Year In America September 11, 2008

[koganbot]

T.I. still number one, and girlboymusic will be vindicated to read that the song still hasn't registered in my memory despite my writing it up last week*; M.I.A. still at number five, still hasn't lost her bullet or her bang bang bang bang; only two new tracks in the Top 40; and Jennifer Hudson and Jazmine Sullivan still under the border, not able to break in, which will drive Lex nuts in frustration.

Artists Stand Up To Cancer "Just Stand Up!" which already stood up four days ago in Britain and I haven't had any new insights since then. Carrie Underwood is out of place and weak, Miley out of place and distinctive, Fergie the only one who carries emotion, none of the singers here really at fault, just can't propel a lame song. NO TICK.

Lil Wayne f. Bobby Valentino "Mrs. Officer": I like the beats of hollowed-out cardboard and Bobby's "wee-oh-wee-oh-wee," but not much else. Bobby tries and fails to recreate the shimmering emotion of the classic black harmony groups, while Wayne's concept is that a woman in uniform desires sex. Blah. NO TICK.

*Two weeks ago, actually. How time flies when nothing's happening.

Comments

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I think the TI song is very immediate. I've only heard it the once (on Paul Gambaccini's US chart show last Saturday) but the hook is still lodged in my brain.

[koganbot]

Listening to it right now, the hook is very hooky, and I really shouldn't forget it, but I've heard it a bunch and I do forget. However, probably should've borderline ticked this rather than borderline not ticked it. Would have done better as a Nelly track, I think. Nelly's better at that light sing song.

Do like the girl in the vid.

[koganbot]

To confuse things, I quite like T.I. on Nicole Scherzinger's not hooky but very strong "Whatever U Like," which stiffed last year everywhere but Rumania and Turkey.