Tank
's first entry into the
hip-hop
soul
sweepstakes,
Force of Nature
is dominated by soft, organic
ballads
and jittery future
funk
a la
Sisqo
or
Timbaland
. He tends to be more convincing on the romantic material than on the harder-hitting party cuts; the first single,
"Maybe I Deserve,"
is a decent
contemporary R&B
love song, while the six-minute
"Slowly"
has a warm, vintage
Prince
feel that showcases
's crooning to best advantage. There doesn't seem to be much here that will truly separate
from the rest of an already crowded
R&B
pack, but
is well-crafted enough for its Top Ten status to make sense. ~ Steve Huey