Dorrough: “Dorrough Music” (Album Review)

You can kind of tell what kind of album it is by the cover....That's not stereotyping it at all, it's just what it is.

Dorrough’s venture into music is stapled by his hit single “Ice Cream Paint Job.” It is arguably the shallow radio smash of the year. It’s talking about cars, yes. But the instrumental to it and the near-fatally addictive hook to accompany it makes it almost impossible not to sing along. So is there any other songs on the album even worth listening to? Better yet, is the album worth actually purchasing?

The Good: The whole album’s production is solid trunk music. If you need an album to just put in, no lyrical substance to REALLY think about, a couple of solid songs you can put on repeat, then this one might be what you need. It’ll cure your itch for a traditional “South” CD if that’s what you want. It does have a couple of songs that are nice on here, and the introduction to the CD (“Boy I Grind”) is about AS lyrical as Dorrough is going to get for the entire album.

The Bad: The problem is… Dorrough isn’t lyrical at all. It’s almost elementary rhymes that he spits at times over the tracks. The songs with cameos have stronger presences from the guests than from Dorrough himself. And most of the songs just aren’t….

….how to put this…

Some songs just SUCK. “Caramel Sundae” is just not GOOD. “What’s My Ringtone” had the potential to be a SMASH single, but something about it is just not appealing. And I can’t bring myself to even feel “Feel This” enough to recommend it. It could be so much better, but it’s not, and it’s disappointing.

Bottom Line: If you want southern trunk music, go and buy Rich Boy’s first album. It’s done better in every which way possible, and it’s more hip-hop than you’d expect. Dorrough has a couple of nice songs, but it’s going to take more than that to keep him relevant. Period.

—–> Final Rating: 1.5 / 5 <—–