Music Review

Director (2006)

Avant
Reviewed by Ryan Dombal | May 08, 2006

Details Release Date: Apr 25, 2006; Lead Performance: Avant; Genre: R&B

This dispensable loverman may reference Marvin Gaye on the cover of Director, his fourth LP, and name-drop Smokey Robinson and Al Green in the album's lyrics, but his soggy quiet-storm R&B recalls those legends in only the most shallow sense. Slight reprieves arrive with the Jermaine Dupri-produced horndog bouncer ''You Know What'' and ''4 Minutes,'' which brings 24's real-time shtick (guess how long it lasts) to generic soul. But milquetoasty also-rans like ''Imagination'' dominate — and make you wish Avant had one.

Originally posted May 05, 2006 Published in issue #876 May 12, 2006 Order article reprints

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