Post by Adam B on Jan 21, 2010 7:35:58 GMT -5
“Where dem bloggers at / where dem bloggers at / where they at, where they at, where they at?” It’s not exactly Shakespeare, but the lines from Rihanna’s latest single, “Hard,” always get a reaction out of me. Part of it is because the word blogger is such an unmusical word. It sounds extremely awkward when thrown into the middle of a song. But there’s also a much bigger factor - I can’t tell from the lyric whether she’s bigging bloggers up, or ripping us a new one. This is due almost entirely to what is either cleverly cryptic, or just plain awful, songwriting by The-Dream.
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