There's something missing on the Youtube sensation's freshman album. Could it be a sense of self, actual star power, or true soul? The answer is all three. Dondria has the vocal chops to interpret a song beautifully. But she only proves that on two of the eleven songs.
Blaming the lack of quality all on her is wrong because she has two of the biggest producers in urban music in her corner. Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox craft subpar R&B-pop records that are boring instead of being captivating. The exceptions are two singles, "You're The One" and the hip hop sprinkling of "Shawty Wus Up". Dondria's voice is the saving grace on the former. As for the latter, the song is full of that ATL bounce. The only issue is Dondria comes off sounding like a
high school freshman trying to talk fresh to impress the captain of the football team, instead of a 23 year old woman trying to entice aman.
'Dondria vs. Phatfffat' is uneven because she doesn't know which part of her personality she wants to showcase. She definitely needs to make a choice. If she's going to be Phatfffat, she needs to head back to Youtube and continue her series of viral covers of today's Top 40. But if she so chooses to be Dondria, she's going to have to head back to the drawing board because this isn't cutting it.
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