Average Rating: 7.2/10
Overall Rating: 5.8/10
1. Getaway (4/10)
2. In My Trunk (4/10)
3. Me (3/10)
4. Breathe (4/10)
5. Take Her From You (9.5/10)
6. Lightspeed (9.5/10)
7. Dancing Shoes (7/10)
8. Perfect Match (6.5/10)
9. Base Down Low Ft. The Cateracs (8.5/10)
10. Kiss My Lips (8/10)
11. In The Dark (9/10)
12. Shadows (9/10)
13. Bass Down Low Remix Ft. Tinie Tempah & The Caracters (9/10)
14. In The Dark Remix Ft. Flo Rida (8/10)
Dev is one of those artists who suddenly came up in the industry, without mixtapes, extra promotion, or anything, just by jumping into feature after feature then at some point making an album, that method was used too rarely to tell whether it would work or not, because it happened too little, the only two examples that I can think of are Snoop Dogg, who got really famous of being featured in Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, and Nikki Minaj, who go really famous off more than 50 features in 2009-2010. So based on those examples, can Dev, who appeared in songs, like “Like a G6” and “Top of the World” reach that level of fame? The answer only lies on how successful her debut album, “The Night The Sun Came Up” is.
Dev’s style can be described as more or less pure mainstream, and like I said there is nothing wrong with that as long as it’s good music. Based on what I’ve heard Dev is one of those artists who really goes deep into club tracks, you know, dancy beats, simple lyrics and stuff like that, but the issue with club tracks is when they all sound the same, and based on Dev’s features and singles they don’t really sound that much of the same thing, giving this album has higher expectations and anticipation than other hip-house/club albums out right now.
The Night the Sun Came out was Dev’s debut album, and like every debut album, there is a surprise involved, for Dev’s album it was all about Dev showing different sides of her music. The Nigh The Sub Came Up was mostly club tracks made for the dance floor, but looking at the entire album it was a lot more, true had a lot of club tracks, but at the same time it had some rock/pop inspired tracks, so clearly this album has a great background, but the theme and background would not really matter if the music wasn’t good.
The majority of the album was club inspired tracks, I didn’t have an issue with that because the good part of the club tracks here was that they all did not fully sound the same, I mean, there were some really similar tracks to the singles, but even though there was, the best club tracks here easily outshined them.
The album’s best club tracks include “Lightspeed” which kept revolving around the idea of being motivated and reaching success, then throwing on a dancy hook on to go with the track, which was something that wasn’t really different, but something Dev did really wel., “Base Down Low” and it’s remix where both great, but I preferred the remix thanks to Tinie Tempah’s strong, on Q verse, and “In The Dark” which reminded me of a lot of the less electronic club tracks being released through the 2004-2005 era, making it one of the best tracks on the album.
There were some poorer club tracks on the album, mostly in the beginning of the album though. “In My Trunk” sounded too much like Base Down Low, and because of that it sounded boring and really overused at the same time, and “Breath” sounded a bit boring for the same reason as In My Trunk.
The album had a fair group of rock/pop inspired tracks. “Take Her From You” was the stand out track of that group, thanks to its strong electric guitar inspired beat, and it’s more different atmospheric feeling than most of the album. “Kiss My Lips” sounds like a lot like the non-club like pop track out right now, and that was something missing in my opinion, and “Perfect Match” sounds like a lot of love songs out there, it was slow and it had a lot of aquatic guitar, it wasn’t a bad song, but it’s style just sounded overplayed to me.
As for the personal tracks and for those tracks the results were mixed for me. “Dancing Shoes” was a great track, it was about Dev’s rise to fame and how she got her ‘dancing shoes’ ready for the ride, which is her career, “Me” which was a poor track in my opinion, it was about how people went Dev before they understand her, it had a good concept but the music it’s self didn’t sound good, “Getaway” was the album’s first track, it was also an overall poor track due to its poor rhythm, but at the same time it had a good concept about how she’s a small town girl and how nobody expected her to get big and famous, and “Shadows” which was mainly about memories and the past, it was a different track, it was slower, but less pop like, it wasn’t the best on the album, but it was certainly a highlight.
Dev overall gave a bit of a better than expected, and at the same time a disappointing debut with The Night The Sun Came Up. The album had its ups like some of the great club tracks, and Dev showing her different sides, but it had it’s down like the poorer, or more repetitive tracks, so I think this album isn’t really a must listen for anyone, but if anybody wants to just listen to it every once in a while, why not? This was a fair album to say the least, it was surprising and predictable, good and bad, it was fair, so does Dev’s debut live up to what she’s been doing in her features? No, but she may grow to be one of the better artists of this generation.
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