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Monday, 26 December 2011

KIM IS THE LEAST OF YOUR PROBLEMS; My extensive review of Youtube Nicki Minaj covers

Vocals are authoritative, hanging up a backdrop reflects your devotion but sadly, pre-rap-attitude is lacklustre and immature. Imitating someone mentally unstable to cover your own insecurities is so 2001.

4/10

Enthusiastic rendition but no passion behind the eyes. Discomfort when cursing makes the performance shaky and the setting unfortunately envokes a white middle class ambience.

However, if Audrina Patridge rapped, it'd be exactly like this and that saves it.

9/10

Energetic, really captured the spirit of Nicki and channelled it through movement and facial expression but feel the video relies on the decor instead of the vocals. I'd stick to blogging, Tavi.
6/10

The space is used creatively, confident about sharing focus, experimenting with the angle of the shot.
It's like watching a young Jodie Foster release a very heavy and personal energy which is chilling yet endearing.
8/10

Uncreative, bland, a very strained performance with over confident vocals. The songs spirit is merely imitated instead of the performer being a beacon. Whole performance seems false and if I didn't know better, I'd say she was some country douche rejecting her identity. Taylor Swift could do better than this.

2/10

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

WHEN TWO BECOME ONE

all my favourite things coming together, making something beautiful
my in-depth review of Sims videos for popular and R&B music

The timing on the dancing is perfection, it's asif they're right infront of you, the potential is here but the lack of curve on Lil Kim and the haphazard composition let's this video down. Taking such a powerful combination of Lil Kim and Ashanti, you need more confidence than displayed here.
7/10

Eminem ft. Rihanna - Love the way you lie

The sim Megan Fox and Rihanna are 100% accurate and the movement is so fluid and sleek. I can't believe it's Sims 2, not even Sims 3, a real passion has gone into this piece and it shows. This video creates the same tension as the original - god forbid maybe even more so.

10/10

Minimalistic approach works so efficiently, really positive energy. The intensity of the relationship expressed in the song is represented well with the use of just the single room, it really creates a claustrophobic atmosphere.

9/10

Lady Gaga ft Beyonce - Telephone

Once again, incredible dance routine, the locations were precise, telling, you got a true sense of place, but unfortunately the absence of closeups and the lengthy focus on the dancing weakens it. I was disappointed, the powerful and emotional lyrics about the real dilemmas of life, aren't reflected in the imagery.

5/10

Nicole Scherzinger - Don't hold your breath

Opening shots are attentive, filmesque, I felt drawn in immediately but then I realised 'This is all I'm gonna get from this video'. Lacklustre, impersonal towards the end but undeniably, Nicole's realistic features saved this video.

6/10

Where do I start...this video is so personal. It builds up a story and you crash down with it, it's an amazing use of creativity, the settings and the pace of the whole video is perfect. It's interesting to see this story in the Sims world, it feels comforting yet also painstaking that heartbreak is not only in the real world, but the Sim world.

9/10

This sophisticated, enthusiastic interpretation is a breath of fresh air, with every shot it's fun and ferocious. It keeps the viewer on their toes, what's going to happen next? The detail on every single Spice Girl is commendable and it blows other videos out of the water. Latin influence adds another dimension, vibrancy, the determination and deliberation shines through with every move, let's just say it spiced up my life.

10/10