Robin Thicke’s new album is fresh

Got a chance to preview Robin Thicke’s new record Something Else last night, and it sounded damn good. Sonically, the album seems to pick up where The Evolution Of Robin Thicke left off, but he adds more touches of rock and funk to the mix, and more instrumentation/musicality overall. This isn’t a straight-up R&B album at all – there are a couple of bluesy, upbeat rock joints on the album and Thicke continues to show his range as a songwriter/arranger. Two other things I remember specifically – all of the drums on the record sounded REALLY good, and the horns on the first single “Magic” reminded me of some triumphant Jay-Z/Just Blaze shit. Definitely looking forward to hearing Something Else again when it hits stores.