Nothing But The Beat Review

Recently I made a quick spur of the moment decision to purchase David Guetta's new album titled Nothing But The Beat. 14 tracks for around $8 why not? Here are my thoughts on each song, guest starring every current top 100 star to graze the top of the charts.

Track 1: Where Them Girls At (feat. Nicki Minaj &Flo Rida)
This track proved hard to review, seeing as it has been played multiple times on the radio before the release of this album. Overall it maintains its catchy beat, even as I write this I am tapping my foot. Lyrics paint a good story, nothing that would be on Oprah's book club, but still catchy enough to sing along to.

Track 2: Little Bad Girl (feat. Taio Cruz &Ludacris)
Yet another catchy beat, great use of synth as always. Again difficult to review, seeing as it is played on the radio a lot, but not overplayed in my opinion. Taking a closer listen to the lyrics, again it isn't a Pulitzer, but instead good to sing along with at the club. Well the chorus at least, when Ludacris enters, I tend to only be able to pick up a few words here and there.

Track 3: Turn Me On (feat. Nicki Minaj)
She starts off taking about a doctor, which works for the song and then suddenly hit the chorus hard. And by hit the chorus hard I mean by hitting it with a chipmunk. A very talented chipmunk mind you, it just seems to be a bit higher than the rest of the song. Parts of the song remind me more of Cascada's voice than Ms. Minaj's. Oh and the more "rap" portion is lacking. And the song ends too abruptly, it could hold out another 30 seconds and it would sound better. So far though, if you played this album at a party, it wouldn't have even crossed my mind that it was an album at all.

Track 4: Sweat (Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta) [Remix]
This song could easily rise up and become a club/party favorite with it's catchy beat, simple lyrics and relatability to those who are at the clubs/parties. "I wanna make you sweat" surely has a different meaning behind it, but have you been to a club/party and not sweated like a pig?

Track 5: Without You (feat. Usher)
Hearing this song from the beginning makes me feels as if this is a U2 remix, this version doesn't seem to stray too far from each other. And then the more older "Daft Punk" feel kicks in and takes things up a notch for a couple of seconds. And then right back to piano, which works, and brings a slow transition back into the "Daft Punk" feel again by adding different layers every couple of seconds. As for lyrics, they are lacking in quantity, but easily open the world up for imagination.

Track 6: Nothing Really Matters (feat. will.i.am)
Hearing the start of this song makes me wonder if the middle of this album is just a slow ballad, but then I'm quickly surprised when it starts to pick up, but doesn't walk too far from the ballad feel. The only part of the song that feels like it could be out of place is the bass that hits for a couple of seconds, but it work out well in the end. I think this song proves that "Nothing really matters in the club, but the beat", which sadly might have been a main reason why I went to clubs before, For the music. Is that such a crime?

Track 7:   I Can Only Imagine (feat. Chris Brown &Lil Wayne)
Maybe one of my new favorite songs right here, but "I Can Only Imagine" that they could take Weird Al and have him this sing this song, and nobody would know the difference. Minus the accordion of course. Another great use of the piano with this song, as has been used in other tracks on this album as well. This song has to have used up the rest of the albums auto-tune though, they applied more than a daily dose of it here.

Track 8: Crank It Up (feat. Akon)
Ok I lied, this should be the single song at the top of the dance charts. I could see myself walking into a club asking to hear this song more than once in the night. This song could easily be overplayed into nothingness if radio DJ's aren't careful. Now I don't know if there is a music video for this song yet or not, but I envision Akon walking up to a very average looking girl and seeing her inner beauty pouring out of her, and then super slow motion where everybody is dancing around them while they stare into each others eyes. Was I the only one to see that? Hmm...

Track 9 : I Just Wanna F. (Timberland & Dev)
Now it may just be me, but there is too much going on in this track to really enjoy it, at all. I can't even begin to describe this song at all, but at least there are more lyrics than the other songs. Granted I can't truly understand these lyrics, but they are there. The funniest line in this song has to be about the teacher where the kid doesn't want an "A", instead he wants an "F". Now no kid will understand what they are talking about, but why would they be listening to this in the first place?

Track 10: Lunar (David Guetta and Afrojack)
Despite this being a song by David Guetta and Afrojack, it feels as if it was written as a combo project between Daft Punk and deadmau5. That being said, I feel as if I jumped onto the Grid in Tron, into the middle of the best race of all time. Warning: Do Not drive while listening to this song, you will feel like a lightcycle and want to break 88 MPH at the same time to travel back in time and race yourself. I know this from person experience because the first place I listened to this song was while driving a Dodge 2001 Minivan. Oh and side note, it did not turn into a time travelling lightcycle, despite how hard I tried. I believe that this song is the only one on this album that doesn't have lyrics, and is the only one that doesn't need them. Pure amazingness.

Track 11: Night Of your Life (feat. Jennifer Hudson)
The beginning of this song made me double check to see if I had left "repeat song" on by accident, because it has a similar start to "Lunar". Again this is another "Cascada" style song, which fails to disappoint. It may not be the highlight of the party, but it helps to keep the beat moving forward, the only thing that holds it back are truly catch lyrics in the chorus. But again that is just my opinion.

Track 12: Repeat (feat Jessie J)
A guitar to start off? Well that's something new for this album, which grabs your attention to the intro pretty quickly. This song also has more of a story behind it, in comparison to most of  album which talks about "Grinding" and "Sex" and "Club Life". But don't get me wrong, those are great songs in themselves, but this one brings more of a sense of reality that isn't as self-centered.

Track 13: Titanium (feat. Sia)
Hmm maybe they just found a guitar lying around the studio just as they were wrapping up the album. This song brings a nice, slower mix of electro and guitar together to create a mix to be proud of. Closer to past the 1 minute mark of the song, things seem to pick up with more of a dance feel, but don't hold out as long as I believe that they could. I do look forward to remixes of this song, just to see what it can be molded into. Oh and how many songs contain the word "Titanium" as part of the lyrics? I wouldn't have guessed that was what they were saying though, if I didn't know the name of the song beforehand.

Track 14: I'm A Machine (feat. Crystal Nicole)
This is the last track of the album, and a great one to place there, because you want to play it over and over again. Again this is a song to not drive along to, with the reason being that the bass is soo powerful that your rear view mirror will shake soo much that the car/truck behind you will instantly split into 3 separate cars. At least I know that from personal experience. This song is up there with my top 5 favorites from this album easily, I cannot stop moving/dancing. And I'm a bad dancer, so it should be considered a health hazard to others to have on when I'm nearby. I cannot wait to hit replay.


~Dispersion~