Kim, I appreciate you for this review. It’s a solid & enjoyable debut album. You’re right. Normani should be proud. I think so much hoopla over the industry setbacks is distracting people from rocking with Dopamine. It’s cohesive (preferably with a few more bangers 😉) while giving all types of listeners something to chew on from start to finish. Plus, it leaves me anticipating what we could expect from her in the future. She is fully capable of being the huge recording artist & performer she desires to be. I just want her & her team to really promote cause she has so many hits on this album. Radio should be eating these songs up! Take My Time & Insomnia are pop smashes. Big Boy & Still can easily get put on the summer cookout playlists. We’re awaiting the Candy Paint video which is rumored to be high energy with amazing choreography. I want her to win so bad. She’s mad talented. I believe Dopamine confirms how needed she is in today’s pop-n-b landscape. I’ll keep streaming, as well as, you & so many others. Let’s go, Mani! Thanks again. 💖
Your reaction to Dopamine made me so happy! Thank you for that! That album is one of the rare ones to come out in recent times that I honestly enjoyed from start to finish. Also, I still think Grip is the weakest song on it, but I love its production so much (very reminiscent of the early 2000s). Now, it's a non-skip.
DOPAMINE is such a great debut. Yes , Normani & Brandy harmonies on Insomnia and that electric guitar Wow. In addition to Insomnia , Victoria Monet also helped write Lights On which makes sense given how sensual it is lol. Also did you notice that the Candy Paint version on the album , has more harmonies and adlibs than the original single version that you heard.Sevyn Streeter helped write Distance.
All yours is so Doja and Tinashe coded. I feel like the whole vibe of the songs gives Tinashe songs for you, the sultry sexy summer nights vibe is very Tinashe, the adlibs on that song sound so Doja coded
