★★★★★
Where this generic R&B; crooner won over middle-school shorties with2003's breakup hit "Don't Wanna Try," the marginal growth of his sophomore album ? The One ? shows he's now shooting for 10th-graders. And writing like 'em,too. On "How to Deal," Frankie's blatant rip-off of Usher's "Burn," hereveals painfully shallow skills: "Ho's come along with luxury. . .this isthe life that I was given." Dude, you're 26. Get your songwriting GEDalready.
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Too fresh-faced and sweet to give Usher a run for his money, this MTV-abetted soulster sounds like an American Idol winner without the adult-pop obligations. His second album is far too long on gentle, faceless crooning about the usual odds-beating hopefulness and an unnamed girl whose beauty makes him weep (rhymes with "can't sleep").
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
R&B; songster Frankie J has a voice that communicates anguish even in good times. It made "Don't Wanna Try" a hit and could do the same for "We Still" and "Be Home Soon," if
only each of these
pretty ballads weren't
so simple, and so alike.
JON CARAMANICA AND CHRISTAIN HOARD
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
I really loved Frankie J's first album, especially his huge single "Don't Wanna Try"I thought he had originality and drive and desire to go with his flawless high tenor voice. I was really rooting for this former Kumbia King to knock it out of the park on this one. The One is not a bad little pop record, but I guess I was wrong about his originality and drive and desire. It turns out all he wants to be is the Hispanic Usher. Fortunately, I love Usher, and so does America.
I fully expect th...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-20
★★★★★
What's a Man to Do? is an accomplished -- if everyday -- contemporary R&B; album from Frankie J, a singer who's still quite young but has plenty of experience in the music business. With a background in Latin freestyle and Latin pop, Frankie J has made a smooth, stylistic transition on this album, made evident by the Top 40 single "Don't Wanna Try," one of several ballads here (it's also a rather daring rip of Force M.D.'s' "Tender Love")...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
"Don't Wanna Try," a single that wound up cracking the Top 20 in 2003, is probably responsible for allowing Frankie J to bring in the likes of songwriters/producers Bryan-Michael Cox and Mario Winans, along with features from Baby Bash and Swisha House heavyweight Paul Wall, for follow-up The One...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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