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Beyonce and Lady GaGa- Video Phone
Beat: HARD. Video: HARD. Hype Williams' best since 'Can't Tell Me Nothing'. Not that that's his all time best, but it's been his recent best. ANYWAY, this song's beat is so damn good. Nothing complicated, like Lollipop, but enough juice to make your head bob a minimum of 1.5'. Need to know who came up with the costume concepts. Hype even made GaGa look semi-pretty. Enough lighting and a brilliant make-up artist can make anything happen.
But... the dancing. Beyonce is an OK dancer. I mean, she gets it done. She's no Mya. But GaGa makes Bey look like Janet (circa Rhythm Nation- Janet). Oh, and I really wish girls would really learn how to hold a gun. Makes things a bit less cheesy.
Alicia Keys- Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart
Get your muthafuckin' lighters up, yo, because this is hit central. Seriously though, hit central. Another basic beat that'll swing your arms in the air with full extension. That's just the song.
The video... is OK. Nothing special, which is a shame because it's a great fucking track. I think the director just got his first crane and steady-cam and it's just camera-pan overdose. Alicia has never been one to hide her figure (which makes her much more appealing in the fact that she's real, or at least as real as a pop star gets) and these panning shots made me think this was Jordin Sparks (Jordan Sparks, Jordin Sparx, Jordan Sparx.... or variation of).
Shakira feat. Lil' Wayne- Give It Up to Me
Let me make this clear. I like Shakira. No, I don't have any of her albums, though. She's like the Spice Girls to me. They sold 65 million records, but I have never met someone who admitted to buying one.
I figured Shakira out. Her voice is distinct. Her dancing style is original. BUT IT'S TOTALLY SOMETHING ANYONE CAN DO. It's not a skill. But no one does it, so it's exclusively her.
Anyway, I posted recently Shakira's super-uber-catchy-ass hook (term copyright pending) two weeks ago with no shame. And I'm doing it now.
To add some more street cred to my name after admitting liking Shakira songs, Kid Cudi liked Did It Again so much he did a remix with her on it and Wayne liked this enough to show his face in a video with her. So I'm on Cudi/Wayne level. Glad we agree on that.
Oh yeah, the review. Wayne clearly sipped sizzurp before the shoot and Shakira is again wearing a one-piece bathing suit with tights, bending her knees at shoulder length, and swinging her arms along the plane of her hips. That's all.
