Slim is definitely the most recognizable voice in 112, its most visible member and the one most likely to have a solo career, but he's also the kind of guy who's made for a vocal group, his weird, almost freakishly high voice always sounding better enveloped in harmonies. And he probably wouldn't have released a solo album, Love's Crazy, last week if not for the fact that 112's last couple albums were kind of flops and the group had been losing members and squabbling the last few years, and he happened to release a pretty great single, "So Fly," that took off and became a hit. The follow-up, "Good Lovin'," might be even better, but that doesn't really change the fact that the album is kind of a shaky proposition, and of course rarely reaches the heights of those 2 singles. Still, his voice doesn't sound awkward without 112's backing as often as I thought it might, and there are some nice downtempo jams, including "Don't Say It," which I never would have suspected was one of T-Pain's rare outside productions that he doesn't appear on.

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