The Italian singer / songwriter Tiziano Ferro discovered his love for black American music at the age of sixteen. It sounds like he has followed the developments in hip-hop and R&B closely ever since. It is that Ferro sings in Italian, otherwise you would think that Rosso Relativo is the latest production of Timbaland or Dr. Dre (especially in the opener Le Cosse Che Non Dici). That this
… combination of Italian pathos and a hip American production appeals to a large audience, is evident from the high charts that the singer achieved with the song Perdono, which is mentioned on the CD cover as Xdono for mysterious reasons. With this hit-sensitive CD, Tiziano Ferro follows in the footsteps of illustrious fellow countrymen such as Zucchero and Eros Ramazzotti, who also conquered the world with Italian-language pop music. (MS)more
