Review: My World 2.0 [Part 2]

Album: My World 2.0
Release Date: March 19, 2010

READ PART 1 HERE

Last week, I reviewed the first third of Justin Bieber's My World 2.0, which included the songs "Baby," "Somebody to Love," "Stuck in the Moment," and "U Smile." So far, just by these four songs, it's a pretty good album so far. So let's get right back into it and take a closer look at the next four songs.

Next up is "Runaway Love." On any given album, no matter who the artist is, there will be songs that aren't those catchy single-worthy songs and songs that may not stand out for other reasons as well. And "Runaway Love" seems to be one of them. After a few listens, I've got the beat down and know the basics of what the song sounds like at this point.

At first, this was my feeling of the song: 'this song is, in some ways, kind of what I would call a filler song. It doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the song, but it's just there on the album and it's not the one on the album that people may remember above others. Then again, that may not even matter. Because I'm sure Beliebers have memorized every single song and can tell me why each and every song is recognizable in their own way.' That's what I thought at first of the song.

But after listening to it more and more, what stands out now is part of the chorus, especially moments like this: "I'm running out of time, where is my runaway love?" The hook of the song is obviously in the chorus where that lyric is located. The hook with the beat of the song is not too bad.

And on a non-lyric related comment, I was intrigued by the intro of the song when just the instruments are playing before Justin's voice comes in. That moment when it sounds like something's gone wrong and it's slowing down as if someone pulled the plug and it's turning off. It's little things like that that I find enjoyable.

On a final note, I will say this: The last time I listened to the song right before finishing this part of the review, I found myself singing along to the chorus. So I guess maybe the song does have traction in terms of catch-ability. But on an overall moment, it may not stand out as much as "Baby" or "Somebody to Love" or "U Smile," but it's not that bad of a song. Plus, it's got some pretty good R&B influences, which, again, are prevalent on this album. With the type of R&B infused into this song, I actually could easily see an actual R&B artist singing this song; it'd obviously be in a lower register, but no matter.

The 6th track is "Never Let You Go." Click HERE to read my in-depth review. In that review, I said that some of my favorite parts were: "It's like an angel came by and took me to heaven." Musically and lyrically, it's excellent. It's the mix of the words with how it's interpreted. Another standout part for me was here: "Let the music blast, we gon' do our dance." What stuck with me here is the vocal bounces, as I call them, where he take his voice up on certain words; they sort of bounce, if you will, with the vocal emphasis being on the start of "music" and on "do." Listening to "Never Let You Go" for this album review, I actually like it better now than when I reviewed it a couple of weeks ago.

Track 7 is "Overboard." What stands out with this song is the metaphor of being overboard and needing you to help me; I need you, and such: "I'm overboard and I need your love, Pull me up / I can't swim on my own, It's too much / Feels like I'm drowning without your love." I have to say, metaphors like this can be powerful. And they make an impact because it's so obvious what it represents. Even though most of the song is in metaphor, we all can tell what the song is about; we know what all that overboard stuff represents.

Now, I think the metaphorical nature worked up to a point. The part where I think the songwriter took it a tad overboard (pardon the pun) was the back to back to back (and on and on and on) use of "My life saver." Even though I understood the metaphor of that line, the repeated use of it back to back to back, etc. really didn't help the song. This part of it, in a way, took it into cheesy territory.

I hate to say this, but I found "Overboard" to be kind of a generic song. It didn't stand out to me. Actually, I think the musical beat of the song sounds like it's been done before in other songs; maybe that's why it doesn't sound new or anything like that to me. Outside of the overboard metaphors, there are some generic lyrics: "It's supposed to be some give and take, I know / You're only taking and not givin' anymore."

On a final note with this song, I have no idea who this Jessica Jarrell singer is. I had to do a Google search of her. Apparently, she's a teen singer. I found it a little odd that she's the one who opens the song and sings for a good while before Justin even starts in.

The next song, track 8, is "Eenie Meenie," with Sean Kingston. Until I did an online search of the song to find out more about it, I didn't know that it's actually a Sean Kingston song, not a Justin Bieber song. Four days after My World 2.0 was released, Sean dropped this song as one of his singles. And based on what we hear of the two of them in the song, I would certainly say that this is a Kingston song, not a Bieber song. But I'm glad that they included it on Justin's CD, especially since they're not label mates or anything like that.

I'm not going to go all in-depth or analyze the song or anything like that, because that's not the point of this song. "Eenie Meenie" is just supposed to be a fun song with a fun collaboration. It's a play on words, with the "Eenie Meenie Miney Mo" rhyme being played around with to fit a song about a girl. The girl they're talking about is indecisive, but don't look anywhere else because I'm Mr. Right.

Now that I've found out that the song is Sean Kingston's and was one of his singles, I may do a more in-depth review on it some other time. So stay tuned for that.

Now that I'm almost done reviewing the album, I can say that so far My World 2.0 is overall a strong album.

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