When judging the worth of an album it's important not to let high price collaborations dazzle the ears. Remixing songs and providing a platform for other artists is a skill in itself but it is not the same as generating original material. That's why David Guetta's new album takes a lot of thought to fully critique.
When he's not leaning on other artists to provide source material the album drags. The six original songs feel like they could have been put together by anyone. The have pangs of Justice, dashes of Daft Punk, and various other artists. The worst, most derivative songs are "Sunshine" and the completely listless "Toy Story". There's very little organization and it all just ends up sounding like video game soundtrack.
Maybe it's not just Guetta but it seems like with the massive demand for house music we are quickly reaching the genre's limitations. When everyone and their brother is trying to get in on the dubstep and DJ craze there are only so many original ideas to go around and now it would seem that there is nothing new under the house sun. That is until someone truly proves me wrong, which is always a possibility.
It also doesn't help that all the artists he collaborates with are your usual top 40 crew. This one is a big stinker, seriously. Some people will love this but I'm not one of them.
Grade: D
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