Lil little bit of sweetness
Okay so the First time I Heard this song the First words out of my mouth was RIPOFF!, and immediately dismissed it to the left. As time has passed I somehow think I didn’t give this song a fair chance to impress me, so here is my Fair analysis of the main offering Of Lil Bitts for Carnival 2011.
Riding on the Honey Riddem for 2011, the Song Opens with a big up and shout out to the No less than Great (some say) Kernel Roberts...Now I have stated in my previous critiques that ego trips are one of my MAJOR pet peeves, but somehow this shout out skews that in favor of Kernel the Producer rather than Lil bitts herself so I’m going to let it slide for just this once. I think producers need a Big Up now and Again as a lot of the creative Genius of songs tends to flow through them, and this particular producer has influenced a few great songs. However I still think it’s inappropriate to have anything in a song that doesn't ADD or have anything to do with the song.
Now the writer of this song (Sherrard Churche) has let the influence of other music inspire the opening lines "word for word" and "bar for bar" it’s literally a sample of a song of years past either he was influenced by "CJ Lewis -Sweet for my sweet" or the Older "The Searchers - Sweet for my sweet" I believe the CJ Lewis version might be the one because I doubt the older one is of his era.
The Song continues with a real soca/dancehall vibe accompanied heavily with a lot of synthetic instrumentals, no live band here. Now, as the words progress with this song, it becomes apparent after a few replays that the song is HEAVILY CHARGED with sexual innuendo. Now I can't imagine how she got so many into this song without it being banned. It is amazing if you really ketch on to all the lines in the song... for example where she sings “Can you handle my sweetness? rough it up in my sweetness?"...Lawd aye. a cold shower is required after listening to this song.
I couldn't figure where the chorus of this song starts as it isn't clear but it does seem to be somewhere near, "Wine to the ground Boy Go down, Go down, turn it around boy go down, go down. (Go down, go down) x 10 times." Now I have a real Problem with repetitive lyrics but somehow this time it didn't seem Overdone as it sometimes is. A repetitive lyric for the sake of Extra lyrics as I have said before is dumb because it sits out there with nothing supporting it. While this Repetitive section is supported by the previous choral lines.
I do like that this song uses lots of References of Sweetness, e.g. KC dinner mint, honeycomb, sugar cane, sugar etc. I was however lost for how Cinnamon is sweet? In all and all it remained within the Theme of the Song Of "sweetness" which is a big commendation for her and the lyricist.
Rating | Description | |
Out of 5 | ||
3 | Lyrics Thought the first line was "borrowed" the song didn't seem to take much from anywhere else and the lyrics flow well and make sense. Good use of repetitive lyrics | |
4 | Vocal Performance The Little Lady can sing can hold a note with style. However there seem to have words that get lost in song diction issues. | |
1.5 | Musicality Singing on a Riddem is not that great unless you are the Creator of the Riddem it almost sounds like words were fit into it just to make up the timing. | |
4 | Replay Worthiness and lasting Appeal Big winner in this category as the song is not locked into any situation and can be played Long after carnival without it sounding Dated. | |
2 | Originality Sadly Being on a Riddem also hurts your originality as other songs tend to be similar. Taking a line from another song doesn’t help either. It only makes the song to a familiar listener a borrowed one. | |
14.5 OVERALL | Fair | |
I’ve given this song a sort of backhanded review; it has many great elements to it but couldn't escape the small things like "Riddem's" and "Borrowed Lyrics". While the remaining lyrics came together and made sense the Idea of "sweetness" isn’t a new one either. But this song did refresh the topic of "sweetness" for the season and most likely will remain in moderate rotation for the rest of the year.
In closing this is not the Best of “Lil bitts" I’ve heard Better, But defiantly worth listening to it’s a very likable song on the level of "Anthem for Hot girls" who want to tease men. It think gets a fair review.
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