| Ryan Cabrera, "Take It All Away" Review
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Having Joe Simpson as your manager is both a curse and a blessing. On the one hand, he’s turned his two daughters into huge recording stars and is likely to do the same for you. At the same time, while Simpson’s daughters are major celebrities, their music isn’t regarded as anything more than run-of-the-mill fluff. Ryan Cabrera’s “Take It All Away” epitomizes this paradox.
Unlike the Simpson girls, Cabrera actually has a shred of talent, but aside from his hit single, “On the Way Down”, his music is too lightweight and superficial to be taken seriously. So many of his songs are regrettably characteristic of the manipulative cookie cutter nature of the recycled music that pollutes much of mainstream radio. While his music may swoon a core audience of teenage girls, most everyone else will moan at the manufactured sound he presents. He sings about love and relationships in such a meaningless matter that he almost makes Justin Timberlake seem like a lyrical poet.
With his pitiful lyrics and annoyingly predictable instrumental formulas, Cabrera fails to provide listeners with any semblance of a unique artistic voice. Although “Take It All Away” is producing healthy sales for his label, it doesn’t change the fact that the disc is a musical train wreck.
Overall Grade: D+
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