// Diddy f. Lil' Wayne & Justin Timberlake //
// Shades //
Is it just me, or is there a trend towards long, drawn-out songs right now? If you're going to push 5 minutes or longer, your song had better be fuckin awesome or at least not repetitive. This song is lacking in awesome, and despite my most sincere attempts, I've been unable to focus on the song because it's just so damn boring.
Listening to Diddy's lazy (and not to mention played-out) auto-tuned verses is so agonizing, my brain refuses to commit more than 30 consecutive seconds of attention juice to it. I get halfway into Wayne's totally unnecessary spoken word intro, and before I know, it I'm spacing out, reminiscing about the time a wasp flew up my pants and stung me mercilessly. To put it into perspective, my brain subconsciously decided that a phobia-inducing memory is somehow more pleasant than paying attention to "Shades" long enough to form an opinion about it. Yeah, that bad.
The lone bright spot - and even this is a stretch - is JT's hushed rap verse near the end of the 6-minute snoozefest. The guy's still got the magic, and to stand out on a track as fromage as this is much proof as he'll ever need.
Yeah, I'll take off my shades for you, Diddy. But I'm putting on ear muffs instead.
"...before I know, it I'm spacing out, reminiscing about the time a wasp flew up my pants and stung me mercilessly."
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