Album: B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
Artist: B.o.B
Randy: Best parts of this B.o.B track are the guest appearances. Hayley Williams has a guttural passion in her hook, and Eminem has a hungry-stomach delivery that's been missing for some time now. Em only comes in on the last verse, but easily makes himself the 51-percent shareholder of the track. Verdict: [B-]
Kyle: Upon a first listen, I'm not super impressed. I'll hit it again.
Randy: Nah. Might be too poppy for you. I was putting it into a "Run This Town" Kanye West kinda category, though not quite the monster that that one was.
Kyle: Nope, not too poppy. Just not strong enough. I'll hit it again.
Randy: Yeah, well, dude's #7 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop chart, so you go ahead and get back to me on what would be "strong enough" for your pop sensibilities KTHXBYE.
Kyle: I like it when people claim popularity as proof of a song's high quality. Especially when those people are smart enough to know better.
Randy: I like backhanded compliments. No, really.
Kyle: I like handsome-but-irritable half-Filipino coworkers.
Randy: That's a rather specific demographic you indicate. Yet I accept your apology.
I kinda agree with Kyle.
ReplyDeleteThis song doesn't do Hayley's voice justice. It has great potential, but doesn't really "take off" (pun intended). Eminem was great! I really like his sound, but other than, it was kinda...lackluster.
I specialize in 'growers' :)
ReplyDeleteBut your opinion is 100-percent valid. My wife didn't feel the song 'bloom' until she went through a few more listens.
And, for the record, my wife's was the same trajectory Kyle experienced with the song as well. That part just didn't make it into writing.
"Airplanes" may not be a shower, but it's not that much of a grower either. It went from below average to average. There's your specialty, bruh.
ReplyDeleteFair enough, Kyle. Maybe I should change my specialty to SPOTTING ARTISTS THAT WILL DEBUT AT #1 ON BILLBOARD'S HOT 100 OH GEE LOOK THAT'S WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
ReplyDeleteOMGWTFBBQ, now you're just upsetting my baby.