Tinie Tempah ft. Kelly Rowland–Invincible

Released December 26, 2010.
Billboard: NA
UK Charts: #32 (December 25 chart), but (probably) climbing.

Listening in to the lyrics of Tinie Tempah’s rap, I’m reminded VERY much of a Celine Dion song, Because You Loved Me. In this song, though, the premise is shifted from what was previously seemingly a unilateral support to a bilateral one. I adore Because You Loved Me, though not because of the content but because of the well, insane stuff she sings:

My world is a better place, because of you~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Sadly, though not bad per se, the content otherwise makes me quite sleepy. Musically, though, the song does have potential. The piano hook from Kelly Rowland is quite smooth and is pulled off well. Tinie’s rapping is competent; I don’t have many complaints about it, really, though it doesn’t quite impress me either.

The bridge where he speaks in his talking voice, and the breakdown which follows are GOOD though. The piano line through the bridge and the variation on the chorus with only the piano contributed well to the song, and the chorus variation also showcased Kelly Rowland’s voice. It’s quite clean; not bad at all.

Other than that, I don’t really have too much to say about this song. In my opinion, it’s an improvement from Frisky and Written in the Stars. Comparing it to Pass Out is quite messy, though; while I think it’s musically generally better (making it, for me, his best single yet), the drum n bass sections of Pass Out do give the song its merit, and Pass Out is more interesting. This is technically good, but not much more.

OVERALL RATING = 6.0 / 10
Invincible is a solid, if (very) generic light pop-rap release from Tinie Tempah and Kelly Rowland. In my opinion it’s better musically than Frisky and Written in the Stars, and actually Pass Out as well, but it still fails to interest me as much as Pass Out did.