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I wanted to pre-emptively hate on this new Flo Rida song (Round Round), but I kinda got into it after the 3rd or 4th listen.

Ordinarily I might say something like:
Producers, it’s 09. That “Hey!” shit is getting old. And unless you’re Mali Boi (who gets a pass1 on cheesy samples), leave the fucking 80s alone! This song was already ruined by that scrubbing bubbles commercial! and Marilyn Manson! and a billion other things. Whine whine whine.

To be honest, I’ve been bad at judging some of these songs on first listen. I hated2 on Live Your Life when I first heard it and then grew to love it. Fuck it, this song is catchy. And pseudo-sexual. Almost as catchy as Low or Elevator. Sample it one more time. That’s Kesha on the chorus. Anyone have a producer credit?

  1. The pass lasts for two years, and was granted for creative sampling of the Soul Glo commercial jingle from Coming To America.
  2. What I actually said (on August 26, 2008 at 10:27pm) was: “ugh, oh my why? at least, uncharacteristically, Just Blaze didn’t end this one with a gospel choir.” I’m not really sure why I was hating on gospel choirs at the time. I think the way the album cut of the song ends with 20 seconds of Rihanna singing, though fantastic, are… shall we say very Justin Blaze-y.