112 - Room 112 (CD)

The Pleasure 'Room'

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Apr 23, 2002 | 1 out of 1 found this Room 112 review helpful

112 truly redeems themselves with this solid sophomore effort following their drab debut. ROOM 112 starts off unpromisingly enough, which made me skeptical as if 112 would blossom beyond the painfully boring beginning interludes, and flightless first... official track "Be With You." Very close to lunging for the STOP button, immediately I started to shake my thang to the exciting "Love Me" featuring buttery Ma$e raps. Then proceeding was the edgier and more gamely "The Only One" featuring Lil'Kim at her cleanest. Then my feelings were sullen a bit after my ears were forced to be fed another crappy interlude.But then, starting with the delictable "Anywhere," was when the album starting to take flight. Following that is the album's best tracks ever recorded by an R&B male group, the tear-jerker "Love You Like I Did." The rest of the album just became an undeniable delight, featuring other winning guest performances by Faith Evans and MJG. The album's haunting nocturnal mood makes this a pleasurable album to cuddle by the fire to, along with some breath-taking, gospel-tinged tracks making the album an even bigger delight without becoming too obvious or too syrupy. 112 sing some sweet music from start...I mean, middle to finish, and makes this CD an unlikely and surprising winner when I thought it wouldn't be. Grade: B+ Read more Less