Reagan James sings 'Hit 'Em Up Style' (VIDEO)

Reagan James sang 'Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)' on The Voice 2014 Season 7 Knockout Round on Monday, November 3, 2014 for Team Blake Shelton against Grant Ganzer.

Reagan is singing "Hit'em Up Style," otherwise known as The Official Anthem of American Idol's Hollywood Week. Seriously, I think this song is more popular on singing shows than it ever was in its own time. Taylor loves the maturity of Reagan's song choice, and says her tone is "everything". She does suggest that Reagan shows some restraint onstage, and chooses where she wants to go with the vocal, where her runs are concerned. I like Reagan and I hope she doesn't get swallowed alive by the track.

Reagan serves up a really good performance, although she'd listened to Taylor and not have made so many back-and-forth trips across the stage, since her voice seems a bit compromised by all the movement. Still, she sounds terrific with her runs. Her upper register during the final choruses are a bit iffy, but I think she does more than enough to give Grant a run for his money. Hell, he seems pretty impressed with her while watching. Reagan is just one of those singers that could probably do any song she's given, since I'm not sure she fits into one specific genre. That could be both a blessing and a curse: on the one hand, she could sing whatever and make it work for her own style; on the other hand, it makes it hard to know what kind of artist she intends to be. It should be interesting to see her development as the competition progresses.

Watch the full performance video of Reagan James singing 'Hit 'Em Up Style' here:

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Knockout Round Results

Reagan James won and moves on to the live shows.

Download MP3: Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)

Note: Text written by Nick Roman

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