Yep! Can’t get over this song. Ryan Leslie has been working on his solo album for a while. A few years back, I spoke to him for a Cassie feature I wrote for Billboard, my ex-employer. Background: He’s a Bad Boy songwriter/producer who went to Harvard and helmed the majority of Cassie’s alright debut. Initially I pegged him as another lame behind-the-scenes sunglasses-indoors type of guy trying to merge into Ne-Yo’s lane. He might still be lame (look at him), but he’s pretty darn talented, plays a bunch of instruments, and, since I’m trying to curb my usage of “dope,” his album is nice. Having worked at Billboard and seen what types of songs have hit potential, and just having a good ear in general in my humble opinion, I’m campaigning for this song “Gibberish” to be a single. It’s great despite the use of AutoTune, which is beyond spoiled milk at this point. Using a pitch-perfecting tool to sing unintelligible, imperfect, lyrics is smart guy stuff. Album out Tuesday.
“Time is running out/Please don’t, baby wait…”
“Gibberish”
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