Jason Mraz displays an affinity for two types of songs and you pretty much hear 5 or 6 versions of each (with different lyrics) on this at times charming and perhaps promising debut. I don't recommend this one yet, because if you've heard his single "the one about the remedy and the experience" you've heard 6 of the other songs on the record. His voice tumbles out on top of folk-reggae rhythms that will probably sound a bit jumbled and jivey, but his vocals are filled with enough internal rhythms and rhymes to keep them interesting - to a point. The other style prevalent is a toned down version of the other where he plays slower and sometimes even finds an engaging melody that smacks of Rufus Wainright. Mraz has an impressive facility with wordplay (though upon closer inspection all that scattershot rappy stuff doesn't bear up terribly well), but the boy's young yet.

Indeed he can sing and on the strength of his single and video, will most certainly get a shot at more and better, much like the John Mayer. Speaking of whom Waiting for my Rocket was produced by Dave Matthews vet John Alagia, which give the record some nice sonic depth from song to song - yet they all end up sounding pretty much the same, which is my biggest gripe with Mayer, just like it once was with Matthews. The biggest difference is that both Mayer and Matthews are phenomenal guitar players (yes this is also true of Mayer who is secretly a blues prodigy) as well of legions of adoring fans. In any case I can't recommend rocket, but I'll be waiting for what comes along for Mraz next.