Song of the Day: “Kiss Kiss,” Chris Brown ft. T-Pain

It relies on a couple of 2007’s finest musical cliches in T-Pain’s vocoder-laced quirky je ne sais quoi (see: Billboard charts from April onward) and nearly incomprehensible urban terminology (see: Soulja Boy’s career), but the smoothness of “Kiss Kiss” makes it an undeniably artificial confection. Sprinkle on a magnificent T-Pain come-on (“You rollin’ shawty?/Let’s hit McDonald’s!”) and the first and perhaps only mention of Tappahannock, Virginia in a song to spend time atop anything but a pile of flaming folk CDs, and you have an unconventionally catchy hit.

Chris Brown ft. T-Pain: Kiss Kiss

~ by Andy Hutchins on December 12, 2007.