Review of The Dutchess

Black Eyed Peas’ and former Kids Inc. child star Stacy Ferguson’s debut LP is a molotov cocktail of every pop cliché from the past five years. But the shit is not bananas, nor does it bring sexyback. There’s a passable Ciara copycat (“Glamourous”), an old Motown tune gets desecrated (the Temptations’ “Get Ready”) and even Paris Hilton’s faux reggae finds its way here (“Mary Jane Shoes”). She merely had to produce one track as agonizingly catchy as “My Humps,” but she doesn’t even accomplish that. Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé just raised the bar for pop albums, and Fergie isn’t close.

3/10