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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 09/26/2000
According to
Aaron Carter, all he wants to do is give listeners "a little bit of old school." Of course, the 12-year-old
Carter's definition of "old school" means listening to
Color Me Badd and
Joey Lawrence albums. If you're outside of
Carter's preteen demographic,
Aaron's Party: Come Get It is exactly as bad as you think it would be: a painful blend of facile
synth pop mixed with sanitized, suburban
hip-hop jargon. It's hard enough watching pint-sized
rappers Lil' Bow Wow and
Lil' Romeo act like they're street hustlers, but listening to
Carter try to come off as a hard-edged lothario is just plain sad. As if that isn't bad enough, he also manages to desecrate '60s
pop classics such as
the Strangeloves'
"I Want Candy" and
the Dixie Cups'
"Iko Iko." Aaron Carter is the younger brother of
Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, and this album is proof that
George W. Bush is not the only one who has ever benefited from nepotism. Like
bubblegum acts of the past, the only value of
Aaron's Party: Come Get It is as pure kitsch, the sort of album you look back on years after its release and mock with ironic glee.
~Jon Azpiri, All Music Guide
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