>Russell is sort of her own worst enemy... she often comes off
>with a nice track or two but her albums never hold up (to me).
> Great voice but she rarely chooses the right tracks - often
>super-weak melodies and lyrics - to show it off.
>

I really haven't checked out most of her early stuff outside of a few random songs.

>Most important to your question, though, I don't think she's
>looking to make a super mainstream cut like that. Adele and
>Amy: their tunes were somewhat predictable hits. Rolling in
>the Deep *sounds* like a hit. Rehab *sounds* like a hit.
>Aside from "Hurry on now," Russell doesn't really stand out as
>a hitmaker...
>

>(none of that is meant as a diss to Russell - I like her well
>enough, and I've seen her twice and think she's best live...
>you can get her energy a lot more, which gets lost, I think,
>on her studio stuff... I didn't feel the Quantic record on the
>first listen, but I'll probably give it another spin or two)
>

that is kind of how i felt on the first listen but I liked it more on the second listen, i think there maybe one or two possible hits on the albums though.

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