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troutman · 12-12-2006, 10:53 AM

Gwen got a lucky hit by mashing cheerleader chants and hip-hop in Hollaback Girl. Fergie copied the formula in London Bridge.

Now they are doomed to repeat each other, mixing crazy stuff with hip-hop:

cheerleader
yodelling

What's next?

tibetan throat music
barbershop
monks chanting
opera
diggerydoo

http://www.metacritic.com/music/arti...en/sweetescape

The New York Times
Much of “The Sweet Escape” sounds forced and secondhand; it’s one thing to emulate Madonna, another to be playing catchup with Fergie. [4 Dec 2006]

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...c2tk6dx8krf~T1

Also interesting in theory is the truly bizarre lead single, "Wind It Up," where the Neptunes force fanfares and samples from The Sound of Music's "The Lonely Goatherd" into one of their typical minimalist tracks, over which Gwen spouts off clumsy material-minded lyrics touting her fashion line and her shape. Nothing in this track really works, but it's hard not to listen to it in wonder, since its unwieldy rhythms and rhymes capture everything that's currently wrong about Stefani.

From the stilted production to the fashion fetish, all the way down to her decision to rap on far too much of the album, all the dance-pop here seems like a pose, creating the impression that she's a glamour girl slumming on a weekend night — something that her self-proclaimed Michelle Pfieffer in Scarface "coke whore" makeover showcased on the album's cover doesn't do much to dissuade.

12-12-2006, 10:53 AM	#34
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Gwen got a lucky hit by mashing cheerleader chants and hip-hop in Hollaback Girl. Fergie copied the formula in London Bridge. Now they are doomed to repeat each other, mixing crazy stuff with hip-hop: cheerleader yodelling What's next? tibetan throat music barbershop monks chanting opera diggerydoo http://www.metacritic.com/music/arti...en/sweetescape The New York Times Much of “The Sweet Escape” sounds forced and secondhand; it’s one thing to emulate Madonna, another to be playing catchup with Fergie. [4 Dec 2006] http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...c2tk6dx8krf~T1 Also interesting in theory is the truly bizarre lead single, "Wind It Up," where the Neptunes force fanfares and samples from The Sound of Music's "The Lonely Goatherd" into one of their typical minimalist tracks, over which Gwen spouts off clumsy material-minded lyrics touting her fashion line and her shape. Nothing in this track really works, but it's hard not to listen to it in wonder, since its unwieldy rhythms and rhymes capture everything that's currently wrong about Stefani. From the stilted production to the fashion fetish, all the way down to her decision to rap on far too much of the album, all the dance-pop here seems like a pose, creating the impression that she's a glamour girl slumming on a weekend night — something that her self-proclaimed Michelle Pfieffer in Scarface "coke whore" makeover showcased on the album's cover doesn't do much to dissuade. Last edited by troutman; 12-12-2006 at 10:58 AM.