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“Mind Of Mine” places ZAYN firmly ahead of the One Direction pack and he has enough charisma to lead the show. It isn’t astounding, but it is good enough to surpass most of ZAYN’s doubters’ expectations. This album isn’t a complete show-stopper. “dRuNk” has “smooth-lovin’” vibe, while “fOol fOr YoU” is a strikingly mature stab at piano balladry. On “iT’s YoU,” he goes into a falsetto turn that would have made a young Brian Wilson proud. On “tRuTH,” ZAYN tries his best to summon up his best Bill Withers energy, even if his hushed delivery lacks Withers’ sense of gravitas.

There are more than a couple echoes of “Wildheart.” Miguel also seems to be a large influence here. When The Weeknd dropped “House Of Balloons” five years ago, he set a whole new production template that would shape a new sound for pop and R&B. Yes, this is still pop music of a bubblegum variety, but on a base level this is an enjoyable pop album, packed with the kind of smooth production you’d expect, with sped-up and manipulated vocal snippets added for decoration, lush synths and groove-driven beats. Sure, there are plenty of aspects of this album to pick apart, like for instance ZAYN’s strange use of capitalization in his song-titles. But this is a sleek, surprisingly enjoyable set of songs. There’s a feeling of liberation here as he surrounds himself with neon-soaked sultry electro grooves that show a strong eighties influence and the album’s parental warning sticker is no doubt a direct attempt to escape for his former group’s saccharine, squeaky-clean image. Justin Bieber’s “Purpose”) he’s still created a record much more compelling than anything his former band ever issued. Now he has made his solo debut as ZAYN and while he seems to be borrowing production techniques from The Weeknd (and.

#Bigger than you 2 chainz album cover movie

Quicklist: 1title: ZAYN’s “Mind Of Mine” ***1/2text: Leaving One Direction was a very smart movie on Zayn Malik’s part.