Jim Farber of the New York Daily News reviewed Nelly Furtado’s new album ‘Folklore’ and was left unimpressed. Farber writes, “On her second album, Furtado plays the heritage card more than ever. She called the CD ‘Folklore,’ though it’s unclear precisely which folk culture we’re talking about. There are pieces of Portuguese fado, splashes of samba, traces of Brazilian tropicalia and American country. But the album remains essentially a mainstream pop effort, with even less of the last CD’s dash of hip hop.” Read more.
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I listened to her new album on MTV.com, and I have to say that it’s a very impressive and more mature album from Nelly Furtado than her last one. Even though this album has a content full of sober and more serious songs than her last album, it still has that splash of free flowing culture influences that makes it not only interesting, but original as well. I think the critics expected Nelly to do another “I am like a bird” or “turn off the light”, which were free and less serious songs. She’s matured since then, critics just need to start listening to the lyrics and what was put into the music instead of judging by the title and simple little details.