Another Year In America February 26, 2009
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koganbotAnnoyed by a couple I like, want to like the ones I don't, and Kid Cudi comes across with a grower.
Asher Roth "I Love College": Not so wise wiseass butters both sides of the bottle, talks slow, is annoyingly obvious but powerful. TICK.
Toby Keith "God Love Her": Hard fuckin' daughter of a preacher, Southern duality, blah blah blah. Competent enough for a BORDERLINE TICK.
Keith Urban "Sweet Thing": Funk bass creates bubblin' groove. Harmonics and pretty voice hide it more than ride it. Track doesn't gel. NO TICK.
Jesse McCartney f. Ludacris "How Do You Sleep?": Rhythm slides backwards under sweet singing and busy synths. Another one that doesn't gel. NO TICK.
Kid Cudi "Day 'N' Nite": Seems to be the original that's finally breaking onto the American charts, which is good, 'cause I prefer it to the mixes. Crookers' version sees how far it can jiggle without losing the original's sweet-sad drift, loses too much; Jim Jones' remix pushes hard against the lilt, the result being dynamic but I'd just as soon stick with the lilt; Pitbull surprisingly sticks with the lilt himself on his version, is too smooth; so the original is best in its plainness. TICK.
Asher Roth "I Love College": Not so wise wiseass butters both sides of the bottle, talks slow, is annoyingly obvious but powerful. TICK.
Toby Keith "God Love Her": Hard fuckin' daughter of a preacher, Southern duality, blah blah blah. Competent enough for a BORDERLINE TICK.
Keith Urban "Sweet Thing": Funk bass creates bubblin' groove. Harmonics and pretty voice hide it more than ride it. Track doesn't gel. NO TICK.
Jesse McCartney f. Ludacris "How Do You Sleep?": Rhythm slides backwards under sweet singing and busy synths. Another one that doesn't gel. NO TICK.
Kid Cudi "Day 'N' Nite": Seems to be the original that's finally breaking onto the American charts, which is good, 'cause I prefer it to the mixes. Crookers' version sees how far it can jiggle without losing the original's sweet-sad drift, loses too much; Jim Jones' remix pushes hard against the lilt, the result being dynamic but I'd just as soon stick with the lilt; Pitbull surprisingly sticks with the lilt himself on his version, is too smooth; so the original is best in its plainness. TICK.
