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Title: Experimenting beyond Matchbox 20
Review: Sure, there are moments when the leader of Matchbox 20 sounds like his band in this album. There are too songs that bring to mind Justin Timberlake. But Rob Thomas doesn't stop there. In a fashion similar to Gwen Stefani, he experients with a handful of musical styles to come up with his "Something to Be" album.Most interesting songs are the ethnic "All That I Am" (which blends sounds from at least three different parts of the globe), the R&B; "Fallin' To Pieces" and the party-starting "Streetcorner Symphony". Best songs, hands down, are the ones that remind the most of his classic Matchbox 20 sound: "My My My", bringing to mind other songwriters such as Josh Rouse and Paul Brill; and the closing "Now Comes The Night".
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