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New Kids On The Block Will Probably Not Have A Bunch More Hits [Leak Of The Day]
Posted on August 27, 2008
ARTIST: New Kids On The BlockTITLE: The BlockWEB DEBUT: Aug. 27, 2008RELEASE DATE: Sept. 2, 2008ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: How do you transition a group that's known as a retro act into something relevant to the present day? Whoever was in charge of the comeback album for OG boy band New Kids On The Block decided to drag Joe, Jordan, Jonathan, Danny, and Donnie into the present day by stuffing The Block with as many signifiers of the mid-oughts as possible: T-Pain levels of Autotune; cameos by the Pussycat Dolls and Akon; Timbaland beats; lyrical references to Grey's Anatomy; libidinous songs about b...
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