Video: Rich Girl, “He Ain’t Wit Me Now Tho”
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So one time in about 2006, we were interviewing mega producer Rich Harrison (man responsible for Amerie’s career and Beyonce’s good album), and he was like “I have a girl group in the works called Rich Girl,” and we were like, great! Who’s in it! And he wouldn’t tell us, presumably because he didn’t know yet. Fast forward three years, Rich Girl is a reality, he found these chicks Seven, Audra, Lyndriette and Brave who are definitely using their real names, and gave them this BANANAS beat that sounds like he sampled some Eastern European 20th century quartet. Why wouldn’t Harrison be fuxing with Gyorgy Kurtag? He is a genius.
Audio: Usher f. Ludacris, “Dat Girl Right There” (Prod. By Rich Harrison)
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Some dudes had it right when they wrote that this song is the most ridiculously weird song (produced by Rich Harrison, no less!) to come through pop music in awhile, but we are not mad at this development. In fact, we need more beats that remind us in every way of balloons and also these things:
1)Every single aspect of the children’s television program Boohbah
2)When Ludacris’ verse comes in and his voice gets pitched up so it sounds like he inhaled 23 pounds of helium is very similar to Andre’s “verse” in “It’s Okay” by Slimm Calhoun where he raps sped up and dressed as the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland.
3)JAMS!
