Sunday, October 04, 2009

Mya Is Back

The last time we heard from Mya musically, she was stalking a crush in the music video "Fallen," the second single from Moodring. Mya returns this year with a mixtape entitled, Beauty & The Streets Vol.1. Being her first mixtape under an independent record label, Mya shows forth her soft voice through the fifteen tracks.

The mixtape incorporates a club theme with Mya delivering superbly despite plain lyrics. The anthem, "I'm Back," is a speaker driven reflection into the prism of the D.C. native. It finds her discussing her absence and she is aided by rapper Slim Thug. The first single, "Show Me Somethin," finds Mya calling herself "the ghetto Jada." The song sounds less poppy than some of her previous songs that have been hits. It is very radio friendly.

Mya, who has always shown forth her mezzo soprano voice with ease seems to find comfort in the lower tempo tracks rather than the up tempo cuts. Her voice settles nicely on "$ Can't Buy My Love," Go Hard or Go Home," The Only One," and the stripped down "Ponytail." With a cool collaboration from rapper, Nicki Minaj, "Ponytail," is the most memorable from the set because of its alluring value. The whispery tone of Mya is seductive and inexplicably sexy.

It is hard to like Beauty & The Streets because of its vacuous qualities. There are no real standout cuts from the disc despite the magnetic aforementioned track. Still, Mya is back with her radiant gift despite the lackluster lyricism present.

Download: Ponytail

Final Grade: C-

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