Entries from May 2009 ↓

Kanye West never ceases to please me, but this week, “cannon fodder” Kris Allen shocked America by unusing the band, making his voice stand out, accompanied by his acoustic guitar, and singing a cover of a soon-to-be rap anthem. (Sidenote: I just learned about the “cannon fodder” term because of Michael Slezak of Idolatry in EW.com, and it means any soldier who’s dispensable and used to just fill up the troop.) The moment I heard he’s doing “Heartless”, I thought, maybe he was just goofing around since he knew he’d be dispensable, and the judges were very vocal (albeit vulgar, impolite, and disrespectful of Kris) about expecting a Go-bert finalé. First few lines gave a promise of awesomeness, and the rest started a buzz that maybe, just maybe, a “KrAdam” (scary name combo, BTW) finalé isn’t bad at all.

Of course we won’t be showing Kris Allen here. I happen to stumble upon one “Heartless” cover artist, and he sounded good, minus the “just-woke-up-this-morning” pitchiness. I really, genuinely think this also sounded hot!

This one’s closer to the Kris Allen rendition, therefore less original.

So, is it safe to say that any rap song could be stripped down and covered well given an acoustic guitar?

P.S. Because of my sorta wide range of knowledge in music, I got me and my team to win in a game show. It does pay to listen and (painfully) sing some of those songs, haha!