O [DUAL DISC] [ENHANCED]

Omarion

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2005)
• Original Release Date: February 22, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Dual Disc, Enhanced
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0007MU1O6
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #46,486 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Two years after teen heartthrobs B2K threw in the towel, Omarion, their vocal center of gravity has resurfaced with his solo debut, the aptly titled O. Despite such high wattage producers as the Neptunes and Rodney Jerkins, the toothsome singer sounds much the same as he did when he fronted the boy band, except some of the tracks are a little racier than the stuff his former outfit put out. That's not necessarily a bad thing, especially when you get lost in the ardent yearning of a track like "Slow Dance." But it's not the love jams that shine here, it's the more winsome, autobiographical stuff like "Growing Up," which tries to explain the break-up of his band, the lighter than air "I Wish," and the brazen "Never Gonna Let You Go (She's A Keepa)," which feels like it was pulled right off a Commodores album from the roaring '70s and features some wicked back-up verbage by Outkast's Big Boi. --Jaan Uhelszki

Product Description
CD AUDIO SIDE: Entire Album

DVD SIDE: * Entire album in Surround Sound * Exclusive interviews with Omarion * Footage from MTV’s Diary * Video for the first single "O" * Free "O" Remix Ringtone download access

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A big surprise, from low expectations, December 13, 2005

By	The Sage "Mickey" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

To be completely honest, I was in love with B2K (one of the few over 20) and was sad that they broke up. However, when Omarion released his album, after much anticipation, I started to think. Maybe because of the way the group broke up he would still have B2K music lingering into his solo debut. This would be a career killer if he held on to his boy band antics, and I thought that this was ultamately what he was doomed for. Boy was I in for a surprise. Despite some tracks like, "I'm Tryna" and "Take It Off," the album shines beyond his boy band past, and heads way for a promising future. To be honest (again) I can almost listen to his album from start to finish, and I can't say that about alot of artist. The highs are "Never gonna let you go" where I feel Omarion's true personality (as far as music) actually arises, "O" which I thought to be completly arrogant of him, until I realized that I misread the song (O stands for Orgasm, not Omarion), "Touch", a song that actually had to grow on me (most of the neptunes music does that to me), and songs 10-13. That particular group of songs shows maturity in him that charms me (well I am a girl). The song about the group breaking up, "Growing Pains" finally gave me an exact picture of what the group went through from his perspective (something I felt was lacking because the other boys got there point across, and I'm sure there are always two parts to a story). The lows were "I'm Tryna" a song that could have done without all the whining at the end, and "Take it off" a song that could have done without the cursing, and the weak female rapper at the end. Overall I would purchase this album, because it flew far beyond my expectations, and I'm pretty sure it will fly beyond yours.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good singer! But Daul DVD/CD is not!, August 28, 2005

By	Frankie "192khz_24bit_music" (England - UK) - See all my reviews

I was very disappointed to hear the new dual DVD/CD

Side A is recored as a CD track version
Other Side B is recored as the DVD version


The songs are the same both side:
Just side A is in 2.0 channel
Just side B is in 5.1 channel

I would give the album: 2/10 for Music on the DVD side.

DO NOT BUY this, unless like me you are a fan.

You will not benefit from anything such as better quality in music...

Dual DVD/CD is just a waste of time and money, buy SACD or DVD-Audio or both.

10 times better!

Sorry fans, but trust me, unless you are after this for a collection set, it is not worth the money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Album Is Off The Chains, February 25, 2005

By	~*~LadyBishop~*~ "Music GURU" (New York City) - See all my reviews

Omarion has grown up alot since B2K, and because of this the album reaches a broader fan base of the grown and sexy as they say. I would reccomend this Cd to the world. He did his thing.