The Nicole Wray – Advance 4 Track EP was an album sampler that came out on vinyl for the Nicole Wray – Lovechild album that was supposed to be released in 2005 from Roc-A-Fella Records but wasn’t due to a lack of sales, marketing conflicts, the Jay-Z vs. Dame Dash feud/beef, and internal business politics. Only. Only 500 copies of this vinyl album sampler were ever pressed. This vinyl is very much mixed with the sounds of R&B/soul and pop.
Ain’t Nobody, Fire, Child Of The King, You Ain’t Shit To Me, Walk Right Up, Thug Style, and So Sexy should have been included on this vinyl album sampler. But definitely Ain’t Nobody, Child Of The King, and Fire! You Ain’t Shit To Me would have been a perfect way to close out the vinyl due to the powerful emotional prowess and vibe.
Bling Bling is a fast paced pop-soul oriented song with hyphy beats that are off the hook. In fact, you can hear some heavy bass notes with that edge rock sound. Other than that, Bling Bling is a very pop oriented song which is a club song full of energy. Bling Bling was a song for the Lovechild album that was supposed to be released in 2005. This song was also a demo song for 3LW and The Cheetah Girls.
Some hardcore Nicole Wray fans claim and say that Bling Bling was a leftover song from the Elektric Blue album that dropped in 2001. However Bling Bling was a song for the Lovechild album that was supposed to be released in 2005. The song Bling Bling was also a demo song for 3LW and later on was used by The Cheetah Girls as well. So Bling Bling was NOT a track for Elektric Blue at all.
Bling Bling is one of those club songs to groove your body to. This song is for the ladies to get their girls to and get iced up! This is a song to move your body body and throw your hands up to! A song to party to all night long! So toast to the good life!
All the girls get iced up. Let’s bang the clubs. Because the night is young and Nicole wants shake her thang. Nicole’s got big wheels which is drop-top Bentley 23-inch rims. Let’s head to the bar. Toast to the good life. She can’t get enough as she feels as if you’re the one. She’s burning up inside. She feels the heat keep thuggin’ her. Tonight is right. Twist our bodies to ecstasy. Hot girl is what she be. Toast to the good life. Bling, bling all night.
Cuties push up in slow motion. She feels free. Nicole has got her eyes on the man wearing a fitted hat with the baggy jeans. It feels so good. DJ, just let the record play. Let’s dance the night away. The heat is burning up inside.
The bridge is super catchy and poppish. Read these lyrics.
[Bridge]
Move ya body, body, lift ya hands up
Roll ya waist now, touch the ground
Pump real fast, check my diddy bop
Do that diddy bop (Woo)
Move ya body, body, lift ya hands up
Roll ya waist now, touch the ground
Pump real fast, check my diddy bop
Do that diddy bop (One more time)
Move ya body, body, lift ya hands up
Roll ya waist now, touch the ground
Pump real fast, check my diddy bop
Do that diddy bop (Woo)
Finally is another powerful break-up anthem where Nicole breaks up with her man she has had enough of him. This thing they had is now over. Finally is also about unfaithful men who are not devoted to their ladies. This song is filled with jazz melodies and urban beats. Finally is none other than Forever.
Finally Nicole sees the truth. She can’t take it no more. She has had enough of her man and breaks up with him. This thing they had is over now. She is walking by.
There ain’t nothin’ worse than a brotha that don’t know what he got. He’d rather run around with pigeons and his boys in the drop while his girl is working hard. There ain’t nothin’ so hard that he can’t even focus. Her man heard some frivolous his about some money and his eyes get devoted.
There ain’t nothin’ worse than him saying that he cares when his mind ain’t even there. He kept Nicole up plenty of nights worrying about if he was gonna be alright. There ain’t nothin’ so cheap that he’s got to lie her and deceit her. So Nicole will be be moving on. She don’t wanna worry no more. He had a good thing but he blew it.
Act A Fool is about Nicole and her lover (who is her man) constantly fuss and fight, but in the end they always make it through. It’s just a chance that she takes on loving her lover. Nicole wants to act a fool because she thinks she is losing it for her lover.
Sometimes Nicole thinks she is losing it for her lover. Why does she drink all the time? But where does she find the time? Where does she find the time to drink all the time? She often fusses and fights with her lover over the way she acts. They can’t seem to get it right. But in the end, they always make it through. Sometimes Nicole thinks she crazy for loving him. It’s just a chance that she takes on loving her lover.
Nicole acts like a fool while still trying to be a background singer in the music industry. Still Nicole Wray manages to make it through her days. Sometimes she just does want to act like a damn fool as the song portrays.
Her mother said she should find somebody new. He’s got Nicole changing her ways. She thinks she want to escape and be apart of sunny days. Her eyes are small gray. Nicole wants to bleach her hair. She wants to wanna paint her fingernails black. She wants to them baggy jeans that sag off her ass. Nicole wants to party all night long. He makes her mad and she won’t come home. Nicole doesn’t know what to do but act like a damn fool. She is so high on his love. She wants some sunny days.
Act A Fool is an upbeat soul song with a fast tempo making the pace very uptempo. The song is upbeat as a typical Nicole Wray song usually is. The song has both a Spanish flair and Latin music flair to it due to the rhythmic guitar used and Spanish flamenco beats. You will love the Spanish/Latin rhythmic guitar used on this song. Upbeat and uptempo are two words that can best describe this song.
Sound quality for the song Act A Fool is fairly low but good enough for you to enjoy at home or traveling on the road. Act A Fool has a low production sound and vibe to it. The beats compensate for the low quality audio.
The song uses some catchy memorable lyrics in the chorus which go as follows.:
[Chorus]
I wanna bleach my hair
I wanna paint my fingernails black
I wanna wear them baggy jeans that sag off my ass like
I wanna party all night long
You make me mad and I won’t come home
I don’t know what to do
But act like a damn fool
Where I’m From is a sad heartfelt song about where Nicole Wray is from. The song has a sad bluesy feeling overall. Nicole has a bluesy touch and feel in her vocals for this song. That is why Where I’m From will remind you of a sad Blues song. Honestly this was a good way to close out the vinyl due to the slow trodden sad mournful mood in the production and sound.
Nicole Wray came from an area where crime and poverty was commonplace. Nicole didn’t exactly come from a middle class upbringing. She grew up in the projects. Nicole Wray is from the slums.
The area Nicole Wray is from is where people ain’t got no money and people look real funny. Dogs roam behind each other because they have no shelter or home. Young guys on the corner be pushin’ real hard from Monday to Sunday regardless of the legality of the product or not. Whether it’s legal or illegal. People ain’t got no money but they all have a lot of love to share and give with each other. Nicole came from the streets. She doesn’t come from a wealthy family.
I rate this EP 5/5*****!!
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