A suggestion: Kingston’s next single should be called “Lil’ Bo Peep” and feature Nicki Minaj. There is no level on which “Shorty is an eenie meenie minie moe lover” is not laughable, and the feeble attempts to evoke regret, pain or empathy in the verses are completely undercut by how incredibly dumb the entire conceit is. It gets the other points for the way they really try to sell this thing with such a forlorn melody and emotive vocals, even when they’re saying “shawty is a eenie meenie miney mo lover.”Īlex Ostroff: This is basically serviceable and inoffensive autotune&B, but I can’t get over the chorus. This record sucked hard enough without it.Īl Shipley: The very existence of a song with this title by these artists has brought me about as much entertainment as any bad song in 2010 not by the Insane Clown Posse, so it gets a couple extra points for that. What does is this: “You seem like the type to love ’em and leave ’em/And disappear right after this song.” Sorry, dudes, but no: you do not get to be reflexively postmodern. Michaelangelo Matos: The chorus is reprehensible, the appeal to kids is appalling, the Auto-tune needs the National Guard called on it: but that’s not what bothers me the most about this song. The Benny Blanco production is actually rather good, bright and cheery, but I kind of hate this anyway. Sean is heavily autotuned, Justin is wet. “Eenie meenie miny moe/Catch a bad chick by her toe” is a horrible opening, and it sticks with the theme. For me this leaps boldly across to the latter side from the start, and happily stays there.
Martin Skidmore: There’s a fine line between ‘very catchy’ and ‘fucking annoying’. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment.I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES.Email (song suggestions/writer enquiries).