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Naturally it helps that everything which Akon has a hand in tends to sound quite similar, but still. Everything from the monolithic synth to the Katy Perry-meets-Rihanna cold purr with which Lady GaGa sings sounds incredibly recent, as if she's the one-woman embodiment of The Sound Of 20...
Do you know, I was only wondering the other day whatever happened to Sean Paul. For one hot year he was on everyone's records - from Beyonce to Westlife and back, probably - in much the same way that Akon... Now, would it be too much to ask that someone does something similar for poor old Wyclef Jean...
But we're not here to talk about squeaky old Akon, are we? Even if he does represent about 65% of all the vocalising contained within this song. His isn't the face on the packaging after all. That would be Kardinal Offishall (of the province of Dyslexia, presumably).
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