112
,
Puff Daddy
's four-man crew of smooth-crooning R&B loverboys, come on sticky and earnest throughout their second album,
Room 112
, combining old-school
doo wop
harmonies with '90s
hip-hop
trappings. Because this is a
Puffy
project, an occasional heavy-handed sample creeps in for a visit (e.g., the use of
Shawn Colvin
's
"Sunny Came Home"
during one tune). The best cut here is
"Love Me,"
a bit of
new jack
breakdown that swings and hammers with convincing verve and groove. ~ Michael Gallucci