Album Review: JoJo Mad Love
At last, the October 14th arrived and I can`t wait to tell you about the freshest frist hand impressions of the Pop/R`n`B princess, our loving soulbird Joanna Levesque that many of you know by simple and sweet JoJo. This lovely girl finally, deservingly welcomed her soul spilling studio project, third in a career row, and her debut for her new label page number at Atlantic, and filled her artistic black hole gap, having her wisdom and heart turned over to the right side. Passionate as always, but this piece of JoJo really delivered a whole new perspective of the Jo Diary, perpetuating the intelectual peaks that progressed through a sensitive, emotional and fragile human being that she was, leaving just a moddy memories as lesson scars on her dedicated, God-given recordings...
"Mad Love" eulogy started as a three piece work of art aka III (pronnounced tringle), with single sonic creations titled "When Love Hurts", "Save My Soul" and "Say Love", three speachlessly flawless renditions, everyone at it`s own distinct frequency response, reacting to soul readings only... A detailed short spiritual audio imprint resonating on the strings of your deepest emotional instrumental touches. For the main Mad Course, JoJo prepared a 15-track dish, with some hot sauces and many eatble delicious desserts. First track that introduced this album was actually a Wiz Khalifa collabo "F____ Appologies", released on July 28th, sitting on the no. 3 at the tracklist. Album actually openes the single "Music", the last official album teaser, for which Jo made an official very emotional video, a charming, touchy record, that will warm your hearts from the start and lead you into a new and even more emotionally opened Jo. The jam was produced by Jussifer, one of the many great producers on this project, who created not just music, but the whole story exactly the exact manner JoJo would paint with her voice.
Second single on the album, got my senses risen even higher, with another great collaboration by another amazing soulbird, Alessia Cara and another dope production by Lussifer, "I Can Only" will bring your energy up with a special buzz in the stomach, no matter the slow tempo, you will feel like you`re dancing in full speed.... "I can only do what I wanna do, I can only say what I wanna say, I can only think what I wanna think, don`t hate me, don`t hate me... I can only love who I wanna love, I can only look how I wanna look, I can only be what I wanna be, don`t hate me, don`t hate me" goes the main line.... Great job.
After known "F_____ Appologies", a Oscar Holter on the production meters, comes third also very well known collabo joint, feat. Remy Ma, Jussifer`s third production mark, "FAB", very street and urban like club jam. Album`s hommonimous single "Mad Love" painfully beautiful cuts through with a ballad like knife and murders every classic interpretation in existence at spot. "Vibe" vibrates on a alternatively poped like future electronic sounds, with some sick trappy transiton hit countdowns, produced by Rock Mafia, a piece where you can hear a varaety of genre imprints, from pop, to urban waves, grind and EDM too. 7th spot reserved for "Honest", another soulful ballad, produced by Jake & Coke, that bounses of this dramatic vibrance and some honesty from the main author: "It might not be what you wanted, but at least I`m honest, at least I`m honest, it might not be how you though it, but i`m not that heartless, at least I`m honest".... Joshua "Igloo" Monroy holding the music on the next track, called "Like This", hard kick/snare instrumenation bringing the dramatic effect to life and JoJo showing her skills singing about a boy that likes her... Jussifer jumped on another slow jam named "Edibles", a soft, silky vocal slides dipped sweetness of the team work creativity. "Now you don't know, what you don't have until it's gone, look through your phone like I should have all along, You've been a bad motherfucker, these pictures of these bitches I don't know, I'm going out and never ever coming home..." starts the most impressive piece on the "Mad Love" project, that pictures the album`s main theme most percisely. "High Heels" awaken my soul sparkles again with even deeper emotion. Wonderful job on th instrumentation by TJ Routon... Heavenly keyed down to Earth acoustical Pop ballad, choired through it`s greatness, intruduces the girl to a woman, claps back the scared little girl and welcomes the sthenght of a mature grown woman. Excellent piece of "I Am". Igloo on the "Clovers", helped JoJo reach another great story tellling goal, EDMiing cheerfully. On the 13th we can eardrop to the "Reckless" auditorium, where JoJo reflects on the damaging past of her young age, explaining her faults ina confession-like singing ritual. Mesmerizing musical recognition by Mike Kintish and Gray Hawken. ADP and MNEK teamed up their super-producer energy to contruct a old school dance vibe sonical image and JoJo knew how to bring her sexy vibe right back to it. Prepare your best dancing shoes for this finishing touch.... Last track, "Rise Up", slow-downed the heart beats to this commercial pop anthem like radio single with Jake & Coke on the beat again, and walked us out of this masterpiece, leaving us blooming out of these diversity, sprayed with nwefangled straps of joy, with another pristine performance design by flawless soul of JoJo.
Get the Deluxe album version on songstress official Itunes here: and keep this Mad Love goin!