Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape

Once again, Gwen tries to inject some hip-hop flavor into her dance-pop sound. But where Love.Angel.Music.Baby. shimmered with the sheen of something fresh, Stefani’s latest is just impossibly dull. The Neptunes-produced tracks are the worst, especially “Wind it Up,” a limp remake of Black Eyed Peas’ horrible “My Humps.” Stefani’s painful attempts at rapping are best avoided and only the Nellee Hooper-produced “Early Winter” and “Wonderful Life” are remotely musical. More sour than sweet, in fact.