[Picaflor 7/4]

hs will never be as epic as ub. all the songs on hs were really similar and kind of had an over all mellowness to it. i will never like tito over hs or exodus, but imo i can't ever really hate a hikki song. i don't think she really has a song that i won't listen to. i do have my faves and least faves, but even the songs i dislike the most by her, i can still sit through.

i loved exodus, the lyrics were crazy, the sounds were diverse, it was a bit weird but it was completely fresh and new. she seemed (in interviews) to be so proud of the work that she single handily did. although she had a bit of help from timbaland on one or two of the songs. where as with tito, it seems tricky and stewert really had a huge part on the making of the album. the lyrics didn't really feel like hers to me, and compared to exodus, tito didn't really feel like her album. and in interviews she seemed like "yeah...this is my album...i had help...woo." besides. the remixes suck, the only video it has sucks, the album artwork sucks, and if anything i would claim it to be her most generic (american pop wise) album she has to date. it seemed like she tried to hard to make it work in america. like instead of just ignoring what people think, she decided to follow the mainstream flow and force this album to sound too american.