OK Mondays: Doggy style

Bow Wow & Ciara "Like You"

No Crap Monday today because I worked from home, which made for an OK day all-around. Instead, here's my favorite song at the moment, Bow Wow & Ciara's "Like You." Count me among the screaming tweens who are whatever the prepubescent equivalent is for "on his dick." I've never found Bow Wow attractive till now -- all of a sudden, he's 18 and doing the LL thing really, really well (c'mon, Boweezy, lick ya lips). He's just so little and impressionable that I want to keep him in my pocket and feed him my table scraps.

With "Like You," Jermaine Dupri molds Weezy into the lova-lova that such a pretty boy needs to be if he's to succeed as a pop rapper. Bow Wow, whose tone and flow makes him a sorta Lil' Jermaine, is more than happy to play dress-up, acting like an important grown-up who'll hold down anyone and everyone who strikes his fancy. For her part, Ciara stops acting like a robot for four minutes to deliver her most convincing vocal yet (when her voice kind of breaks on "amazing" during her verse, it couldn't come at a more appropriate time). Oh, and she sings scales (!!!). Dupri makes sure everything performs to capacity, even the track itself, sampled liberally from New Edition's "I'm Leaving You Again" with added bite by way of thick, zapping keyboards. The New Edition track wasn't a single and therefore never got a chance at the success it deserved. Dupri, then, is righting all kinds of wrongs as the perfect "Like You" is headed straight to No. 1. You heard it here (or was that in Vibe?) first!

Comments

[a.]

Ciara sounds like she's trying to imitate Beyonce on this track. I like it just the same. "I'm Leaving You Again"...classic N.E.

[Ian]

The glockenspiel, scale-like runs in the background during the chorus are a much-welcomed break from the popular high-pitched octave squeels (a la "Goodies").
See another opp for a hyphen anywhere in there? ha

[andrew]

so i finally heard it on the radio today in la, and I'm lovin it. Ciara has some good vocals ( very aaliyah-ish)

[lili]

she sounds like an broken record she might as well stick with dancing and acting or whateva i dont know why bowwow go wtih her at all she aint cute without any make up

[tiny]

hey

[shaniqua]

i love bow wow

[brina underwood]

I love those sexy ab's that is one of the reasons I love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jerica coleman]

you is so so sexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Shay-Shay]

I luv u so much, i am ur biggest fan!!! My whole room is decorated with BOWWOW!!!!!! I LUV U!!!!

[Hjkwtudb]

lBGxTa

[phentermine 37.5 free physician and shipping]

If you have to do it, you might as well do it right.

[bootleg phentermine]

O8ms35 If you have to do it, you might as well do it right.

[buy cialis]

We can respect him because he established his own record label called So So Def Recordings. Shortly after he discovered a female group called Xscape at a festival in Atlanta, It was an important festival and you should add something about it. 23jj

[xlpharmacy]

Is certainly a very young boy but is attractive but not very well know their music I think it will be very successful

[xlpharmacy]

Is certainly a very young boy but is attractive but not very well know their music I think it will be very successful

[ride on china]

There is no free market for health care. What we have is a bizarre hybrid of socialism and capitalism which combines the worst aspects of both. Thanks for posting this.