Comments | koganbot: Another Year In America February 5, 2009

koganbot

Another Year In America February 5, 2009

Feb 06, 2009 07:23

The Taylor Swift album finally falls from number one to number two. The Bird And The Bee enter at 78. Meanwhile, on the singles chart, something happens, somewhere, probably. Possibly.

( Lil Wayne )

another year in america, lil wayne

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alexmacpherson February 6 2009, 14:26:32 UTC

'Prom Queen' might be one of the worst things I have ever heard in my life, I hate it and the whole Rebirth "rock album" concept so much.

koganbot February 6 2009, 14:30:43 UTC

Ah, but there's so much worse worseness, even right in front of us.

koganbot February 6 2009, 14:35:08 UTC

How's L.A.?

alexmacpherson February 6 2009, 14:42:48 UTC

LA is...very rainy. Spent yesterday out in the desert dodging TORRENTIAL downpours on the 'Dead And Gone' shoot. Haven't even managed to go out much as I'm still kinda on London time and both the PR and I pass out w/exhaustion at like 9pm. Flying home this afternoon, so it's a "must come back to do this properly" situation.

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skyecaptain February 8 2009, 02:13:17 UTC

I really like "Kiss Me Thru the Phone," in a way because it sounds so much like a track that someone else produced and stuck on Soulja Boy's album somewhat against his will (although I wouldn't give Soulja Boy that sort of "cohesive album statement" integrity bull -- he seems like a more the merrier type). Anyone could have done a better verse than Soulja Boy on this one, and yet the sheer blunt goofiness of him saying "I miss you I miss you / I really wanna kiss you but I can't," followed by his cell phone number as a hook (old news, but also jammed in so awkwardly that you can't make out the number, which I also like!) makes it very Soulja Boy, for lack of another adjective.

skyecaptain February 8 2009, 02:16:13 UTC

On the other hand, I'm not really finding any redeeming qualities in "Prom Queen." I've listened to it a few times, in high and low quality, and frankly I can't even tell the difference -- the whole thing is a mush of rock tropes I don't even like, and Wayne's Autotune is a little too in the mush to rise above the track even on pure WTFness, as it does on (worse but more interesting) another track, "Piano Man."

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koganbot February 10 2009, 14:25:58 UTC

Yeah, my first reaction to "Prom Queen" was "No!" but then I compared it to the other three nothings on the list (one of which I ticked anyway) and decided it had enough something in it to warrant a tick. (That logic never got me to tick the Ting Tings, however.)