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Song Review:: Jay B (GOT7): Archive 1: [Road Runner]- Cloud nine

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Release date: 2024 November 27 Album tracklist: Baby, if you, Make Me Right, Chosen, Take it easy,  Crash , Preview, °C(Temperature), Right back, Inside, Cloud nine Album runtime: 34 minutes I find it kind of hilarious that both Minho and Jay B, both of whom dropped full albums, released b-side music videos at about the same time even though the original album releases were three weeks apart. It's the little things, you know? I know my R&B recognition meter is broken, but even if it didn't outright say R&B, which is a line I kept missing the first time I heard this song, I still pegged it as R&B. I could be wrong, because like I said, my R&B recognition meter is broken, but I feel slightly confident about it. The guitar here for me is a very good thing and scratches the country music itch I have a little. It's the wrong kind of guitar to fully scratch the itch, but it's good enough. The slow, mellow beat rolls through song like ocean waves, and the audie...

Song Review:: Jay B (GOT7): Archive 1: [Road Runner]- Crash

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Release date: 2024 November 27 Album tracklist: Baby, if you, Make Me Right, Chosen, Take it easy, Crash , Preview, °C(Temperature), Right back, Inside, Cloud nine Album runtime: 34 minutes  Leader! Wasn't he part of the Don't Stop Me Now performance at the one Gayo Daejeon? That likely was the first time I heard his voice, and because he's the leader and I know how I am, if I ever spend much time getting to know the group, he'll end up my favorite. It's inevitable. There hasn't been a group that my instinct for leader selection has failed yet.  Well, okay, hello there, funky guitar. And audience participation snapping! But that guitar really takes the focus among the instrumentals, especially since it's varied between the low, bassy funk and the higher. The ebb and flow of the song is genuinely pleasant and utilizes rests incredibly well to highlight his voice in some places and to keep it well supported in others so that there isn't an energy drop dur...