Will Smith - Lost and Found
(Universal)
They don't make stars like Will Smith every day.
And he doesn't make albums as good as this one very often, but on Lost and Found Smith nails it.
Since he launched his career in the late 1980s, Smith has landed two multi-platinum records, starred on a hit television comedy series and become one of Hollywood's most popular leading men.
Thankfully, the other facets of his career don't seep into the mix on this CD.
If he was caught posing on the inside cover promoting a new movie that would have been the end of his musical cred.
Instead, Smith's got plenty of up-to-date beats from hot producers like Timbaland, Jazzy Jeff and O.Banga.
He's got strong cameo spots from the likes of Snoop Dogg, Mary J Blige and Nicole Scherzinger (The Pussycat Dolls) balanced nicely with his own self-deprecating humour. With lead single Switch already a smash hit across the globe there's plenty more where that came from.
This could be Smith's biggest seller since he proclaimed that parents just don't understand
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