Special Occasion

Bobby V

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Special Occasion Review

by Sharon Mawer

After releasing his debut solo album in the spring of 2005, Bobby V. released another solo album, Special Occasion, in the middle of 2007, a slice of modern urban R&B with enough confidence to credit it simply to his first name, Bobby (assuming that everybody would know who it was). The opening track, "Anonymous," featured the talents of Timberland, who appeared to pop up on just about every R&B album from the mid-2000s, but this set the scene for the whole album, which was a series of 16 songs with Bobby making love to the microphone over a sensual beat and even more sexual strings. Especially indicative of this was the title track, which was a live get together with Valentino and one of his female fans. It was just as well the song was only two minutes long for the erotica (and hero worship) was building nicely into a crescendo. Coming from very different worlds, one could be fairly sure that Bobby V. had not listened or deliberately copied the vocal style of Craig David, but in some of the vocals, there was more than a passing similarity, although he strayed into Stevie Wonder territory on the track "I Was Wrong."

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Intro	Bobby V	00:38	Spotify Amazon
2	Anonymous E. Lewis / K. Logan / Timothy Mosley / Balewa Muhammad / C. Nelson / P. Smith	Bobby V feat: Timbaland	04:43
3	Checkin' for Me	Bobby V	04:07	Spotify Amazon
4	Special Occasion (Interlude)	Bobby V	01:59	Spotify Amazon
5	Rearview (Ridin')	Bobby V feat: Ludacris	03:46	Spotify Amazon
6	If I Had My Way	Bobby V	03:23	Spotify Amazon
7	How 'Bout It	Bobby V	03:48	Spotify Amazon
8	Turn the Page	Bobby V	04:22	Spotify Amazon
9	Home Is Where You Belong	Bobby V	05:14	Spotify Amazon
10	Let Him Go	Bobby V feat: Fabolous / Fabulous	04:45	Spotify Amazon
11	Only Human	Bobby V	04:33	Spotify Amazon
12	Can't Wait 'Til Later	Bobby V	04:57	Spotify Amazon
13	I Was Wrong	Bobby V	04:43	Spotify Amazon
14	Soon as I Get Home	Bobby V	05:28	Spotify Amazon
15	Over & Over	Bobby V	07:53	Spotify Amazon
16	Right There (Thank You)	Bobby V	01:19	Spotify Amazon