Mail on Sunday [Edited] [PA]

Performer: Flo Rida
Artist: Lil Wayne; Timbaland; Sean Kingston; T-Pain; BirdMan; Trey Songz; Rick Ross; Will.I.Am; Brisco; Yung Joc
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: After garnering attention with the commanding cut "Bitch I'm From Dade County" on DJ Khaled's 2007 album WE THE BEST, the sunshine representative known as Flo Rida stacks strip club anthems on top of crunked-up club burners on his debut, MAIL ON SUNDAY. As nasty as he may want to be, Flo Rida also clearly enjoys the view from the top of the charts, recruiting a formidable group of commercial rap producers including Timbaland, Gorilla Tek, Drumma Boy, Kane Beatz, Fatboi, DJ Frank E, and hit machine will.i.am. MAIL ON SUNDAY also features guest appearances from Lil Wayne, Sean Kingston, Birdman, Yung Joc, Brisco, Trey Songz, and Rick Ross. If you've heard the Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Low," a DJ Montay-produced track featuring T-Pain, you know the deal: Flo Rida is not a new female member of the Ruff Ryders, but a male rapper with a husky but not imposing voice who has obvious pride for the state he calls home. On Mail on Sunday, he shows flashes of virtually every point in the history of Florida hip-hop, from Miami bass, 2 Live Crew, and Poison Clan to Trick Daddy and Rick Ross. Though Flo Rida has his own identity -- for all the tough talk and the automotives fixation, he does come off as big-hearted, and he could just as easily make an R&B album -- and covers more bases than what is typical from other mainstream-yet-street rap albums of 2007 and 2008, he's not nearly as distinctive as any of his predecessors. Here, he doesn't offer much more than a couple worthy singles and a handful of decent album cuts, and those highlights, such as the Timbaland-produced (and hogged) "Elevator," tend to be memorable more for the beats and the hooks than the rhymes. ~ Andy Kellman

Entertainment Weekly (p.59) - "[I]t's abundantly clear that this Sunshine State-hailing rapper plans to upkeep that steady party vibe he unleashed with the omnipresent anthem 'Low'..." -- Grade: B+ Blender (Magazine) (p.78) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e has a nimble delivery and a pleasing Nelly-esque hiccup to his voice."

Hailing from Carol City, on the outskirts of Miami, Flo Rida blends bass-fueled Southern crunk with a borderline LL Cool J pop-rap sweetness. After nearly a decade of honing his craft on mix tapes and demos, the rapper hooked up with powerful local label Poe Boy, which snowballed into a contract with Atlantic Records. MAIL ON A SUNDAY, the dynamic MC's debut, is highlighted by his collaboration with crooner and fellow Sunshine State native T-Pain on "Low," a smash crossover hit that ruled the airwaves upon its release. No one-hit wonder, Flo Rida would cement himself as a regular on both pop and hip-hop radio by the end of the '00s.

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