Video: Beyonce f. Lady Gaga, “Videophone”
TOO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS VIDEO. First Beyonce is Rihanna complete with bleached-blonde Misfits lock, then she is a robot from a Bjork video, then she’s a Bond girl, Bettie Page, Neneh Cherry/Monie Love (in a Gerlan tee!) and like, the hottest/cattiest tranny since Amanda Lepore. Never mind that she looks HOT AS SHIT through the video, we just kinda think she needed to choose a couple themes and go with them.
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posted on Nov 17, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Bettie Page, Beyonce, bjork, Lady Gaga, Neneh Cherry, r&b, Rihanna
Kid Cudi, “Make Her Say (Cubic Zirconia RMX)” MP3
It’s really more of a cover, but after waking up to our clock radio alarm playing “Make Her Say” every single morning at 7:42 on the dot for the past 84 days straight (thanks Hot97), Cubic Zirconia’s ditching of the original is a relief. Their ominous synth refix gets at the darker side of Gaga—the descending, sparse electro is a good companion piece to her scary red lace death shroud from the other night. But, thankfully, vocalist Tiombe Lockhart only hints at the crazy-making melody of the “Poker Face” sample, and transforms Cudi’s juvie BJ fantasy into a sarcastic parroting of the Kid’s retardo chorus, like “Oh yeah sure, I’ll do whatever you want dude. In yo dreams!” Which makes it rather feminist, and feels like a reclaiming of all the AM minutes we’ve been terrorized by Gaggy’s vaudevillian “uh oh”s.
Download: Kid Cudi, “Make Her Say” (Cubic Zirconia RMX)
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posted on Sep 16, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Cubic Zirconia, electronic/dance, Kid Cudi, Lady Gaga, Tiombe Lockhart
Video: Wale f. Lady Gaga, “Chillin”
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Not feeling the tacked-on Lady Gaga chorus, but other than that, this is a good Wale song. He gives empty bragging substance, and if this is what it takes to get dude attention outside of the internet/New York/DC/Industry circuit (see also: videos regularly on television) then more power to him. Special award goes to Bun B for appearing in almost as many scenes as Wale without even having to rap.
Freeload: Kid Cudi f. Kanye West, Common, A-Trak & Lady Gaga, “I Poke Her Face”
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Well there you go, Lady Gaga finally made it onto The FADER. Once again, Kanye forces our blog hand (pause? fuck it.) by endorsing something we thought we’d only have to peacefully coexist with for the rest of our lives. What’s next, Kanye West presents creamed spinach?
Download: Kid Cudi f. Kanye West, Common & A-Trak, “I Poke Her Face”
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posted on Apr 6, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags A-Trak, Common, freeload, hip hop, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Lady Gaga
