Customer Reviews

Enter the Dru

5 star:		(188)
4 star:		(25)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(10)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

These guys definitely had talent back in the day. its so sad to see these groups that have so much talent fall apart. This album does not give you the option to skip any tunes cause every song on here is on point. Definitely a feel good album, worth the money.

Im going to go as far as to say that this is one of the best R&B albums of the decade. These guys are on pace to pass Boyz II Men as group of the decade if they keep work like this comin. These hometown heroes put all other groups to shame. They are destined for greatness their next album is this good. These are my picks as the best:

You Are Everything One of the best song on the cd. Often overdone by the remix but still a good song

The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) Excellent remake. Very few times where remake is better than original.

Beauty one of the greatest love songs of all time (no doubt) one of those never-get-old types

A+ cd. if there were more stars then this cd would get them.You know this is a good group when more than one memeber can go on to be a a very successful solo artist. Sisqo is already one of the best performers out today. Jazz has the potential to be very good (pending on the production of his cd) Nokio is already a good producer in his own right. These boys have a bright future. Sleeper pick: Holding You emotional song with a very real meaning to it.

After a successful Dru Hill in 1996 including the hits "Tell Me", "In My Bed" and "Never Make A Promise" Dru Hill shortly became one of the most popular R&B groups on the planet. Sisqo, Jazz, Woody and Nokio (all natives from Baltimore) released this, 2 years later and it became their biggest selling album and eventually went platinum. Their style is much simular to Jodeci mixing both tender slow jamz and explicit sex anthems. Singer Sisqo even sound alot like Cedric "KCI" Hailey, and was initially critizied for ripping off his style. But Dru Hill had little competitions when they started out cause Jodeci were no longer around and few other groups were as straight forwards as them. This album feature their biggest hit, the #3 ranked "How Deep Is Your Love", their classic mega hit that represent R&B better then anything else in the late 90's. It was the soundtrack to Rush Hour and works excellent now aswell. Other then that we can say that their sophmore effort is very much polished by stellar producers like Babyface on the sweet ballad "These Are The Times" Diane Warren on "What Do I Do with the Love" not surprisingly another ballad. Slicker R&B with "This is What We Do" with Method Man and "You Are Everything" later remixed for a video release with Ja Rule. With 17 songs you got the best of both worlds, but plenty of filler aswell. I would actually say that their debut album is slightly better even if this one sold better. However, "Enter the Dru" made them interational stars and later launched Sisqo's solo career that included his 5x Platinum debut album Unleash the Dragon. There's not been much going on around anyone of them lately, but Sisqo will be relesing a new album this year. As for "Enter The Dru" it's a decent purchase that brings you back to the 90's.

I must admit that when this group first came out in the nineties I couldn't stand them. But they were huge in their time the spotlight went from Jodeci to Boyz II MEN and then to Dru Hill. I guess I had my prejudices back in the day because these guys really did have talent. It was just that short guy sisquo who got on my nerves always hopping around on the stage and hunching the air with his platinum blonde -do. Songs like THESE ARE THE TIMES are classic material and bring back a lot of memories. I like upbeat song HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE FOR ME.

Mostly girls like it. But for guys this album is very boring. The song with Method Man is sweet. But this album is not a keeper in my book. I heard their first album is better. Get the first album instead.

As you can see, (five stars) I really enjoyed this album. I saw reviews that didn't really give dru any credit. Those appeared to be the listeners who don't favor the harmonous style which is what most of the content of this album is made of. The album starts with uptempo tracks including their hit "how deep" and a Method Man feat. track, then moves into slower more soulful songs like "wondering." Real Freak is an energetic and very good uptempo track. The album takes the turn into ballads and harmonized songs with "one good reason." Though "Angel" doesn't appear to be that well sung by Woody, I found it to be a great song. "what do i do with the love," "these are the times" and "the love we had" are great ballads reminiscent of the style of Boyz II Men. Many people say Sisqo makes the group and with due respect, he has great vocals modeling after Kci. But next to Sisqo, i think Jazz is very good as well. i think this album is better than the first.

I love every track on this album. Every single one. It's an improvement upon their debut release and genre-savior in comparison to the third. I wish they'd come back with more.

After 2 years, the 4 man group from my hometown return with a great album. Sisqo, Nokio, Woody, and Jazz bring you a nice R&B album, with some upbeat tracks, some love songs and some soul balalds, a nice combination to bring a nice (and their best) album (their debut was also good, I don't have any other albums of theirs). Only about 5-10 % of my CD's are R&B (most are just greatest hits albums), but this is one I had to have and one of the finer R&B albums I own. Sisqo really being the only one to go big solo, does the majority of the lead vocals although the others all have their turn. Guests are limited to 2 songs (I wish they had the version with Redman on the one song that was on the "Rush Hour" soundtrack but they left his verse out so oh well). Of the 15 songs, 6 ar eok, 2 are classics, 2 are almost classics and the rest are good songs. a must have album for fans of R&B.

#2 - 9.5 (upbeat song)
#3 - 9.5 (upbeat track -- i'd give the version with Redman a 10)
#4 - 10 (f/ Method Man)
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Dru Hill's Enter The Dru was the CD that pushed the group to the fore front of the R&B game. The first single released from the CD, the up-tempo How Deep Is Your Love feat.Redman was a hit single but it was the slow jams that made this CD work. The singles These Are The Times, The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) and of course the sentimental Beauty are all classic slow jams. Enter The Dru also featured some very strong album tracks including I'm Wondering, Holding You, I'll Be The One and What Are We Gonna Do. Enter The Dru is the best of the late-'90s R&B crooning that laces the silky-smooth grooves with splashes of street-tough shouts that are meant to antagonize as much as they are to seduce and it works very well.

Dru Hill - Enter The Dru is one of the best R&B albums in this time period. Everything from your fast clubbing beats to your slow jam tracks, almost the whole album deserves recognition. I rarely say this about any album (except for some like Blackstreet-Another Level, Babyface-The day, Jodeci-All their albums) this CD is another gold-prized-possession of mine. Listen to the CD the whole way through and by the end of it you'll be glad you did -- do yourself a favour and cop it!