Word: lyricisms
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...very restrained as a singer. Very stripped down, no frills. It was a challenge for me to not get overly dramatic. Because I am a little bit overly emotional. But I'm not Mariah--I'm not an overembellisher. I like the song to be basically about the lyric and the melody rather than about my musicality...
...songs soar less on writerly sophistication than on Ne-Yo's deftness with a hook and particularly sincere brand of shamelessness. On It Just Ain't Right, he samples '80s legend DeBarge and confesses to an old girlfriend, "I'll be sexing her and I call your name"--a lyric that could have been written by a hundred of his predecessors, but only Ne-Yo would think to deliver it as if it were the world's highest compliment. It's not right, but it's certainly memorable...
...What's surprising is that Goldfrapp (who started out as the wordless howler on Tricky's finest albums) and musical partner Will Gregory also have a sublime pop sensibility. Ooh la la is a sticky homage to Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky and Kylie Minogue's lyric book ("switch me on/ turn me up"). Meanwhile, the synth-rock ballad Number 1 has enough instantly memorable atmospherics to make its title prophetic...
...rapper wants to take home to his crib: victory. With the vocal support of some friends and his proctor, Liu overcame three challengers and an at-times hostile crowd in head-to-head dis dishes on a large makeshift stage in Massive Records on Mass. Ave. But despite his lyric-spitting prowess, the NYC native isn’t all about battling. “I like much more just writing and performing my own songs,” he says. “I’m going to start recording in the Harvard studios soon and hopefully...
...Vendler points out early in the book, apostrophe—turning away from the verse or “strophe” to someone else reading or hearing it—has long been considered one of the fundamental gestures of lyric poetry...