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Ludacris is a great lyricist and Chris Brown is a hot commodity. So obviously putting them together gaurantees a hit. That is the theory behind Luda’s new joint What Them Girls Like. I once speculated that I could tell what girls what were thinking. I was right - but unfortunately so: girls in fifth grade aren’t so much into Magic: The Gathering. From this I learned the important lesson that ignorance is bliss. But enough about me, let’s get down to the nitty gritty.

The Track: Luda says it best at the tail end of the track between shout outs to Chris Brown and Sean Garret: ‘It’s too easy’. He’s right. The hand claps, knock, and syrupy flow have me sprung. The track reminds me of Nelly’s E.I. mixed with Drop It Like It’s Hot. I could do without Sean Garret’s vocals. Oldboy should stick to producing - he’s actually good at it.

Luda is big on name dropping - but it’s part of his style. He owns it, just like how Agness Deyn owns that blonde pixie cut. Surprisingly, none of the punchlines are noteworthy. I didn’t find myself running the track back to hear a line again. That is kind of unprecedented for Ludacris. I still like the track, but I am a little disappointed.

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The Video: Luda’s videos typically involve a lot of girls. More specifically, girls dancing, looking good, and being flirtatious. It adds to the appeal of the party and Chris Brown doesn’t do videos unless he can show off his moves. Seriously, show me a video where he isn’t MJing around the dance floor.

I know that all sounds dangerously close to Ryan Leslie’s video, but Luda uses it. Sure, the girls are hot, but that’s not the point. They are a mean’s to a punchline, and the joke is on them. The speech bubbles give each girl a voice, but that voice is exactly what guys want to hear. The video portrays women with the mentality of an Axe Body Spray commercial.

Two more things - At the beginning of verse two Luda drops a line about girls wanting families and security. Look closely at the supporting bubble, you have to laugh. Also, the speech bubbles should really be thought bubbles.

The Bottom Line: Kind of mediocre - I encourage Luda to spend some time on punchlines. They are a signature part of his repetoire.

Sorry ladies and gents, it has been a long month and I apologize for not posting anything recently. I have this “day job” and it would be unkind to blog while on the clock. But, I am back like cooked crack.

Usher just dropped a new video: Love In This Club, perhaps you have heard of it. By now, you should be familiar with our criteria: beat, video, content, and vocals.

The Beat: When I first heard this, I thought I was listening to the world’s worst house / trance / techno / whatever track. The piano doesn’t fit and either does the dance breakdown. While it screams “remix me a million times”, I can not get into it. Yeah may have been the last good beat that Usher had - and that was a Lil Jon production!

The Video: Usher really must dig Jacksons, because this is not his first mini-movie music video. The concept: Usher hallucinates some cute girl in an empty club, parties with an bunch of celebrity cameos, does a little dance, and then magically she’s gone along with the club and he’s standing in a pile of rubble. Yup, totally ridiculous. It’s kind of like the Usher Raymond version of Thriller - only the girl is in control, there aren’t any zombies, and there is no redeeming or comedic value to it.

The cameos were irrelevant and homeboy jocs Kanye’s style. The sunglasses, the black leather jacket and outfit - all stolen from the Good Life video. Of course, Kanye cosigns with his cameo, so maybe it isn’t a big deal. The video overuses lens-flares more than the new Danity Kane joint and has an orange cast to it. Also, what is with the chains that the girls keep giving out? I don’t think that is ever explained.

On the positive side, the video doesn’t rely on product placement or slow closeups of iced out watches. Although, there was a great opportunity to plug Louboutin heels that went unutilized.

The Content: I won’t spend time on the chorus because there is nothing to say, though I will take issue Jeezy’s mediocre verse.

‘Bout to hit the club make a movie yeah rated R… blah blah blah something about being a trap star.

Jeezy, you really couldn’t find something to rhyme with Rated X? I’ve been to weddings with more scandalous dance floors than your average R-rated movie.

Also - ‘on the floor’ of the club? Have you ever looked at the floor of a nightclub? It’s gross. I’m fairly sure if you stare at the floor long enough you’ll contract the clap.

The Vocals: Does anyone really dig Jeezy’s flow? I do not. Usher could have gotten a much slicker MC to do the verse. I vote for Young Joc. T-Pain’s Bartender may have the Vocoder Virus - but it was infinitely better than this.

The Bottom Line: Seriously Usher Raymond, what the hell? This is by far the worst track I have heard this year. Crappy beat, ridiculous chorus, bad verses, poorly lit and photographed video, etc etc etc. The list just keeps on going. I’m sorry to hate so much, but I can’t help it!

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