Comments on: A Few Thoughts on Kanye’s “Love Lockdown”

By: Nate Jones

Nate Jones — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:12:28 +0000

I admire Kanye for his attempt to step outside of the box, but he better stick to what he does well. That’s nothing more than a very poor Andre 3000 knock off. Or maybe a terrible version of Sexual Eruption? It also kind of reminded me of those Bad Boy Records tracks Jealous Guy and Playa Hater. Except Kanye was trying to be serious and put out a good track, while they were intentionally trying to be funny and sound bad.

http://www.imeem.com/sexciililmama/music/Dpabnjcl/jealous_guys/

By: shabooty

shabooty — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:28:23 +0000

weiss is just sucking up so kanye doesn’t break his camera.

By: Tray

Tray — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:42:55 +0000

“This is probably the most interesting use of autotune since it hit the hip-hop scene (although that’s not saying much, but I digress)…”

It isn’t fashionable to say anything nice about 50 these days, but his autotuned hook and “whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa” on Rider Pt. 2 blows this out of the water.

By: illbatik

illbatik — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:04:27 +0000

“partially for the way in which its funk is leadened by a moody paranoia, partially because I think Kanye is halfway to wearing codpieces.”

G.O.A.T. Weiss line.

By: ekko

ekko — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:16:13 +0000

How can you say that John Lennon had a bloated ego? He was one of the most important people in music in the last 100 years.

As for Kanye, it’s nice to see someone recognize that the boy is not a great rapper. On his last record, he rhymed “blond dyke” with “Klondike.” Mercy.

By: strt

strt — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:12:29 +0000

song is shit. nothing new/original here. gettin credit for using auto tune? sad state of affairs…

By: meh

meh — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:56:39 +0000

with a little more seasoning and a bridge this song could’ve been good. I think he should have tucked this one away, maybe release it as a b-side one day. Nice try though.

By: Deen

Deen — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:09:22 +0000

Jordan…

I’m referring to the eclectic turn he’s taking. Andre and Mos are critically acclaimed rappers that decided to get all weird to differing results, depending on who you ask.

The Auto-tune shit is basically ripping off T-Pain and every other rapper that had the balls to do first. Not that the auto-tune shit in rapper is a good thing. Sure it’s an interesting use of the thing, but interesting ain’t good. The song is still shit.

By: Disco Vietnam

Disco Vietnam — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:06:15 +0000

Of course I’ve seen Police Academy V you ninkumpoop. How else would I be able understand Police Academy VI?

The Departed is probably one of the most rewatchable movies ever. It’s up there with Shawshank Redemption and Eight Below.

Dr. Chet Rockstone says, “Love Lockdown probably sounds awesome in the club and girls are gonna sing and dance to it and I like when chicks do that. It means their pussies are getting wet. I give it a 10.5″

By: Jordan Catalano

Jordan Catalano — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:06:27 +0000

@Deen: Mos Def and Andre? You’re reaching, buddy. This is probably the most interesting use of autotune since it hit the hip-hop scene (although that’s not saying much, but I digress)…