3T - Brotherhood

As soon as I heard the first song, I thought to myself that it sounds like someone is trying too hard to sound like Michael Jackson. When I read more about the history of this band and the recording process of this album, it became clear that was exactly what was going on. These motherfuckers are Jacksons. Tito Jackson’s sons, Michael’s nephews, roped together and thrown into a dumpster full of 90s ballads.

The vocals are, like I said, a bad MJ impression. They place their voices in the same part of their face as he does to get the nasal enunciation, but they don’t have the elasticity, the range, or charisma that make Michael Jackson’s voice so electric. There’s no nonsense interjections or wacky enunciation. They just kind of sound uncomfortable and awkward on the mic. Add samey production, forgettable melodies, and sexual but desireless lyrics, and you still sell millions of copies because you’re dynasts in the court of the King of Pop. Oh - and there’s four whole pages in the interior booklet just for thank yous. Yuck.

Brotherhood by 3T is a bad album, and I don’t like it.