Mexican neo-soul star Frankie J made his name Stateside with Kumbia Kings before making it on his own with debut album What's A Man To Do, helped by hit single Suga Suga, featuring Baby Bash. The two have teamed up again on Obsession (No Es Amour), which you will have heard many times already, so is it time for Frankie J to be The One on this side of the Atlantic?

Certainly Obsession is a great pop soul crossover hit, with his yearning Spanish language vocals on the chorus and it is one of those songs that you only need to hear once to have engrained in your brain for months.

However, it is a cover of a song by a group called Aventura, so the next question is whether Frankie's own material matches it. It doesn't, which is perhaps why there are no less than two other versions of Obsession (a completely Spanish language one and a Reggaeton one) added as bonus tracks on the CD.

Whereas Obsession has that 'something extra', RnB ballad The One, featuring 3LW is as bland as they come, sounding like something Usher would reject as too schmaltzy. Frankie J has a decent enough voice, but the lyrics are cliched and the production is far too by-the-numbers to sound interesting.

How Do I Deal was also a hit single in the USA, but again it is just dull really. It does at least have a bit more about it than The One, but it has been done many times before and with much more spirit and soul. Without You even has that irritating chipmunk voice from Akon's Lonely as well as the insightful intro "Yeah. Here's another one."

On The Floor is a bit better, with a funky beat and Paul Wall providing 50 Cent-esque raps to give a counter-part to the main vocals. However, while the title sounds like peak-era Michael Jackson (who a young Frankie used to emulate back home in Tijuana), it's nowhere near that good, or even as good as most tracks off Invincible

Frankie J will get famous over here on the back of Obsession, which is one of the year's catchiest singles. Unfortunately, there is nothing else on The One that sets him apart from hundreds of bland RnB balladeers out there, and even his baby-faced good looks won't be enough to keep him riding high in the charts long term.