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Wait For You Review Billboard

Will Elliot Yamin become the 27th "American Idol" finalist to join ranks on a Billboard chart? The beloved season five No. 3 runner-up enters the fray—teeth thankfully capped and hair restyled—with a commanding R&B ballad reminiscent of compadre Mario Vazquez's hit "Gallery." Old-soul midtempo, hand-clapping production from Stargate (Nelly Furtado, Ne-Yo, Rihanna) and rapid-fire, R. Kelly-esque verses adeptly mesh with a muscular, emotive vocal. Considering that Yamin cites Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway as influences, the template is hands-down convincing. The singer suffered from a lack of overt star quality on the show, but "Wait for You" boasts amplitude of a radio-ready headliner. Look for a full-length debut March 20. The indie release on Hickory already has finer fragrance than major-label milquetoast debut from Taylor Hicks and frigid urban output from Katharine McPhee. Yamin could well be the ultimate victor. —Chuck Taylor

AWESOME review!

Billboard is read by the industry, and they will take note. They basically said he was a "fine wine" singer and that the 'lack of star quality' is gone....he's the real deal now.

I'm LOVING these reviews.

Coming from Billboard, that is one awesome review! :thumbsup:

Fantastic review and Billboard is huge in the music industry.
I am so liking these reviews so far!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Love reading this. It's major recognition of his talent.

Elliott has been getting good reviews from what I've read so far. This is very
exciting!

Terrific review from Billboard!! :clap:

Wow, that's a great review! :clap:

Every review is meaningful but this is probably the review that will be seen by most industry insiders...you know, the ones that can offer a better deal than he already has (if that's possible) or the one's that have the clout to push his singles on the radio!

Boy, this really is amazing news! This was a GREAT review!

Important Voting tonight!

NYC Romeo's 9@9

http://etrainstation.com/index.php?showtopic=9756

Detroit Vote and JoJo's 9@9

Please VOTE!

I love how you guys keep coming up with the latest links! Thanks so much! And what a wonderful review. Something like this should really help on the spins and radio acceptance, I would think.

I wonder if/when Rolling Stone will review the CD.

" Yamin could well be the ultimate victor."


I swear I have chills and tears in my eyes reading this.

Vote z-100 9@9

Great review! Loved the last line.......he is the victor!!!!

Now this is the Ultimate review AWESOME!

Nice, better than I thought it would be.
Some of these people are downright mean. :(

So agree!!!! I think he WILL be the ultimate victor :etrain:

Great review!!! He slammed Kat's single in a big way, so I was a little worried about a potential AI bias. But, my fears were for nothing---phew. All, I can say is, Chuck is clearly a very clever man with excellent taste--"emotive vocal"--that's our Elliott!

:rocker:

"Yamin could well be the ultimate victor."

Absolutely.

Phenominal review from Billboard. Thanks for the info. I'd never know any of this info if it weren't for you fine etrain people. So thanks! :rocker:

From Billboard....Beautiful review...

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That is a very glowing review from an authoritative source. Good to read.