Sean Paul: now sporting a mohawk, for some reason…
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Brad Shoup: Hey look, they got Sean Da Paul too. Dude’s slid from a dank hip-hop approach to a soar-heavy, Euro-friendly one, and it doesn’t suit him at all. He’s never had the strongest voice, and placed in an aural Hallmark card, he just sounds lost. Jordan gets over some nice feeling in the chorus, but “Baby Boy” this isn’t.
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Jonathan Bogart: Watching the video, you can see what they’re going for. Sean Paul’s in a mohawk like apl.de.ap from the Black Eyed Peas, and he’s bouncing goofily around in a suit like Pitbull, and Alexis Jordan is doing a Fergie/Rihanna thing with mood lighting and fiery hair. They’re shooting for Global Club Banger, but the beat doesn’t bang and they don’t sound interested even in themselves, let alone in any unspecific You. It’s normal these days that they wouldn’t sound like they’re in the same room, but they don’t even sound like they’re in the same song.
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Katherine St Asaph: Auto-Tune was involved, yes? And the intent’s polish, not Ke$ha or T-Pain fuckery, right? Then why does Sean sound ever so slightly flat and Alexis sharp on what’s supposed to be a unison chorus, and why is it so obvious how much Alexis botches the “and I-I-I” note each time? Competent minor-key club malaise is fine by me, but this isn’t competent.
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Jer Fairall: The title phrase, repeated mantra-like in a voice as robotic as Sean Paul’s, sounds less like a come-on than it does something he’s trying to will into happening, to much frustration. It’s not a good look for him, and neither is this flat, sexless Stargate production.
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Iain Mew: This has an odd combination of a forceful Alexis Jordan bellowing her way through the song and everything else being overly polite. The beat is weak as anything, Sean Paul isn’t much better and it literally fizzles out at the end, leaving just a vague feeling of obligation from all concerned. I suppose at least that fits with the title.
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Anthony Easton: Please, fight — just to interest a bored audience.
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