4275

After releasing a series of mixtapes and signing to Cash Money, Atlanta R&B singer Jacquees is ready to break out. His debut studio album, *4275*, is a reference to his boyhood home address. It showcases a voice that\'s suited for the pew, but its party-and-sex themes are strictly for the club and bedroom. Just listen to “Studio” to hear his buttery midrange hit Usher-strength levels of expressiveness. He\'s confident enough to hold his own alongside heavyweights like Chris Brown (“All My Life”) and Trey Songz (“Inside”). (On the latter, he sings with a rapper\'s cadence and stays firmly in the pocket.) And, as a bonus, new-school ATL meets old school as Jacquees gets down with late-\'90s So So Def icons Jagged Edge on “Special.”

The 24-year-old Cash Money singer upcycles ’90s R&B hits on an album of charmingly naughty sex jams—but his referential style is more than just a schtick.

Jacquees, a talented singer, possesses one of the great tones in R&B but he doesn't do enough with it on '4275' album.

Jacquees doesn’t give us much reason why we should be so attracted to him.