard to put down since a day ago when I started listening to it.<\/p>\n
Derulo does a song with Jennifer Lopez on the album, called \u201cTry Me,\u201d but it sounds like a cheap tribute to Marvin Gaye\u2019s \u201cSexual Healing.\u201d I\u2019m not even sure Marvin Gaye would\u2019ve thought of it as a tribute to his own sex song, though. As I said earlier, a majority of Derulo\u2019s music makes you want to pay Everything 4 someone else to own it, but the 3 songs on the album that I really like made this free album worth it.<\/p>\n
Derulo\u2019s got talent, but his talent is held down by bad music and bad lyrics that seem \u201ccheesy\u201d at times. In fact, if Derulo could get a better producer and better musicians behind him, he\u2019d have a phenomenal chance as an artist. I provide my thoughts on Derulo\u2019s music as a 20-year musician myself, having the ability to sing, write music (yes, I\u2019ve written my own music), in addition to playing a few instruments (trombone, keyboard, harmonica, organ, etc., in addition to having obtained a four-year degree in music performance. I remember my college days fondly.<\/p>\n
You should drop Everything 4 the chance to get a feel for Derulo\u2019s album. Just to give you a taste of Cheyenne, which, as is apparent here, is my favorite, I\u2019ll leave the YouTube link below for your enjoyment.<\/p>\n