6.9.08

you know that song with every single female singer that supposedly matters imaginable?


SONG: "Just Stand Up"
ARTIST: Ashanti, Rihanna, Fergie, Melissa Etheridge, Carrie Underwood, Natasha Bedingfield, Sheryl Crow, Mariah Carey, Leona Lewis, Mary J. Blige, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leann Rimes, Miley Cyrus, Beyonce
RATING: OOO
hazim and the new asymptotes
hey. hazim here...again. I've had a slow week dealing with the fasting month. I'm all hungry, a;; Cookie Monster, almost all the time. I just listened to the song with Ashanti, Ciara, Fergie, Rihanna, Melissa Etheridge, Leann Rimes, Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus, Natasha Bedingfield, Sheryl Crow, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Keyshia Cole, and...Beyonce (phew...try saying that all in one breath five times fast). So ummm...what was the point of putting Ashanti and Ciara on the same track again? They sound alike...actually, they're almost negligible in the song. Miley's also got like, no voice. Replace her with Hilary Duff. Might as well. Mary J. and Mariah hold their ground, far superior than Leona or Keyshia. I hate Melissa Etheridge. She's annoying. Her voice sounds like sandpaper on a chalkboard. Yicks. Natasha's okayyyy...I guess. Leann and Carrie don't need to be on the same track either, especially since everyone knows that Leann isn't famous anymore. Rihanna actually ends up sounding the most distinctive despite her voice actually being really weak live. Fergie's okay. The Crow is a snore fest as usual. And...Beyonce's wowee, as always, even though I'm starting to prefer her sister, Solange a bit more nowadays. Yeah, so the track as whole? Okay. Effective. More commercial than Annie Lennox's "Sing" with all those other artists on it (all female as well). But this is for charity, so it at least gets three circles from me minimum. But I can't help feeling that Rihanna, Fergie, and Beyonce could have done this song on their own and it would have been a hit. Not to mention, more effective. Hazim. Out.

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