Nelly Furtado’s thrid album “Loose” is, from what I can tell, a departure from the style that made her popular. While I’ll admit that the only thing I have to go on are the singles from her previous albums those singles gave me the impression that the previous albums were, for lack of a better word, poppy. “Loose” is more hip-hop oriented and this is probably due in large part to the producer Timberland. While this album is pretty good as a whole (it managed to hold my interest, which most “top 40” doesn’t really do) the first half of the record is far more interesting than the second half. The second half of “Loose” is litered with ballads, and only a few upbeat tunes and seems less coherant in general while the first half seems to really stick in way of style and flow.

Overall, I give it a 6 out of 10.

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