Hi-Five - Keep It Goin' On (CD)

Mature Sound, Same Scam!

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 8, 2004

Pros: More Mature Content

Cons: Their Harmonies Suck (Within The Group)

Hi-5's second attempt is a very interesting affair. Straying away from the sound that brought them out, they went to some more new jacks. The R.Kelly compositions:
Quality Time, A Little Bit Older Now, Let's Get It Started
(Keep It Goin' On) and Video Girl showcased the young quintet as serious seducers. The only seducer was Tony-again! The rest of the album is banging. "She's Playing
Hard To Get" is a slightly funky shaker. "She Said" is a teen heart scorcher with sexy background vocals by Roz Davis, Faith Evans and Daymin Miley. Background Vocals by
R.Kelly, Dawnn Greene and Roz Davis on the R.Kelly songs are tight as ever. Now if you want to hear terrible harmony, then hear "Mary, Mary" which showcases the group at a terrible attempt at harmony. I guess getting session singers to sing their harmony lines is a positive money maker. My grade is A- for a more mature approach.

GOOD ALBUM

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 6, 2000

Hi-Five's second album saw a more mature side, and is mostly filled with ballads and light pop songs straying away from the new jack sound of their debut. The album's first single "She's Playing Hard To Get" does resembles their old style and hit the pop Top 10. The follow-up singles "Little Bit Older Now" and "Quality Time" got more commercial attention on the R&B side, while the Hi-Five's pop career remained spotty. This disc is nicely arranged and produced but lacks the new jack sound and the group members are still not yet accomplished vocalists, though you won't be too disapointed in buying this album.