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** 1/2

CALLOWAY

“Calloway” Solar/Epic

Brothers Reggie and Cino-vincent Calloway, formerly of Midnight Star, have produced a debut album that sounds as if they’ve been influenced by the catalogues of platinum-selling crossover acts like Lionel Richie and Atlantic Starr. “I Wanna Be Rich”--currently a staple on pop radio--is about as tame and mainstream as you can get. It’s the type of record that’s typically slammed by sneering critics and bought with wallet-waving abandon by pop audiences, and it’s pretty obvious whose favor Calloway is courting. Those who like “I Wanna Be Rich” should be equally won over by “You Are My Everything,” a ballad so unbelievably bland that it’s hard to imagine its being performed by two guys who used to churn out funky fare like “Freak-a-zoid” and “Operator.”