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Rania: Losing their Cool?

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Written by On November 22, 2011

When Rania debuted with Dr. Feel Good, I absolutely loved it. It displayed excellent vocal skills and just something different from the average cutesy idol group concept. They were sexy. Recently, they released their new mini album Time to Rock Da Show. They teamed up with the Brave Brothers to churn out tracks Time to Rock Da Show, Pop Pop Pop, and Goodbye. Unfortunately this is a rather lackluster album for two reasons: choice of producers and title song choice.

Brave Brothers are the men behind Brave Sound, and they are the number one reason this album sucks. All 3 songs are not good. They’re so typically K-pop, and in a bad way. These girls have so much talent and they are really strong singers, yet their vocals aren’t utilized in a way that makes them shine. They might as well have auto-tuned their voices. They just sounded like every other idol group. Additionally, lately all of Brave Brothers music has been sounding the same. Much like Pop Pop Pop that sounds a bit similar to  Sistar‘ s So Cool. Goodbye is a better song, but not by much. I know we all hate Teddy Riley, but this mini album has nothing on Dr. Feel Good.

Secondly, their title song Time to Rock Da show sounds like 51 seconds of nothing. The majority of the song is just instrumental. Their promotional song Pop Pop Pop is completely lackluster, and they should have chosen Good Bye as their title track.

Overall, the album is nothing that I would expect from Rania and left me rather disappointed. I almost feel they just got songs that nobody wanted. It would have been fine for anyone else but for Rania I think I expected more. I thought their comeback would have something as fierce as Dr. Feel Good, but I was sorely disappointed. I honestly think Brave Brothers ruined their comeback and as much as you don’t like Teddy Riley, he gave them a relative hit and a song different than those that other girl groups promoted.

Track 1: Time to Rock Da Show

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0_P795LVg4&feature=player_embedded
Track 2: Pop Pop Pop

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W-Tn2USe5c&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
Track 3: Goodbye

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbjiwcu0khI&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
To me its an “okay” album. What do you guys think about this album, do you like it? Or is Rania loosing their cool?

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  • Revy

    I agree with you. The album was just ”okay” & Brave Brothers songs all sound the same. Also it doesn’t showcase their vocals. I mean they gave Jooyi a rap line for christ sakes. What the hell was that. They need to come out with more stuff like Dr Feel Good(this is my jam)

  • http://www.facebook.com/NAFreestyleThailandFan Fs Thailand

    it is not rania fault that they got handed brave brothers. while i am not happy with this album i hope when they go to japan that they perform dr feel good again

  • Anonymous

    totally agree, i was excited for their comeback but instead i get this blah album. 

  • Shawol52911

    I’ve been saying that since I heard them and according 2 my thread on 6theory ppl disagree w/us but w/e everyone has their own preference. I guess their preference is crap 

  • Eswell

    i think this group is more well known internationally then actually Korea itself. 

  • Veryuevernow

    I knew this would happen, they would have to go the standard Kpop route to gain more popular. It’s sad that after Dr. Doctor feel go the have to sing regular mass produce kpop stuff.

  • Nana

    Their debut would’ve been spectacular if it wasn’t so blatantly sexual.  I didn’t expect much, but this comeback was beyond disappointing.  The MR wasn’t so great either with girls lyp synching even more than usual.  I have a feeling they won’t be going anywhere with Brave Brothers, which is sad cause this group has such great potential.

  • Anonymous

    Pop Pop Pop has totally grown on me (I hated it at first), I’m still stanning Rania! 

  • http://www.michelle-chin.com Michelle Chin

    dr feel good is way better than pop pop pop. pop3 is like standard bubblegum pop. T_T

  • Strawberryfuma

    It was an okay album, but not okay for Rania. It’s actually scaring me. A lot of groups that start out like adult women( Being aware of their sexuality, not playing coy, etc.) slowly get pushed into the cookie cutter image (After School went from “Ah”  to having Orange Caramel subgroups). I really like Rania, and their voices, and their stage presence, but looking at Pop Pop Pop, it was like I was watching another group that stole their faces. They seemed disjointed, and it just didn’t fit them. They were good at their first concept. Maybe they needed to tone down the splits, but Dr. Feel Good felt like a good fit for them. They rocked it.

    I can only hope that their next album will take them back to their fiesty roots. Anymore albums like this and I’ll be the one that needs a doctor. =_=

  • Anonymous

    Welcome Rania to the club of generic kpop!

    I bloody called it in the previous article and
    I hate to say it… but…I told you so.

  • Johnny

    Well who told them it was a good idea to work with Brave Brothers all the stuff they produce sounds the same

  • http://twitter.com/MonicaDBSK Monica

    I thought brave brothers was one guy?

  • http://twitter.com/Cheeto_pin Andrea Ross

    The album is okay.

    Pop x3 is alright, but it does nothing to separate itself from the other Kpop songs out there. I actually really like ‘Goodbye’. To be honest, I think that should have been the comeback song for them. All groups have their hits and misses. Let’s hope the next album they release will be totally awesome!

  • Pg13247

    I thought Rania’s debut song was amazing. It showed people that they weren’t messing around even though they just debuted. Although their overt sexuality was off-putting to many, it definitely got them attention amidst all of the other 2011 debuts. Too bad that they couldn’t continue with that trend. After School really is such a sad example to see how their concept has changed over the two years.

  • Anonymous

    Their new album is amazing.

    Dr. Feel Good was dated garbage that sounded like the worst American leftover track. The vocal and instrumental didn’t even sound like they matched properly.

    And sexy? I love RaNia and have since they debuted, but there’s a difference between being sexy (miss A, Brown Eyed Girls) and just trashy, which was RaNia in the English for Dr. Feel Good which literally showed the camera zooming into their crotches as they thrusted.

    Thank God K-Pop has a little more class than that.

    • Anonymous

      And yes, POP POP POP may be cheap generic dance-pop, but Dr. Feel Good was cheap generic urban-pop, so take your pic. At least POP POP POP sounds like it was mastered and mixed properly.

    • Katalyst09

      Kpop has class? Kpop is repetitve all of the main stream artist sound the same and most of the concepts are borrowed from the american music industry. Rania needs to go back to Dr. feel good, but doesn’t matter now since teddy Riley is all over SNSD. If you’re saying that DR. Feel Good is generic than you have no ear for good catchy music.

  • Bervalvic

    dr. feelgood was what put them in the spotlight and popx3 just makes them sound like everybody else. they should have promoted goodbye maybe.
    there followup masquerade wasn’t bad either. honestly i dont think i have high hopes for this group anymore and while watching the mv all i could think is they are really better than this.

  • Anonymous

    yeh the album is pretty bad. but am i the only one who said “oh shit, what the hell? this is my jam” when i heard ‘goodbye’. sure it went against their debut style. and isnt fierce or sexy. but at least it gives a nice look into their vocals and better than average harmonies with one another.

  • http://www.facebook.com/haggood Sami Swan Sion

    I mean they’re gonna make the list of acts that should’ve sued their producers. Wasn’t T-ara on the list? And look where they’ve come…finally…ish. So I think Rania’s got some way to go, and I hope it’s not in the direction of Rainbow because I LIKE looking at them, and while the song is generic i mean at least it was up front and had fun with it. It IS POP POP POP if anything proclaiming it’s THREE TIMES the generity(new word) of normal k-pop but it’s fun and i love the one part “back it up, back it up” it’s a club song. Treat it as such. No one can really dance to Brown Eyed Girls’s Sixth Sense in a night joint like they can Abracadabra but the girls HAVE both, so come on Rania, I’m still rootin for ya! Show us your hidden talents! 

  • http://ohdenny.com ohdenny

    I love both Dr Feel Good and PPP. 

  • http://twitter.com/TheBlockB TheBlockB

    Personally I disagree. I think they are better off this time around. Pop Pop Pop is more catchy to me than dr feel good.

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