Dev + Mr. Saxobeat + Flo Rida = let’s have her look like Gaga…

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Doug Robertson: I don’t think anyone has ever listened to a song and thought, “You know what this needs? More Flo Rida”. Well, other than Flo Rida himself, obviously. But even without his contribution, this would still struggle to light up the floor, being a combination of pretty standard beats and a cheap Latin melody. Dev can — and should — be doing better.
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Jonathan Bogart: If this was the Flo-less original, it might go as high as [7] or [8], but the addition of a less-interesting Pitbull does nothing for either the Cataracs’ “Saxobeat”-aping beat or Dev’s Cristina-aping vocals.
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Katherine St Asaph: Dev’s original “In the Dark” had an insatiable sax solo, which is obviously why Flo Rida squatted over it when he did his deed on the track. But it could’ve been worse. He could’ve reappeared, and he could’ve been Drake.
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Brad Shoup: I still can’t shake the feeling that the Cataracs and Dev are making pop cos it’s funny. They’re certainly not in it for the challenge: we’ve got one good line (“push to start,” natch) and the furry sax from “Calabria”. In other news, who had any idea Flo Rida was a virgin?
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Alfred Soto: Who on earth approved this? At least Dev sounds detached enough to invest her stupid lines (“Open my body and do some surgery”?) with po-faced humor. Flo Rida’s huffing and puffing can’t blow the original’s house down. South Florida radio loves this sort of thing though — on the dance floor it makes the girls feel wicked and the guys like they got a chance.
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Frank Kogan: I think of Dev like Cassie, even though their images are so different. Cassie’s got words such as “model,” “dancer,” “actress” in her Wikipedia description, dreams of classiness; while Dev is a scrappy little clubrat, her body at odd angles, her style home-made. But their voices have the same drifting sexiness. It’s a restraint that draws me right in. “In The Dark” sounds a bit richer than it needs to, too much reverb and too much atmosphere, when Dev herself already provides all the atmosphere we need. Guest rapper Flo Rida, who shows up on one of the mixes, is unnecessary too, but he’s plain enough not to get in the way. Nothing really gets in the way, Dev’s wonder and sensuality seeping through.
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