14.12.08

Single Whore

definition : a song that a music artist releases from their album that is played constantly on every radio station across the globe until a listener is ready to commit suicide.

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nd what an adorable sight it is, right? How bout a hell no.

So we've heard the single whores from various artists. They have been seen in "Umbrella" by Rhianna which she later collaborated with her sugar-honey lump (better known as Chris Brown) to form the remix "Cinderella". Now, if you are anything like myself, you were just about ready to jump a bridge at the mere thought of having an instant replay of the same "ella, ella, ella, ey, ey, ey" for a whole second term. Just who elected that song into office again?! We all know we didnt like the first song when we first heard it... then it became the Umbrella-itis and got stuck in our heads which made us need listen to it over and over. Then when that plague was over... Cinderella-itis came into play. How cruel.

Another example of a Single Whore can be seen in "Buy U a Drank (shawty snappin')" and the most recent "Can't Believe It" and "Get Money" with Lil' Wayne ( all of which were my jamz...back when they were virgins)... T-pain, though original, can be called the king of the single whore movement. He recently pulled a Rhianna move and remixed "Can't Believe It" to a somehow more annoying version featuring Justin Timberlake. It simply makes my ears bleed.

It's horrible because sometimes, aside from "Umbrella" the dopest tracks reach so much radio play that we don't even like the song anymore. We usually need to break up with the song for awhile, date a couple others and perhaps in a few months or so later we will pick it up again. Prime example is "Live your Life" with T.I and Rhianna.... that song was my shiiit when it was performed at the 2008 VMA's then when it hit the airwaves and played every 15 minutes the whole vibe was ruined.

Single whores leave no room for new music, we see nowadays how T-pain and Lil' Wayne basically own every second of airtime lately, no matter how cliche they have become. Back in the day it was Ja Rule with his (Ja voice) "Where would I be without yooooooooou", then to Chamillionaire's "Riding Dirty" to MIMS "This is Why I'm Hot", to Usher's "Love In This Club" Some may even lead to clever and sometimes comedic covers that retires the original song and picks up the whoring like "White and Nerdy" and "This is Why I Rock".

Beware of the single whores though, because it's an easy way to trick a person into buying a completely wack album that holds that one fabulous song. Thats an advantage artists have.
But it can also lead to a whole movement like UNKs "Walk it out" or E-40's "Tell me when to Go" or Soulja Boi Tell 'Em (God bless his heart) with his "Crank dat Superman" that gave birth to everything from "Crank dat Batman" to "Crank dat Family Guy" and "Crank dat Spongebob".

Lesson that should be learned is.... play new music of different artists.. for our sanities. And make good music... stop trickin innocent civilians into buying garbage.

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