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Tuesday, April 27, 2004

CONFESSIONS, PART WHATTHEF--K?

So leaving aside comment on the R.Kelly-ization of pop these days, Usher's "Confessions Part 2" has to be the most infuriating and intriguing thing on the radio these days.

Here's the breakdown, call it a full mack washboard confessional:

This by far is the hardest thing I think I've ever had to do
To tell you, the woman I love
That I'm having a baby by a woman that I barely even know
I hope you can accept the fact that I'm man enough to tell you this
And hopefully you'll give me another chance
This ain't about my career
This ain't about my life
It's about us...

Please

You can just see all the Ush fans thinking 'Oh that's so sweet, he's apologizing" and all the assholes rooting for Ush to get his girl back in bed where she belongs. Whatthef--k? The dude got another girl pregant--one he doesn't even care about--now he's begging to come back, figuring you'll accept that he's man enough to tell you what a dog he is.

This shit takes creep-dom to a new low. But at the same time, it's mad seductive, right?

The weird subtext of hits like Ruben Studdard's "Sorry 2004" and this one is: "Lie to me, just show me some tenderness first, then act like you're facing the truth although you really just want an excuse to get back in my pants."

Can't help but think that these songs are a sign of the [American] times. How do we really feel about W and Condi? If they just fessed--"Shit man, we really did fuck up with this Afghanistan/Iraq/Israel thing"--would we be like, "Ah OK, that's cool"?

Conclusion: Usher is yet another good reason to get Bush out of office.

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