Lenny a lock for seat among elite

With 5, Lenny Kravitz laced his style with an electronic/techno edge. Songs like "I Belong To You," "Black Velveteen" and "If You Can't Say No" used a medium new to Kravitz albums traditionally made with hard, guitar based rock and power ballads.\nOn Lenny, Kravitz combines elements from his previous five albums with a little more catchiness extracted from songs like "Fly Away" and "Again" to create a unified, awesome album. Kravitz's style hasn't changed since Let Love Rule. He finds a few catchy cords and a chorus, then repeats them over and over again. He uses this formula on almost every song on Lenny, and reverts back to more to guitar-based music on past albums. \nKravitz begins by rocking out with "Battlefield of Love," a high energy, fast-paced song that sets stage for his new album. The track is reminiscent of tracks from Are You Gonna Go My Way and Kravitz's worst album, Circus. "Yesterday's Gone" and "Stillness of Heart" are classic Kravitz power ballads similar to "Again" and "I Belong to You." \nLenny returns to the feel of 5 with "Believe in Me," a slow, electronic song similar to "If You Can't Say No." "A Million Miles Away," a Kravitz power ballad, might be the best song on the album.\n"Dig In" should've been buried under the rest of the album but, trying to ride the wings of "Fly Away," it somehow was made into a video. Lenny is finished off with "Let's Get High," in which Kravitz uses power chords similar to his first album's "I Built This Garden For Us."\nDespite that its best song "If You Can't Say No" was the first single off of 5, the album didn't become a success until almost a year after its original release. Lenny shouldn't have this problem despite a weak first single release. Kravitz should find big success in "Yesterday's Gone," "Stillness of Heart" and "A Million Miles Away." \nLenny Kravitz has stood on the top of the rock 'n' roll world the past couple years. His last album catapulted him to superstar status. Lenny could win him a fourth Grammy and should ensure him a seat among the elite for a few more years.\nRating: 8