
"Love Lockdown" Should Remain Live
{{{ The Wonderful World Of Miss TLC }}} —
So Kanye's "Love Lockdown" was released as a CDQ Studio version today... and uh... well, here's the live one for you to watch again if you are interested in hearing the song: I thought the live one kicked ass... the studio one? Not so much. You can listen to it here though if you want to hear it for yourself anyway.
Do you 'get' Kanye's 'Love Lockdown'?
PopWatch —
Do you 'get' (just arrested) Kanye's 'Love Lockdown'? he sound so out of breath half the time? Finally, I'll be damned if I can figure out why he's decided to "sing" for an entire track instead of gracing us with a single line of rap — or giving this track to an actual singer. Look, far be it from me to criticize a musician for going outside of his or her lane. The Love Below is a really cool record; I've got no problem with rappers turning singers, if they can actually craft a listenable song that way. But Kanye's no André 3000 in that department. It's just not working for me, to the point where I still feel like there's something I'm not "getting" about ...
1520 Sedgwick Avenue: September 12th, 2008
DeadOn... —
I’m loath to post two versions of one song in one week…
…but Kanye got popped yesterday at LAX, so “Love Lockdown,” supposedly in studio/album version, though it sounds quite rough, gets another spin.
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