The album consists of funky techno music. It will be extremely effective in the dance clubs, but after listening to the first two singles I don't think it will get much more than that.
The first single "Break Anotha" was released November and was well-received on iTunes. The song didn't do so well on the charts however. After listening to it I have to say it sounded as though it was a fill-in for the album and not something you would consider to be a first track. The music seems unbalanced. It just seems as though he threw it together within minutes and not something he worked very hard on along with his co-writers. Here are some lyrics from the song to show how silly these words really are and without good music to support it, it will not see much success:
"Baby girl like cinnamon, hot for the skin he's in
Oops! Makes you wanna sin again
Defenses start to break, it's more than you can take
Wanna get ya get ya then your heart'll break"
"He's got no shame
He's got your name
And your number
Baby now you start to wonder
What's in store
What the hell
That spell that he's g g got you under"
The video to "Break Anotha" seemed as though it was made back in the 60's.It wasn't pleasing to the eye and I couldn't wait for it to be over. Flashing Lewis in and out of the screen was simply annoying. It wasn't artistic at all.
"How Many Words" is a better song and probably should have been released first. This single was released in March and still sits outside the Billboard Hot 100. It hasn't received the kind of airplay that was anticipated. Lewis even appeared on American Idol promoting his new song. It hasn't generated much success.
Blake Lewis will be touring in September this year to continue promoting his album. Thus far the album has sold a little over 258, 000 copies. The album has done better than the singles. It has reached as high as number 32 on the Billboard charts. After the tour I do not think that "Audio Day Dream" will see much more success. His best bet is to start on creating a new album with a better choice of music and songs.
