In the summer of 2023, Paul Russell’s “Lil Boo Thang” became a very big deal, by flipping The Emotions’ ’70s disco-soul standard “Best of My Love” into a modern-day wedding-dance-floor jam and parlaying early TikTok buzz into a major-label record deal. On again sometime?, Russell surrounds his breakout single with more funky, feel-good hits to keep the party going: “Slippin’” is a playful he-said/she-said showdown with former tourmate Meghan Trainor that’s set to a bouncy, sun-kissed beat tailor-made for your next backyard barbecue, while “Say Cheese” reminds you that, for all his soulful sing-alongs, Russell is a rapper first and foremost, as he unloads rapid-fire flows over a synth-stabbed Princely groove.