See, I thought that function was called “loop”, but hey ho…

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[4.78]

Matt Cibula: I will bet Iyaz five dollars that he can’t write her a symphony. Heck, make it ten.
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Anthony Easton: I like his voice, and the iPod reference is nice, and the meta quality of melody, and how the symphony seems to be remixed 8 bit noises, but it’s all a bit thin and the central metaphor is not very complicated.
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Frank Kogan: Prettiness that’s all spiffed-up and bright, with a pleasing 4-bar sing-song that combines stressed and unstressed syllables in opposition to the beat, rolling you along with it like one of those little weight-shifting toys that jerks along the floor relentlessly. It makes me feel all sticky and nauseous by the end. Sometimes you just decide to hate an all right song, and for the moment this is my song to hate.
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Hillary Brown: The sweetness of the melody, the good concept, and the hookiness of the chorus should really bump this up to a 7, but it’s almost like it’s missing something deliberately, causing one, indeed, to replay it over and over, searching for the real high that’s so close.
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Rodney J. Greene: The endearingly clumsy metaphor, breeze-mussed synths, and (as he would tell you himself) sticky tune make me want to give this dude the benefit of the doubt. His vocals, however, are this close to Sean Kingston, and I find myself without mercy in my heart.
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Ian Mathers: I know Iyaz’s background and connections are more Sean Kingston than T-Pain, but something about the songwriting and even the vocals here reminds me a bit of the AutoTuned One (except minus the AutoTune, or at least the really obvious levels of it). J.R. Rotem’s production isn’t nearly as gauche or one-note as it tends to be, and, like T-Pain at his best, Iyaz is a sunny, personable performer. I wish I was hearing this during the summer, though.
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Anthony Miccio: Anagram for “Soulja Boy, Sean Kingston”: “Akon’s booty anus jingles.” Though there’s a page for this track on wikipedia (like most top 5 hits), Iyaz’ name currently links back to the entry for Reprise Records.
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Jessica Popper: I feel like I should hate this song, and I fully expect to hate it in a few months when it’s ubiquitous on TV and radio, but for the moment I must admit that I love it. It’s yet another example of the recent trend for R&B music to be approximately ten times cheesier than any song in the charts that classifies itself as pop. It’s a trend that’s made 2009 a very enjoyable year! Speaking of trends, wearing sunglasses on the back of your head is certainly one I’ve not seen before. Not sure it’ll catch on…
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Chuck Eddy: See, I told you Akon was his own genre by now! (Why him and not, say, Kevin Little?) And now, some useful information found on line: “Q. Why isn’t the song replay by iyaz on itunes? A. This is a stupid question because it is on iTunes.”
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