Or how about a Keane retread? Maybe you’re in the market for a ballad with all the depth and believability of Patrick Swayze’s “She’s Like the Wind”? Yeah, Blake’s got one of those, too – and 13-year-old girls are gonna love it all as much as his impeccably trimmed facial hair. Don’t like his handful of Justin Timberlake rip-offs? No worries – here’s a Maroon 5 facsimile, and another. So it is that Lewis’ ADD (get it?) is an expensive put-on, an everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink enterprise aiming to keep him on Top 40 radio by any means necessary. Yet even at his best (which pretty much amounts to his novel handling of Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name” and little else) two things were painfully evident: Lewis’ “talent” is as borrowed as his vocal range is narrow, and his merely adequate beat-boxing would certainly become a major annoyance once the time came for this clone to cut his inevitable debut. ![]() Blake Lewis, Audio Day Dream – Contemporary when most of his competitors were old-fashioned, Lewis was a breath of fresh air during American Idol’s sixth season. ![]() ![]() Another (more forgiving) opinion of Blake Lewis’ debut … Toby Keith, Mindy Smith, Barry Manilow and more offer holiday albums … Jill Scott, Lupe Fiasco add local dates
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