Doan Phi – Thien Than Toi Loi

There are new releases that you can’t wait to jump right in, like a Tung Duong album. Speaking of Tung Duong, when do we expect a new joint? Then there are some new releases that you’re just not sure if you even want to give it a try, like a Duy Manh album. Doan Phi’s Thien Than Toi Loi is the latter.

Doan Phi is an entertainer and Asia brought him in just for that purpose. He is fun to watch. Who wouldn’t get a kick out of a little dude prancing around the stage like he has no spine in his body? As far as his vocal development, I have heard nada. Thien Than Toi Loi is not like a box of chocolate. Even without listening to album, you’ll already know exactly what you’ll get.

He hides his voice behind uptempo beats like “Quen Di,” “Membo Italian” and “Mua He Tinh Yeu.” He hardly gets out of his comfort register. The slow tracks including “Em Yeu Oi,” “Mot Trai Tim Mot Tinh Yeu” and “Giac Mo Tuyet Voi” show the whiny, feminine side of him. Trish joins him on “Tinh La Soi To.” With two of Asia’s weakest vocalists and a mechanical club production make this version the worse yet.

The release of Thien Than Toi Loi is like Asia throwing Doan Phi a bone for being with the production.

9 Comments

  1. Totally agree. I think that he’s a total spaz and suffers from DTM (doing too much) syndrome. In group numbers he’s always the one that comes off as trying too hard- he loves mugging the camera to the point where it’s suffocating. Someone should tell him to pull it WAYYYYYY back. Being insufferable is much more amusing than being forgettable to a certain extent I guess lol.

    Comment by Tannie — 9 September 2010 @ 3:00 pm
  2. Spare me this guy, bro. He’s a mediocre at its best LOL.

    Comment by Hy-Van — 9 September 2010 @ 4:01 pm
  3. haha!! u must have been bored again :)
    Talking about Tung Duong, his first album Chay tron was really good…but the the seconf one Nhung o mau…something is a bit alternative and hard to listen to!!
    i like him singing the oldies like DC-TL Gui gio cho may ngan bay though:)

    Comment by lam dien — 11 September 2010 @ 7:19 am
  4. I love Tung Duong’s second album. It is so different from the first and has so much color, mood and tone. I am wondering where he’s heading next.

    Comment by donny — 11 September 2010 @ 7:34 am
  5. Doan Phi….Mot chu: Ghe.
    Giong con CHUOT…..

    Comment by N — 12 September 2010 @ 3:49 pm
  6. Funny…I went to a bar: Nu Cuoi Vang in Saigon. I was suprise to listen one guy (Gay Man). He sang one song: Huyen Thoai Ho Nui Coc. This guy made me STOOD UP and cheer to him. He sang NHAC TRU TUYET VOI ….
    Tung Duong should listen this guy. NO NEED TO YELL!

    Comment by N — 12 September 2010 @ 3:54 pm
  7. I actually bought this CD last week at the concert when I was in Minnesota…I could not listen pass the enrique inglesias’s song. So not memorable. I feel bad for him though, because he has potential but the current music trend cannot bring him out of the bubble. I wish he did not imitate others, and cover songs that other well-known artists have done. It made him look/sound so cheap!

    I bought it because he is a friend of my brother, and you know how we have this “ủng hộ” thingy, right? There went my $20 bucks!

    Comment by msnguyen — 13 September 2010 @ 1:50 pm
  8. I don’t mind him much but it’s a bit sad that I enjoyed some of the songs origianlly done by Le Tam and Sy Dan more

    Comment by tran — 15 September 2010 @ 8:54 pm
  9. Ba’c oi, bac binh luan co ve pro wa nhi… Nghe cach bac binh luan chang khac gi may ba’o la’ cai… Khong thich thi cung khong nen so sanh va che nguoi ta nhu the chu… Khach quan thi ca si co nguoi thich va nguoi khong thich, minh khong thich thi minh khong nghe the thoi… The nhe bac… bac nen song vui khoe, yeu doi… dung moi mo’c nhieu wa… de kho cho con… nho~ sau nay co thanh ca si… khong bi Bo’ no che^…

    Comment by Trinh Nguyen — 26 September 2010 @ 3:13 am