Official Album Review: "The Evolution of Robin Thicke" 2006

What's that sound? Am I the only one who hears that? Oh. Wait. It's the sound of 500,000 panties hitting the ground at the same time.

Alan Thicke's son, Robin, has got it going on in a big way. The smooth-voiced, Orlando Bloom doppelganger has turned out an album worthy of listening to during a late-night romantic rendezvous. This entertaining R&B set is an impressive mix of hot jams, smoking verses and sexy grooves.

It was a great call setting "Got 2 Be Down" as the first song on the album. Right away you're greeted with the classy Ms. Faith Evans breaking it down. And the beat is catchy. It's simple, but catchy. The album's title comes into play as we move from track one to track 16. We start of bopping our heads, popping our fingers and absorbing the sexy complexity that is Robin Thicke. After the Pharrell collab track, "Wanna Love U Girl" we start to slip into a more mellow, funky type of scene ("Shooter" is a terrifically strange song, with Lil Wayne who does a pretty good job). In the end we're listening to sad, slower songs. It's a terrific album.

I get the sense that this is what Justin Timberlake tried (and failed) to achieve with his last offering "FutureSex/LoveSounds". Robin has created a serious R&B album that pushes the lines of tradition, pulls in something new and brings us something we can all relate to. And shake our asses to.

Rock on, Robin!

I give it 4 out of 5 stars