ヒップホップの枠を飛び越えまくり世界中を激アゲしまくりのフロー・ライダー、ワイルドに暴れまくった新作『WildOnes』に3曲追加してより強力になって新装開店!(1)(アヴィーチ''Levels''使いが最高!)(2)(4)(8)といった4大超大ヒット・シングルはもちろん、それに匹敵するアゲ曲がラストに追加され更にワイルドに。メロディアスなラップが冴えまくりのお祭り盤!
タワーレコード(2012/11/20)
ヒップホップ界NO.1激アゲMC=フロー・ライダー。大ヒット連発のアルバム『俺たちワイルド・ワンズ』が、大ヒット御礼のスペシャル・パッケージとしてさらにパワーアップして登場。大ヒット・シングル"Good Feeling"、"Wild Ones"、全米No.1シングル"Whistle"他激アゲ大ヒットに、3曲のボーナス・トラックを追加収録。
レッドフー(LMFAO)、J-LOも参加した強力盤で、フロー・ライダーが2012年をワイルドにアゲて締める!
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発売・販売元 提供資料(2012/11/05)
Billboard - "[H]e offers up another batch of tunes in the vein of his hit David Guetta collaborations 'Club Can't Handle Me' and 'Where Them Girls At.'"
Rovi
Like 2010's Only One Flo, Pt. 1, 2012's Wild Ones is a short, almost EP-length album featuring nine tracks in its standard version and with no full-length flow, but give Flo Rida some thin yet clever ideas and you get hot, infectious fluff like "Whistle," in which the pop-rapper energetically revives a come-on extending back to Lauren Bacall. Up next, the title cut with Sia recalls Katy Perry's "Fireworks," but crafted to support a sports highlight reel instead of teenage dreams. Flo Rida is both thrill seeker and hitmaker as the album races to its absolutely silly, LMFAO-featuring finish. It's gimmicky, lightweight, and best taken in small chunks, but assemble a glitter-friendly crowd and it gets the party started, succeeding at its one and only goal. ~ David Jeffries|
Rovi
There's no doubt that by Wild Ones' 2012 release, pop-rapper Flo Rida had become a "singles artist," one who soars high in the three- to four-minute format. Give him thin but clever ideas -- that acoustic guitar riffs might sound fun with hip-hop beats or that whistling also looks like oral sex -- and you get hot, infectious fluff, the hottest of which here is "Whistle," a DJ Frank E production that might have been handed to Kesha, Katy Perry, or even Maroon 5, although Flo Rida does it much justice, reviving a come-on that goes back to Lauren Bacall and putting a couple energy drinks' worth of power behind it. The title cut with Sia is close to Katy Perry's "Fireworks" but crafted to support a sports highlight reel instead of teenage dreams, and then there's the Etta James-sampling "Good Feeling" with producers Dr. Luke and Avicii replacing David Guetta from the previous album and offering that urban-pop glitter-flash that should make purists scream and the Black Eyed Peas jealous. Speaking of the previous album (2010's Only One Flo, Pt. 1), this is also a short, almost EP-length album that comes with nine tracks in its standard version and with no full-length flow, and while it was originally titled Only One Rida, Pt. 2 and designed as some kind of sequel, continuity doesn't matter in this pop-rap-urban-dance landscape, as this genre is as "in the moment" as it comes. Wild Ones would be dragged down by any tacked-on sense of purpose, and thinking of Flo Rida as equal parts thrill seeker and hitmaker is easy as the album races to its absolutely silly, LMFAO-featuring finish. It's gimmicky, lightweight, and best taken in small chunks, but get a glitter-friendly crowd together and it gets the party started, succeeding at its one and only goal. ~ David Jeffries
Rovi
ヒット街道をひた走るパーティー野郎から久々のフル・アルバムが到着! アヴィチーの人気曲を題材にした先行シングル"Good Feeling"に、泣き×ハッピーのコントラストも絶妙なシーアとの表題曲、アコギ調の哀愁歌"Whistle"といった特大ヒットはもちろん網羅。他にもジェニファー・ロペスの胸キュン歌唱に昇天必至な"Sweet Spot"や、LMFAOと合体したパーティー・ロック"Run"など、今回も楽しすぎるよ!
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タワーレコード(vol.346(2012年7月25日発行号)掲載)