I love Kanye West songs, but recently, I had the misfortune to actually listen to some of the lyrics in his songs, and its really affected me. And not in a good way.
If you dont know what Im talking about his latest collaboration with Estelle, "American Boy" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY0sIovSwuU) seems to sum it up nicely. Its a great song, really catchy, but the lyrics are really really poor:
don't act a fool now now.
I always act a fool oww oww.
Aint nothing new now now
Call me a purist, but I dont think repeating the word "now", makes it a rhyme. Its kind of cheating. And "oww oww" doesnt help either.
Another line:
Who killin em in the UK.
Everybody gonna to say you K
This is even worse because "UK" sounds exactly like "you K", so its not even a rhyme, its just like saying the same word twice.
Seriously, the guy is a great producer, but he needs to outsource his lyrics.
Maybe to India?
Who will be killing them in the United Kingdom?
Everybody will be saying it is you, Letter K
Oh, and to the guy who posted an abusive comment to me over my OJ blog post, this aint over yet.
Saturday, 16 February 2008
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)