Comments on: The Tao of Jim Jones’ “Pop Champagne” Ft. Special Guest Ignorance from Juelz Santana & Ron Browz

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:32:20 +0000

The beat is nice, but the autotune hook is unlistenable. And ignorance + Jim Jones is usually such a winning combination.

I should note, “ignorance + Jim Jones” is a formula like “fish + swimming” or “six + half a dozen”.

By: Dart_Adams

Dart_Adams — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:55:46 +0000

This is like an episode of Boondocks come to life. When satire and parody meet real life then we’re all in trouble.

One.

By: DocZeus

DocZeus — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:46:36 +0000

That Raphael Saadiq album is choice. Sooooooo slept-on.

By: Trey Stone

Trey Stone — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:45:53 +0000

i was gonna ask what tray thought recent “good pop” was over at Doc’s blog, but i guess i just got the answer.

anyway, since sane people seem to agree on this and “Arab Money” sucking, i think now is as good a time as ever for everyone to admit that Browz’s “Ether” beat wasn’t that good either

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:50:55 +0000

The first person to record tainted love wasn’t white either.

By: Deen

Deen — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:55:43 +0000

Irony. How I missed you.

By: Tray

Tray — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:17:16 +0000

Because he’s so bad! Listen to the intro, he’s just kinda talking into the autotune, not even trying to sing, in this weird syncopated way. And as we all know from Breihan weird = interesting. And the beat is monstrous. And very progressive. Whereas Kanye’s just like, “damn, what I really wish is that I had made Tainted Love. But I was a little kid then, and can’t sing, and am not white, so let’s just kinda make songs in that spirit with autotune.” If I wanted to listen to a retro record, I’d go pick up that Raphael Saadiq shit, they’re even selling it in Bloomingdale’s. Could anyone tell me why this shit deserves more credit than In My Mind? Anyone?

By: DocZeus

DocZeus — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:33:05 +0000

Tray-

Dude.

By: Passion of the Weiss

Passion of the Weiss — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:22:07 +0000

I’m not sure how Ron Browz is taking the art form forward. He sounds like a duller T-Pain to me. Care to explain?

By: Tray

Tray — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:09:34 +0000

I’m honestly all about this truly progressive slice of pop. Ron Browz is trying to progress with this autotune shit; Kanye, on the other hand, is taking it backwards (and the rest of the line I’m paraphrasing is true of him as well, no Prop 8 yes voter.*) JJ’s contribution, I’ll admit, doesn’t add much to the song, though it’s not like he hasn’t killed remixes in the past - remember “shout out to Rich Boy, we all want to be rich, boy”? Or “walkin around laughing like everything funny (hahahahaha), but it is not a joke…” - okay, maybe that sucked too.

* This is like the flipside of no homo, when you want to say something homophobic while denying your homophobia you say “no prop 8 yes voter.” It’s a bit of a mouthful but it works.