Thursday Music Review – Down Memory Lane: Frisky – Blu*3

Blu*3 features here because I am still recovering from the fact that they had a reunion gig (was that this year or the end of last year?).

Frisky is also probably the last time Steve Jean, who was the Blu*3 manager and producer for the song, made a public appearance—he features in the video.

The song has a retro feel to it because it was released at a time when New Jack Swing and R & B were dominating production styles.

It goes a long way to explain the obvious influence of Jermain Dupri on the production style that Steve chose for this song. The song even got a remix treatment—there’s a version that features Peter Miles, for some reason.

The original cut underlines why this group came together so organically—they could sing. I always loved the bridge on this track—Lillian takes it away, and then some. The music video for the song sold the obvious chemistry and camaraderie between the girls—they were young, gorgeous, and the world was their oyster.

More importantly, I think that Frisky was the epitome of the musical vision that Steve Jean had for the girl group that was Blu*3. When that did not hold, his disillusionment with the group set in.

But it was a frenetic vision—one full of energy, one that dared to be different, one that launched the solo careers of 3 of the most influential female artistes our industry has produced.